Contemporary Trends in the Demographic and Socio-Economic Development of the Cities in Bulgaria. A Geographical Review
Contemporary Trends in the Demographic and Socio-Economic Development of the Cities in Bulgaria. A Geographical Review

Summary/Abstract: In this article, basic geographical changes, tendencies and problems connected with the development of the Bulgarian cities and the process of urbanization in the post-socialistic period have been analysed. Moreover, an emphasis was put on the reasons for the increase in general number of urban settlements from 1992 to 2009. In 2011, the number of towns and cities in the Republic of Bulgaria is estimated on 256. In the early 21th century, the territorial organization of the urban network have had an important influence on the entire socio-economic development of Bulgaria. Nevertheless, during the transformation period the cities and towns in Bulgaria have encountered a number of challenges and problems of socio-economic and demographic character. Therefore, the spatial aspects of the main demographic, social and economic changes in Bulgarian cities and towns during the post-socialist transformation, based on data from the years 1992, 2001 and 2009, have been analysed in the paper.

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