Principal space-related transformation processes demonstrated by maps of the atlas of eastern and southeastern Europe

Peter  Jordan

doi:10.18690/rg.3.1.3129

Peter Jordan Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban and Regional Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.3.1.3129

Keywords: transformation, Central Europe, Southeast Europe, environment, spatial disparities, administrative decentralisation, national consciousness

Abstract

The article highlights some principal transformation processes in the post-Communist transformation countries of Central and Southeast Europe. This comprises (1) environemtal change, (2) growing spatial disparities, (3) democratic transformation with a focus on administartive decentralisation and (4) the consequences of a rise in national and ethnic consciousness. As its main source this article is based on the Atlas of Eastern and Southeastern Europe, edited as a thematic map series since 1989 by the author of this article.

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Peter Jordan, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban and Regional Research

Vienna, Austria. E-mail: peter.jordan@oeaw.ac.at.

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