The new EU member states have been facing a wide range of planning and urban development problems since the transition in 2004. Bringing together specially commissioned articles on each of the ten countries, this volume examines these problems and their relevance to the EU accession.

Uwe Altrock is Junior Professor in 'Urban Structures: Assessment and Conservation Policies' at Brandenburg Technical University, Germany. Simon Gÿntner studied social sciences and urban planning in Duisburg and Cardiff. He was a Research Fellow and Lecturer in urban sociology at the Technical University Berlin and is currently Coordinator of a Working Group on the Role of Inhabitants in Urban Management for the EU-funded programme URBACT. Sandra Huning is an Urban Planner and currently working as an Urban Researcher in Berlin, Germany. Deike Peters is currently a DFG (German Research Society) Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Transatlantic Research Program at the Center for Metropolitan Studies, Technical University Berlin, Germany.

Contents: Spatial planning and urban development in the new EU member states: between adjustment and reinvention, Uwe Altrock, Simon Gÿntner, Sandra Huning and Deike Peters. East-West Perspectives on Spatial Planning and Urban Development in the Enlarged EU: Spatial development and territorial cohesion in Europe, Klaus Kunzmann; EU enlargement and the challenges for spatial planning systems in the new member states, Simin Davoudi; The European Union and the European cities: three phases of the European urban policy, Susanne Frank. Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development in the New EU Member States: Sustainable spatial development in Slovenia: between global trends and local urban problems, Kaliopa Dimitrovska Andrews; Regional planning in Lithuania - experiences and challenges, Zigmas J. Daunora and PranciÅ¡kus JuÅ¡kevicus; Trends and problems of contemporary urbanization processes in Poland, Piotr Lorens; Urban development, policy and planning in the Czech Republic and Prague, Ludek Sykora; The Third World in the First World: development and renewal strategies for rural Roma ghettos in Slovakia, Jakob Hurrle; Urban development in Hungary after 1990, Zoltán Dövényi and Zoltán Kovács; Cyprus, EU accession and the development of tourism, Richard Sharpley. Special Issues in Urban Planning in the New EU Member States: The increase of urban inequalities in Tallinn - does EU accession change anything?, Sampo Ruoppila; Development and planning in Latvia, the Riga region and the city of Riga, Inara Marana; Valetta: reinventing the 'City of the Order' for the 21st century, Conrad Thake; Problems of urban planning in Warsaw, Mareile Walter; Central Europe's brownfields: catalyzing a planning response in the Czech Republic, Yaakov Garb and Jirina Jackson; Index.