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The Balkan and Eastern European regions are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and regional development trajectories. The United Nations ( https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2022/06/wcr_2022.pdf ) predicts that by 2050, 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, a trend that is expected to be even more pronounced in developing regions, including the Balkans. Urbanization, the movement of populations from rural to urban areas, has long been recognized as a key driver of economic growth and modernization (Guo et al. in Environ Dev Sustain 24(5):6508–6526, 2022). However, as global and regional trends in urbanization continue to reshape cities and towns, the challenges of managing demographic changes, economic disparities, and environmental sustainability become more pressing (Fratesi in Regional Policy: Theory and Practice. Taylor and Francis, London, 2023).

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    2026年

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  • Jelena J. Stanković,
  • Alessandro Luè,
  • Claudia van der Laag

摘要

The Balkan and Eastern European regions are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and regional development trajectories. The United Nations ( https://unhabitat.org/sites/default/files/2022/06/wcr_2022.pdf ) predicts that by 2050, 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, a trend that is expected to be even more pronounced in developing regions, including the Balkans. Urbanization, the movement of populations from rural to urban areas, has long been recognized as a key driver of economic growth and modernization (Guo et al. in Environ Dev Sustain 24(5):6508–6526, 2022). However, as global and regional trends in urbanization continue to reshape cities and towns, the challenges of managing demographic changes, economic disparities, and environmental sustainability become more pressing (Fratesi in Regional Policy: Theory and Practice. Taylor and Francis, London, 2023).