Divergent patterns of built-up urban space growth following post-socialist changes

An important challenge for the research on post-socialist big cities is to identify the mechanisms of their uncontrolled urban space growth. This analysis is focused on the built-up urban space affected by transformations from a centrally planned to a market-based economy. Post-socialist changes in...

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Published in:Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2016-11, Vol.53 (15), p.3172-3188
Main Authors: Ianoş, Ioan, Sîrodoev, Igor, Pascariu, Gabriel, Henebry, Geoffrey
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bucharest Romania
Cities
Construction
Dynamic tests
Housing
Housing estates
Land
Land cover
Landsat
Landsat satellites
Postcommunist societies
Remote sensing
Residential areas
Socialism
Urban areas
Urban development
Urban studies
Urbanization
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Summary:An important challenge for the research on post-socialist big cities is to identify the mechanisms of their uncontrolled urban space growth. This analysis is focused on the built-up urban space affected by transformations from a centrally planned to a market-based economy. Post-socialist changes in Bucharest are clearly reflected in the dynamics of built-up space. Land cover dynamics were evaluated using spectral mixture analysis of Landsat 5 TM (Thematic Mapper) data to map percent impervious surface area in 1988 and 2010. Change analysis reveals (1) a decrease of built space in central and peri-central areas of Bucharest, (2) an expansion of new residential areas to the south, (3) land fragmentation to the east and southeast, (4) a mixture of densities to the north, and (5) the role of the ring road in spurring recent development. A key challenge facing Bucharest is the disposition and repurposing of the lands covered by old large housing estates and shuttered heavy industries.
ISSN:0042-0980
1360-063X
DOI:10.1177/0042098015608568