Understanding Geographies of Polarization and Peripheralization

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.

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