The future of industrial cities and regions in central and eastern Europe

Lintz, Gerd; Müller, Bernhard; Schmude, Karl

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.11.011

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“…Lintz et al (2004) report the context of the setback of many old industrial cities that hosted important industrial plants through the lower business start-up rate of local population. Lintz et al (2007) noticed that many old industrial cities in CEE countries, which have been drivers of growth in CEE countries for decades, have been facing major problems (socioeconomic and environmental) since the economic transition and that they have experienced a setback. It could be debated that the reliance of the local population on one or few big industries that have employed the whole city and regional working population has inhibited the entrepreneurial spirit and thus also cities' economic recovery and further growth.…”

Section: City Specialisation and Diversification In South East Europementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It could be debated that the reliance of the local population on one or few big industries that have employed the whole city and regional working population has inhibited the entrepreneurial spirit and thus also cities' economic recovery and further growth. New disparities between different CEE cities during transition have been dependent on location, inherited economic structure and environmental quality (Lintz et al, 2007), but also stirred by demographic changes and outmigration (Scott & Kühn, 2012). While mostly capital cities and regional centres developed (partly due to European union funds), peripheries experienced urban economic decline connected with closure of industrial enterprises (Lintz et al, 2007;Sýkora & Bouzarovski, 2011).…”

Section: City Specialisation and Diversification In South East Europementioning

confidence: 99%

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City Specialisation and Diversifi cation in South East Europe (SEE) Countries

Bakarić¹,

Bačić²,

Slijepčević³

2019

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The main objective of the paper is to study the role of localisation and the urbanisation (or diversifi cation) economies in urban post-transition SEE, by constructing and analysing manufacturing specialisation and diversifi cation measures over the period 2006-2013. The second objective of the paper is to analyse differences within manufacturing industry across cities in terms of their technological complexity. Industries are mapped across cities with over 50,000 populations (98 cities in six SEE, covering 35.3% of the total SEE population), a population threshold that is in line with previous literature. The data were obtained from Bureau Van Dijk's Amadeus fi rm-level database containing, most importantly, balance sheet data and profi t-and-loss account data for CEE. The analysis of manufacturing industry diversifi cation and specialisation in the cities is based on the relation between agglomeration economies of the Marshall-Arrow-Romer type (economies of location or specialization) and the Jacobs-Porter type (economies of urbanization or diversifi cation). Analysis results revealed that a particular specialisation pattern that would point to a homogenous system of cities throughout the region could not be confi rmed. City specialisation in manufacturing was negatively correlated to city size in SEE, but this relation has not shown particularly strong. Similarly to other countries, top-specialised cities are specialised in manufacturing closely related to natural resources such as petroleum products and tobacco, pointing to advantages arising from "fi rst nature" geography. However, diversity and specialisation are not exact opposites, as there are cities which are both diversifi ed and specialised. The results of the second part of the analysis show that medium-low technology and low technology groups of industries in manufacturing prevail in total turnover, with 36.2% and 35.0% share, respectively. City specialization in the prevailing technology group in SEE, in medium-low technology, is highest in Bulgarian, Bosnian and Herzegovinian and in Croatian cities.

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Section: City Specialisation and Diversification In South East Europementioning

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Section: City Specialisation and Diversification In South East Europementioning

confidence: 99%

City Specialisation and Diversifi cation in South East Europe (SEE) Countries

Bakarić¹,

Bačić²,

Slijepčević³

2019

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“…Iindustry has been the main sector of the socialist economy, but there are few papers in geographical literature with the aims of analyse the situation of postsocialist plants (Kiss, 2007;Lintz, Müller & Schmude, 2007). The trajectories of the former socialist plants are studied in conjunction with other topics such as changing urban spatial structure or urban sprawl (Nuissl & Rink, 2005;Kotus, 2006;Sýkora, 1999;Staddon & Mollov, 2000;Marcinczak & Sagan 2011; ©2016 Human Geographies; The authors Human Geographies -Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography Vol.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…restructuring had been articially delayed due to attention gave by government to industrial growth (Stanilov, 2007) The rst phase was a diminishing of the manufacturing, characterised by the reducing of employers and productions, and the second phase was the closing of factories and large industrial area appeared as brownelds (Chelcea, 2008). The open market affected formerly high-status sectors, such as microelectronics in the former German Democratic Republic, or aircraft construction in Ukraine (Lintz, Müller & Schmude, 2007). The problems associated with deindustrialization in the postsocialist CEE countries are most prominent in the single-industry regions, dominated by mining or steel production.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of postsocialist deindustrialization in Central-Eastern Europe. Results of an industrial site survey and GIS mapping in Bucharest City, Romania

Simion¹

2016

hgeo

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This paper examines effects of postsocialist deindustrialization through a case study from Bucharest City, Romania. The paper use scientic papers and real estate company reports to analyse the postsocialist transformation of former industrial plants in Central and Eastern European countries and an industrial site survey and GIS mapping for Bucharest. The results show a common pattern for the postsocialist countries, with effects on diminishing the role of industry in the total economy, the tendency to convert the plants to residential and commercial use. In several cases the plants are fragmented in small production units or abandoned awaiting for a new purpose. Socio-economic transformation suggests a transition to service sector for the labour market. The paper concludes that transformation of postsocialist plants might require attention from owners and public administration, especially for the buildings with the historical and architectural meaning. .

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“…As a consequence, metropolitan areas in the Eurasian realm have increasingly linked up with global urban networks, thus becoming key basing points in overall processes of global economic integration (see, for instance, Brunn, 2003;Derudder et al, 2007;Lintz et al, 2007;Shin and Timberlake, 2000). The aim of this article is to sketch some of the main empirical features of this economic integration through cities.…”

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World City Network Integration in the Eurasian Realm

Bassens

Derudder

Taylor

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Eurasian Geography and Economics

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This paper sketches some of the main empirical features of the global economic integration of Eurasia through an analysis of the (shifting) position of the region's key cities as gateways for the channelling of transnational flows of capital, goods, knowledge and people cities in 2000-2008. We thereby focus on and discuss some of the main differences between key cities in China, the former Eastern Bloc (FEB), the former Soviet Union (FSU), and India.

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The future of industrial cities and regions in central and eastern Europe

Cited by 19 publications

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City Specialisation and Diversifi cation in South East Europe (SEE) Countries

City Specialisation and Diversifi cation in South East Europe (SEE) Countries

Effects of postsocialist deindustrialization in Central-Eastern Europe. Results of an industrial site survey and GIS mapping in Bucharest City, Romania

World City Network Integration in the Eurasian Realm

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