Urban Change in Central Europe

The Case of Kraków
Herausgeber: Purchla, Jacek

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the changes taking place in Central Europe since 1989, this book presents a multidimensional and cross-disciplinary case study of Kraków and offers deep insight into the specific nature of the transformation taking place in the region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781032180793
• ISBN-10: 103218079X
• Artikelnr.: 64359108

Autorenporträt

Jacek Purchla is Professor of Humanities and Head of the Department of Economic and Social History/UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies at the Cracow University of Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Preface.
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Kraków 1989 and since. Civil society: From
"Solidarity" to urban activism. Municipal self- government: 1990-2019.
Kraków in the face of the transformation: The economic life of the city.
Kraków: An eventful city. Kraków spatial development after 1989. Kraków and
its region: Mutual relations after 1989. Kraków architecture and
globalisation. Kraków culture heritage: On the way to globalizing the
national potential. Kraków: A creative city. Kraków's metropolitan
functions. Afterword - Kraków: Dialectics of history and change. Names
Index. Subject Index.