A number of the world's large cities are taking on increasing economic importance in the international arenas because they concentrate high-order activities This metropolization process is a result of the changes occurring in the emerging post-industrial economy, i.e. the rise of services and...

La restructuration sectorielle de l'activité économique (tertiarisation) induite par l'ouverture au marché engendre une réorganisation de la structure urbaine de Varsovie dont l'analyse permet d'étendre aux Pays d'Europe Centrale et Orientale le débat sur l'universalité des formes de...

The introduction of the market induces a restructuration of economic activities (tertiarization) which generates a reorganization of the urban structure of Warsaw. The analysis of this process introduces the Central and Oriental European Countries into the debat on the universality of the...