Urban issues and urban policies in the new EU countries by Kempen, Ronald van; Vermeulen, Marcel; Baan, Ad; European Institute for Comparative Urban Research instant download

Urban issues and urban policies in the new EU countries by Kempen, Ronald van; Vermeulen, Marcel; Baan, Ad; European Institute for Comparative Urban Research instant download

ix, 285 pages : 24 cm, \"In May 2004, the European Union was enlarged by ten countries. While there has been much research on the existing EU countries' urban policies, as yet, there is very little written in English on the new EU countries' cities and their plans for urban development. This volume brings together case studies from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cyprus and Malta to provide a comprehensive overview of these countries' urban policies. It also compares these policies with those of the existing countries and discusses possible syntheses. It examines each country's national urban policy, as well as the position, problem and perspectives of their cities. In doing so, it provides new insights not only for the new EU countries, but also for the existing ones.\"--BOOK JACKET, \"EURICUR.\", Includes bibliographical references and index, Urban issues and urban policies in the new EU countries: introduction / Ronald van Kempen, Marcel Vermeulen and Ad Baan -- Czech Republic / Luděk Sýkora -- Hungary / Hanna Szemzö and Iván Tosics -- Poland / Grzegorz Wȩclawowicz -- Slovakia / Ján Buček -- Slovenia / Richard Sendi, Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews and Barbara Černič Mali -- Estonia / Jussi S. Jauhiainen and Anneli Kährik -- Latvia / Sasha Tsenkova -- Lithuania / Algirdas Petkevicius -- Cyprus: the south and the north / Derya Oktay -- Malta / Godwin Cassar -- Urban issues and urban policies in the new EU countries: synthesis and conclusions / Ronald van Kempen, Marcel Vermeulen and Ad Baan