Population and housing dynamics in Budapest metropolitan region after 1990 (draft paper) (original) (raw)

Abstract

The collapse of state-socialism generated far-reaching social and economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990. These processes led to fundamental changes in the spatial organisation and internal structure of cities and urban agglomerations as well. In this respect we can truly say that 1990 represented the beginning of a new era in the urban development of the region, therefore it is no surprise, that the transformation of cities in East Central Europe has generated great academic interest. Following the long decades of central planning these cities became subjects of market conditions, and the question was repeatedly put forward by researchers whether these cities follow the paths of western urbanisation or they retain certain specific features in their development. This issue was examined in several thematic volumes (Andrusz, Harloe and Szelényi 1996, Enyedi 1998a), and individual papers focusing on certain countries and cities (Sailer-Fliege 1999, Standl and ...

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