Publication at Faculty of Science |
2007
Abstract
The paper presents an overview of main themes and concepts that have shaped debates about urban growth and decline since 1920s. It begins with the growth of cities and metropolitan areas and their internal differentiation.
In the further part, uneven development, deindustrialization, spatial divisions of labor and globalization are linked to social polarization, new urban cleavages and localities of growth and decline within contemporary cities. Final part touches upon current discussion about continuity and change and chaos or order in urban development patterns.