TRANSFORMÁCIA POSTINDUSTRIÁLNEHO MESTA V PROCESE GLOBALIZÁCIE: NIEKOĽKO POZNÁMOK

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TRANSFORMÁCIA POSTINDUSTRIÁLNEHO MESTA V PROCESE GLOBALIZÁCIE: NIEKOĽKO POZNÁMOK

Journal Title: FOLIA GEOGRAPHICA - Year 2014, Vol 56, Issue 2

Abstract

The primary objective of the following paper is to outline of the most important characteristics related with post-industrial era of global urbanization. The paper analyses by critical point of view the relevant literature mostly connected with sociology and urban geography background. The current processes in the cities’ spatial structure are defined both by factors related to the transformation of the social system and by globalization. The outstanding feature of these transformation processes is their various developments in different parts of the city. Post-Industrial transformation processes carried upon the concentration of transactional activities. The following processes characterize post-industrial city: deindustrialization, economic polarization of the population and gentrification. Additionally, opposing viewpoints of the most prominent researchers, regarding the position and role of the modern city in the production of (socio-) economic progress will be presented. Deindustrialization is process of societal and commercial transformation produced by the elimination of industrial capacity or activity in the country or region, especially heavy industry or manufacturing industry. The conclusion is that the place, i.e. the city remains the relevant source of (socio-) economic progress and that possible domination of the metropolitan region over the (central) city will not necessarily result in complete disappearance of the city as know it from the industrial age. The results of the study suggest particular path dependencies and combined effects of endogenous and exogenous factors.

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Slavomír BUCHER

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