Rezumate Sociologie Românescă
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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 3/2011, pp. 7-19.
Globalisation with local flavour? Transformation of spatial values and the ‘new localism’ trend in Slovenia
Matjaz Ursic
Author Adress: Centre for spatial Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
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Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): New communication and transport technologies importantly influence the understanding of time-space relations in the micro context of local communities. These influences, usually placed under the common denominator of globalization, seem to affect i.e. transform spatial values and challenge the established interpretations of what is perceived to be traditional, authentic, genuine and local. The paper gives a small insight into the processes of socio-spatial transformation in Slovenia and shows the extensiveness of globalization process on the case of ‘new localism’. Although new localism at the first glance resembles i.e. mimics ‘localism’, it profoundly differs from it on the value basis. Localism can be best described as a relation between place, understood as a space, which is relatively small and limited, and social phenomena that occur in it. This relationship is valorised (ideologised) from the point of observer or actor and becomes a part of his identity. New localism is in this sense more open that localism but still emphasizes the necessity of certain special values, which should be present on the locality. These special values often include aspirations for the transformation of current localities that deny some of the inevitable influences of globalisation process. In fact, a great number of present localities in Slovenia try to reinforce the feeling of community and use different spatial techniques to obtain these objectives. Some of these spatial techniques are much disputable as they are exclusive towards specific cultural representations, groups of people and may even on the long-term scale negatively effect the socio-economic development of Slovenia. This shift from old to new localism in Slovenia is analysed through data from various research projects that were carried out at the Centre for Spatial Sociology in Ljubljana.
Keywords: localism, new localism, globalisation, time-space compression, spatial values, suburbanisation.
Cuvinte-cheie: localism, noul localism, globalizare, compresie timp-spaţiu, valori spaţiale, suburbanizare.
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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 3/2011, pp. 20-34.
Urban Shrinkage as a problem of post-socialist transformation. The Case of Eastern Germany
Dieter Rink
Author Adress: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Department Stadt und Umweltsoziologie Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig.
Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): This article follows the shrinkage phenomenon into the Eastern German cities, as a post socialist transformation that has occurred during mostly during the 1990s. Furthermore the case of East Germany is particular since different shrinkage processes already occurred here in GDR times. The shrinkage after 1990 linked to those already existing, shrinking cities; shrinking cities are thus not a new city type in East Germany, but instead accompany its development.
Keywords: urban shrinkage, population decline, vacant houses, Eastern German cities.
Cuvinte-cheie: restrângere urbană, depopulare, locuinţe vacante, oraşe din Germania de Est.
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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 3/2011, pp. 56-66.
Post-Industrial Tourism as a Chance to Develop Cities in Traditional Industrial Regions in Europe
Marta Chmielewska*, Marzena Lamparska**
*Author Adress: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec Poland, +48 32 3689 587.
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**Author Adress: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences ul. Będzińska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec Poland, +48 32 3689 587.
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Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): The paper is about the future of development of traditional industrial regions after their restructuring. Creating of tourist trails based on industrial heritage is shown as a good pattern of actions striving to revitalization of such areas. As a confirmation there are presented two examples of post-industrial tourist routs in Europe: “The Industrial Heritage Trail” in Ruhr Metropolitan Area (Germany) and “Industrial Monuments Route of the Silesian Voivodeship” in Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia (Poland). Regions in which these trail are located are simultaneously very similar and much different so there are compared both determinants and consequences of creating there these tourist routs. As a result it is ascertained that in spite of the difficulties in adaptations of industrial facilities into tourist objects such actions are profitable and may help in further development of traditional industrial regions.
Keywords: post-industrial heritage, tourism, Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, Ruhr Metropolis, revitalization, patterns of development.
Cuvinte-cheie: moştenirea post-industrială, turism, Asociaţia Metropolitană a Silesiei Superioare, Ruhr Metropolis, revitalizare, modele de dezvoltare.
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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 3/2011, pp. 35-55.
Competition Behind Creativity: A Southern European Perspective
Alberto Violante
Author Adress: La Sapienza University of Rome.
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Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): Analyses of global cities and competitiveness have become dominant in urban studies debates in recent years, putting the focus on the identity of the city and the global economic processes in which it is involved. This attention has been misleading because it has taken attention away from ordinary cities and other aspects of the urban process. The analytical frame for this city renaissance can be described as a combination between the ‘hard’ laws of the new and classic urban economy with ‘soft’ elements of other, often geographical, approaches. ‘Creative City’ analyses in mainstream versions such as those of Florida regard immaterial elements as knowledge and creativity to be essential dimensions for success in post-industrial cities and can be considered the perfect synthesis of the approaches quoted above. In this paper the methodological and theoretical bases of these mainstream policies will be challenged. The case of Rome will be analysed in order to demonstrate that the Creative City narrative can be applied as a label to secondary cities, but that it fails to understand the very core of social mechanisms in a city.
Keywords: Creative city, economic competition, knowledge, IT, RD.
Cuvinte-cheie: oraşe creative, competiţie economică, cunoaştere, IT, CD.
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Sociologie Românească, Vol. IX, no. 3/2011, pp. 67-75.
Characteristic Features of Urbanization on the Area of Silesian Province (Poland) on the Beginning of 21st Century
Robert Krzystofik*, Jerzy Runge, Iwona Kantor-Pietraga, Tomasz Sporna
*Author Adress: University of Silesia, Department of Economic Geography, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Bedzinska Street 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec.
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Abstract (Rezumat în limba engleză): The article discusses the specific problems of urbanization development in the area of the Silesia Province in Poland. The specifics of historical and economic development, as well as, the characteristic arrangement of towns, determine the shaping of many specific phenomena and processes relating to urbanization. These processes are unusual for Poland and also not often encountered in other European metropolises. The article describes the phenomenon of transformation of the Katowice Conurbation, the functioning of the so called “non-metropolitan” agglomerations or the collapse of the hitherto prevailing administrative structures due to the separation of some of their districts. A characteristic phenomenon is also city shrinkage and the specific trajectories of the suburbanization process.
Keywords: Urbanization, Poland, Silesia Province, Shrinkage, Agglomeration, Suburbanization.
Cuvinte-cheie: urbanizare, Polonia, Provincia Silesia, depopulare urbană, aglomerare, suburbanizare.