The reurbanisation concept and its utility for contemporary research on post-socialist cities: The case of the Czech Republic

Abstract

The article discuss the concept of reurbanisation from a theoretical and methodical perspective. Reurbanisation has been held as one of the stages of urban development recently but it is also tied to process of gentrification, or perceived as a policy aimed to inner cities revitalisation.

The main objective of the article is to introduce three different perspectives of reurbanisation.

Keywords

• reurbanisation
• metropolitan regions
• migration
• post-socialist cities
• Czechia