What are the processes that transfigures the Baltic area's urban landscape, one of the most dynamic macro-regions in contemporary Europe? This anthology is approaching the issues of the Baltic cities and the urban transformation from a number of perspectives. Reviews of the economy, infrastructure, and historical aspects of the area is presented. The emphasis is on the "post-socialist" cities in the eastern part of the Baltic region, and in a series of in-depth studies goose St. Petersburg, Tallinn and Riga in detail. The ...
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What are the processes that transfigures the Baltic area's urban landscape, one of the most dynamic macro-regions in contemporary Europe? This anthology is approaching the issues of the Baltic cities and the urban transformation from a number of perspectives. Reviews of the economy, infrastructure, and historical aspects of the area is presented. The emphasis is on the "post-socialist" cities in the eastern part of the Baltic region, and in a series of in-depth studies goose St. Petersburg, Tallinn and Riga in detail. The book is intended for geographers, historians and those who have a genuine interest in the development in Eastern Europe and especially for the Baltic countries. The authors are historians, geographers and scientists from the Baltic states, Sweden and Poland.
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