Urban Change in Central Europe: The Case of Krakow

The book "Kraków: A Multidimensional and Cross-disciplinary Case Study of Urban Transformation" explores how Kraków, once neglected, has transformed into a thriving global tourist destination, investment market, and European leader in shared services. It examines the city's political, socio-economic, cultural, and architectural development against post-1989 political and economic transition, European integration, and globalization. The authors offer a portrait of the evolution in thinking about the developmental resources of the city and identify the challenges typical of many cities in Central Europe.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 10 October 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The transformations that Central European cities have undergone since 1989 warrant a comprehensive, interdisciplinary examination that provides profound insight into the unique nature of the transformation taking place in the region. This book presents a multifaceted and cross-disciplinary case study of Kraków, focusing on the changes occurring in Central Europe over the past three decades.

This book answers the question of how the once neglected city of Kraków has transformed into a thriving global tourist destination, an attractive investment market, and a European leader of shared services. It examines the political, socio-economic, cultural, and architectural development of the city against the ongoing processes of post-1989 political and economic transition, European integration, and globalization. The authors offer a portrait of the evolution in thinking about the developmental resources of the city, accounting for what is broadly construed as culture and heritage. Whereas previous studies have provided only one-dimensional insights into these phenomena, this book highlights the specific characteristics of the transition and identifies the challenges typical of many cities in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary, after the fall of communism.

This book will be valuable reading for academics, researchers, postgraduate and PhD students of economic geography, urban studies, public management, political studies, sociology, culture and heritage management, and modern history, as well as those with an interest in Central European and transformation issues.

Weight: 639g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032180793