Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the New EU Member States

Accession to the EU in May 2004 was a historic milestone for the spatial and urban development of the new member states. Meanwhile, the social and economic transition during the pre-accession phase already brought about radical changes in national urban systems and new challenges for regional development. In this edited volume, a carefully selected and specially commissioned set of articles, written by experts from both the new and the old EU member states, presents a comprehensive assessment of emerging political and planning solutions at local, regional, national and EU levels. Topics include brownfield redevelopment in the Czech Republic, urban sprawl in Hungary, the upgrading and integration of marginalized Roma settlements in Eastern Slovakia and sustainable coastal management in Cyprus.

Uwe Altrock is Junior Professor in 'Urban Structures: Assessment and Conservation Policies' at Brandenburg Technical University, Germany. Simon Güntner studied social sciences and urban planning in Duisburg and Cardiff. He was a Research Fellow and Lecturer in urban sociology at the Technical University Berlin and is currently Coordinator of a Working Group on the Role of Inhabitants in Urban Management for the EU-funded programme URBACT. Sandra Huning is an Urban Planner and currently working as an Urban Researcher in Berlin, Germany. Deike Peters is currently a DFG (German Research Society) Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Transatlantic Research Program at the Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technical University Berlin, Germany.