About the Book
This book presents a multifaceted perspective on regional development and corresponding processes of adaptation and response, focusing on the concepts of polarization and peripheralization. It discusses theoretical and empirical foundations and presents several compelling case studies from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond.
About the Author: Anna Badyina, University of Southampton, UK. József Benedek, Babe-Bolyai University, Romania Isolde Brade, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Joachim Burdack, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Helen Carter, Aalborg University, Denmark. Tobias Chilla, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Maros Finka, Central European Research and Training Centre in Spatial Planning, Slovakia. Oleg Golubchikov, Cardiff University, UK. Tomas Hanell, Aalto University, Finland Sebastian Henn, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany. Max Holleran, New York University, USA. Kathrin Hörschelmann, University of Durham, UK. Ray Hudson, University of Durham, UK. Aksana Ismailbekova, Centre of Modern Orient, Germany. Tatiana Kluvánková-Oravská, Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies of Institutions, Evolution and Policies, Slovakia. György Kocziszky, Miskolc University, Hungary. Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Thilo Lang, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Tim Leibert, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Alla Makhrova, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia Frank Meyer, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Kostyantyn Mezentsev, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine Nataliia Mezentseva, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Ukraine Judith Miggelbrink, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany Giulia Montanari, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Robert Nadler, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Erika Nagy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Gábor Nagy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Markus Neufeld, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Carola Neugebauer, RWTH University in Aachen, Germany. Vladimir Ondrejicka, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia John Pickles, University of North Carolina, USA. Grygorii Pidgrushnyi, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Garri Raagmaa, University of Tartu, Estonia Wladimir Sgibnev, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Adrian Smith, Queen Mary University of London, UK. Judit Timár, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Gábor Velkey, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Karin Wiest, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, UK.
