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Sprawling Sofia
Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital
This chapter presents the evolution of the suburban periphery of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. It shows that the intense suburbanization processes that Sofia has recently experienced fit well into the broader context of postsocialist spatial restructuring – a phenomenon observed in other large East European urban centers. The chapter also highlights that Sofia's context exhibits some specificity in both historical and geographic terms. It focuses on the social and environmental impacts of suburbanization. The chapter explains the startling lack of urban planning mechanisms for confronting the consequences of suburban sprawl in the Bulgarian capital. An overview of the impact of suburbanization in the metropolitan area of Sofia reveals an assortment of the classic economic, social, and environmental issues extensively covered in the large body of literature on urban sprawl that has accumulated during the last couple of decades throughout the world.
Sprawling Sofia
Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital
This chapter presents the evolution of the suburban periphery of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. It shows that the intense suburbanization processes that Sofia has recently experienced fit well into the broader context of postsocialist spatial restructuring – a phenomenon observed in other large East European urban centers. The chapter also highlights that Sofia's context exhibits some specificity in both historical and geographic terms. It focuses on the social and environmental impacts of suburbanization. The chapter explains the startling lack of urban planning mechanisms for confronting the consequences of suburban sprawl in the Bulgarian capital. An overview of the impact of suburbanization in the metropolitan area of Sofia reveals an assortment of the classic economic, social, and environmental issues extensively covered in the large body of literature on urban sprawl that has accumulated during the last couple of decades throughout the world.
Sprawling Sofia
Postsocialist Suburban Growth in the Bulgarian Capital
Stanilov, Kiril (editor) / Sýkora, Luděk (editor) / Stanilov, Kiril (author) / Hirt, Sonia (author)
Confronting Suburbanization ; 163-191
2014-09-11
29 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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