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Moskwa - postradziecki rozwój i wyzwania
Moscow - Post-Soviet Developments and Challenges

Author(s): Vladimir Kolossov, John O'Loughlin
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: Moscow; transformation; social geography; metropolisation; polarization

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an overview of changes and relevant problems that have occurred in Moscow in the period of post-Soviet transformation. Authors briefly discuss historical and contemporary studies on capital city of Russia in the field of social geography. On this background authors comment on contemporary hypothesis related to metropolisation processes including social and spatial polarization observed in global cities.

  • Issue Year: 4/2003
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 17-27
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish