Urban transformations as indicators of economic change in post-communist Eastern Europe: Territorial diagnosis through five case studies

In the present article, the transformations which have occurred in the urban configuration of five representative cities will be evaluated through different space-time GIS indicators: Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Bucharest and Sofia. These indicators will help planners and decision-makers to diagnose the issues derived from the rapid urbanization associated with the new economic and social context. Their numerical and comparative analysis allow us to draw conclusions about the current situation of these processes of transformation of the territory and the future perspectives of the inertias of change in cities suffering from unbalanced urban sprawl and growth phenomena of gated communities.