1. Introduction -- 2. City development in Central and Eastern Europe before 1990 : historical context and socialist legacies / Jirí Musil -- 3. City development in Central and Eastern Europe since 1990 : the impacts of internal forces / Iván Tosics -- 4. The external forces : towards globalization and European integration / F.E. Ian Hamilton -- 5. Foreign direct investment and city restructuring / F.E. Ian Hamilton and Francis W. Carter -- 6. Mastering the post-socialist city : impacts on planning the built environment / Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews -- 7. Berlin : from divided to fragmented city / Hartmut Häussermann and Andreas Kapphan -- 8. The Warsaw metropolitan area on the eve of Poland's integration into the European Union / Grzegorz Weclawowicz -- 9. Post-socialist Budapest : the invasion of market forces and the response of public leadership / Iván Tosics -- 10. Prague returns to Europe / Jirí Musil -- 11. Ljubljana : from "beloved" city of the nation to Central European "capital" / Natasa Pichler-Milanovic -- 12. Mixed success : economic stability and urban inequality in Sofia / Elena Vesselinov and John R. Logan -- 13. Baltic orientations : globalization, regionalization, or "EU-ization") / Martin Aberg -- 14. Moscow in transition / Olga Medvedkov and Yuri Medvedkov -- 15. Conclusions.

xv, 519 p. : ill., charts, graphs, maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9280811053 (pbk.)