• dr Valentin Mihaylov
Stanowisko: adiunkt
Jednostka: Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej
Adres: 41-200 Sosnowiec, ul. Będzińska 60
Piętro: XVIII
Numer pokoju: 1809
Telefon: (32) 3689 354
E-mail: valentin.mihaylov@us.edu.pl
Spis publikacji: Spis wg CINiBA
Spis publikacji: Spis wg OPUS
Scopus Author ID: 57203429251
Publikacje z bazy Scopus
2024
Mihaylov, V. T.
Bulgarian geopolitics in a Balkan context: Imagining the space of a nation Book
Taylor and Francis, 2024, ISBN: 9781040008669; 9781032538419.
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2023
Mihaylov, V. T.; Zuzańska-Żyśko, E.
Is a post-dystopian urban future possible? Alternative scenarios for Bytom Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, no. 61, pp. 37-58, 2023, ISSN: 17324254.
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2022
Mihaylov, V. T.; Sala, S.
Planning “the Future of the City” or Imagining “the City of the Future”? In Search of Sustainable Urban Utopianism in Katowice Journal Article
In: Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 14, no. 18, 2022, ISSN: 20711050.
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Mihaylov, V. T.
Dimitrovgrad: A Bulgarian Construction of the 20th Century Book Chapter
In: pp. 179-198, Taylor and Francis, 2022, ISBN: 9781000645637; 9781032197685.
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Ilchenko, M.; Mihaylov, V. T.
Introduction: Socialist Urban Utopias and Their Continuing Transformations Book Chapter
In: pp. 1-11, Taylor and Francis, 2022, ISBN: 9781000645637; 9781032197685.
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Mihaylov, V. T.; Ilchenko, M.
Post-Utopian Spaces: Transforming and Re-Evaluating Urban Icons of Socialist Modernism Book
Taylor and Francis, 2022, ISBN: 9781000645637; 9781032197685.
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Mihaylov, V. T.; Ilchenko, M.
Conclusion: Post-Utopian Spaces in Search of Alternative Urban Policies Book Chapter
In: pp. 218-227, Taylor and Francis, 2022, ISBN: 9781000645637; 9781032197685, (1).
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Mihaylov, V. T.
Rises and Falls of New Socialist Cities Book Chapter
In: pp. 12-32, Taylor and Francis, 2022, ISBN: 9781000645637; 9781032197685, (1).
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2021
Mihaylov, V. T.; Sitek, S.
Trade wars and the changing international order: A crisis of globalization? Journal Article
In: Miscellanea Geographica, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 99-109, 2021, ISSN: 08676046, (1).
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Mihaylov, V. T.
Ethnic and Regional Aspects of the Demographic Crisis in Bulgaria Journal Article
In: Regional Research of Russia, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 254-262, 2021, ISSN: 20799705, (1).
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abstract = {Abstract—: Thirty years after the start of democratic change, Bulgaria’s population has decreased by about 2 mln people. During this period (1989–2019), the country recorded one of the highest rates of population decrease in the world. These circumstances have confronted the Balkan country with a number of difficulties in regional development. The article outlines a specific national sociopsychological discourse on demographic processes in the conditions of Bulgaria’s socioeconomic transformation. The main dilemma here is whether this is a demographic crisis or a demographic catastrophe. In addition to assessments of this problem at the national level, the author has attempted to interpret its ethnic and regional aspects. The chief theses are confirmed by selected empirical data, which illustrate the serious scale of depopulation of Bulgaria and regions of the country. The author emphasizes the helplessness of Bulgarian society and state policy, which have long suffered the lack of an operational approach to neutralizing negative demographic trends and depopulation in a number of regions. © 2021, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.},
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Abstract—: Thirty years after the start of democratic change, Bulgaria’s population has decreased by about 2 mln people. During this period (1989–2019), the country recorded one of the highest rates of population decrease in the world. These circumstances have confronted the Balkan country with a number of difficulties in regional development. The article outlines a specific national sociopsychological discourse on demographic processes in the conditions of Bulgaria’s socioeconomic transformation. The main dilemma here is whether this is a demographic crisis or a demographic catastrophe. In addition to assessments of this problem at the national level, the author has attempted to interpret its ethnic and regional aspects. The chief theses are confirmed by selected empirical data, which illustrate the serious scale of depopulation of Bulgaria and regions of the country. The author emphasizes the helplessness of Bulgarian society and state policy, which have long suffered the lack of an operational approach to neutralizing negative demographic trends and depopulation in a number of regions. © 2021, Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
2020
Mihaylov, V. T.
Ethnic and Regional Dimensions of the Demographic Crisis in Bulgaria [ЭТНИЧЕСКИЕ И РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ИЗМЕРЕНИЯ ДЕМОГРАФИЧЕСКОГО КРИЗИСА В БОЛГАРИИ] Journal Article
In: Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya, vol. 84, no. 6, pp. 832-843, 2020, ISSN: 25875566, (1).
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Mihaylov, V. T.
Ethnoterritorial divisions and urban geopolitics in post-yugoslav mostar Book Chapter
In: pp. 91-110, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020, ISSN: 2365757X, (1).
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The ethnic and religious composition of Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina, changed significantly after the collapse of Yugoslavia. The urban space was re-fragmented and divided spatially and politically between the Croats and Bosniaks while the Serbian community, relatively large before the war, reduced its share in total population by 15.0%. The chapter’s structure follows formulated basic features of the Mostar urban geopolitics model, i.e., demographic and political asymmetry, multi-stakeholder geopolitics, permanent temporality, and territorial ethnocracy. The discussion is centred around the following issues: the causes and effects of the conflicting interests of the political parties of the two dominant ethnic communities formed after the civil war in the first half of the 1990s; the importance of their policy for formal and informal spatial divisions of the urban space; the internationalisation of the Mostar’s sociopolitical life. Taking into account the complex ethnopolitical and international context around Mostar and Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole, the author discusses various scenarios for the evolution of the urban space’s organisation and stresses that both geopolitics of confrontation and geopolitics of dialogue are possible. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Mihaylov, V. T.
Preface Book
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020, ISSN: 2365757X.
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Mihaylov, V. T.
Conclusion Book Chapter
In: pp. 243-248, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020, ISSN: 2365757X.
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abstract = {Based on the results of twelve case studies on divided and contested cities in post-socialist countries, the chapter presents some general trends and perspectives highlighting the chief conceptual contribution of the volume. Urban spaces in East-Central Europe host diverse paths of spatial confrontation and fragmentation differ in terms of intensity, depth and lasting. Obtained results concern conflicts in ethnically and/or geopolitically cities as well as cultural, social and economic conflicts and divisions in cities and neighbourhoods which are rather not endangered by political disintegration. Despite many East-Central European cities face obstacles in their road to return to normal and regular urban spaces, examples of successful cooperation of cities divided by a state border testify that optimistic scenario is also possible. In concluding part, some general findings concerning the complex nature contested urban spaces are drawn by the author. It is also underlined that further research in this domain could contribute not only to a better understanding of the causes and state of conflicts and divisions, but also to delineate the ways of dialogue and possible conflict resolution. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.},
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Based on the results of twelve case studies on divided and contested cities in post-socialist countries, the chapter presents some general trends and perspectives highlighting the chief conceptual contribution of the volume. Urban spaces in East-Central Europe host diverse paths of spatial confrontation and fragmentation differ in terms of intensity, depth and lasting. Obtained results concern conflicts in ethnically and/or geopolitically cities as well as cultural, social and economic conflicts and divisions in cities and neighbourhoods which are rather not endangered by political disintegration. Despite many East-Central European cities face obstacles in their road to return to normal and regular urban spaces, examples of successful cooperation of cities divided by a state border testify that optimistic scenario is also possible. In concluding part, some general findings concerning the complex nature contested urban spaces are drawn by the author. It is also underlined that further research in this domain could contribute not only to a better understanding of the causes and state of conflicts and divisions, but also to delineate the ways of dialogue and possible conflict resolution. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Mihaylov, V. T.
Conflicts and divisions of urban space. linking post-socialist and global discourses Book Chapter
In: pp. 1-20, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2020, ISSN: 2365757X.
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This chapter justifies the topicality and relevance of spatial conflicts and divisions in cities from the viewpoint of human geography and other branches of science dealing with spatial facets of urban development such as sociology, political science, and economics. Based on the analysis of publications regarding post-socialist cities, the author outlines the main themes in this well-developed interdisciplinary discourse. The author also stresses that despite its high research potential, we lack a separate domain that generates knowledge about conflicts in cities of East-Central Europe. Particular attention is paid to the global discourse of knowledge on contested and divided cities and the variety of currents and problems raised by scholars. The merits of the current book and its contribution to the process of maturing from conflicts and divisions in post-socialist cities as a prospective direction of future research are highlighted. Issues with high research potential include geopolitically- and ethnonationally-motivated conflicts and divisions, as well as topics related to current disputes about the heritage of multicultural cities, conflicts caused by competing interests in spatial planning under conditions of post-socialist transformation, globalisation, and European integration. Conflicts and divisions caused by post-socialist transformation and its long-lasting socio-spatial consequences make the missing link between post-socialist urban change and global discourses on contested and divided cities. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
2019
Krzysztofik, R.; Kantor-Pietraga, I.; Spórna, T.; Dragan, W.; Mihaylov, V. T.
Beyond ‘logistics sprawl’ and ‘logistics anti-sprawl’. Case of the Katowice region, Poland Journal Article
In: European Planning Studies, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 1646-1660, 2019, ISSN: 09654313, (14).
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Mihaylov, V. T.; Runge, J.; Krzysztofik, R.; Spórna, T.
Paths of Evolution of Territorial Identity. The Case of Former Towns in the Katowice Conurbation Journal Article
In: Geographica Pannonica, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 173-184, 2019, ISSN: 03548724, (4).
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2018
Mihaylov, V. T.; Sala, S.
Subnational identities in the context of the changing internal geopolitics. the case of post-revolutionary Ukraine Journal Article
In: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, vol. 39, no. 39, pp. 79-96, 2018, ISSN: 17324254, (2).
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abstract = {The main changes in the development of identity of Ukrainians after the Euromaidan revolution and their influence on internal geopolitics of the state are presented in the paper. The authors have made a critical overview of the key psychological and symbolic domains of Galician and Little-Russian identity, drawing attention on their changes in the context of the current geopolitical conflict which led to the loss of territory in 2014. Throughout all the 20th century and nowadays, these identities form the political and cultural landscape of Ukraine and generate a number of social divisions. Apart from those identity issues and their preconditions, the obstacles for the realisation of the policy of Ukrainian nation-building are also discussed. The authors conclude that there is a tendency to strengthen the role of the Ukrainian language and break the ties with Russia in a radical way as well as expansion of the pro-Western attitudes and expectations. In terms of mentality and civilizational values, the widening gap between millions of Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians from the East and the population of the central and western regions of Ukraine is also pointed out. © 2018 Nicolaus Copernicus University.},
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The main changes in the development of identity of Ukrainians after the Euromaidan revolution and their influence on internal geopolitics of the state are presented in the paper. The authors have made a critical overview of the key psychological and symbolic domains of Galician and Little-Russian identity, drawing attention on their changes in the context of the current geopolitical conflict which led to the loss of territory in 2014. Throughout all the 20th century and nowadays, these identities form the political and cultural landscape of Ukraine and generate a number of social divisions. Apart from those identity issues and their preconditions, the obstacles for the realisation of the policy of Ukrainian nation-building are also discussed. The authors conclude that there is a tendency to strengthen the role of the Ukrainian language and break the ties with Russia in a radical way as well as expansion of the pro-Western attitudes and expectations. In terms of mentality and civilizational values, the widening gap between millions of Russians and Russian-speaking Ukrainians from the East and the population of the central and western regions of Ukraine is also pointed out. © 2018 Nicolaus Copernicus University.