Post-industrial vs. post-socialist: Post-industrial trends and points for investigation in the post-socialist metropolis

Discussions about economic restructuring, the tertiarization of production and its effects upon space, and about the service and information society, have been a feature of academic literature in Western countries for many years. Since the collapse of socialism, the end of the planned economy and the advent of transformation, these discussions, which are embedded within the wider issue of general urban development, have become more topical and meaningful for the countries of Eastern Europe.