5th NORDIC-BALTIC CONFERENCE IN REGIONAL SCIENCE
GLOBAL-LOCAL INTERPLAY IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION
Pärnu, Estonia, October 1-4, 1998

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Mait Rei
University of Tartu, Institute of Geography
Vanemuise str. 46, EE 2400, Tartu, Estonia
Tel.: 372 51 11135    Fax: 372 7 465 825
E-mail: rei@ut.ee

Theme 4

"Shrinking" urban aglomerations – the rise of media and informational industries and their impact producing new territorial and spatial scales and images

Abstract

During last decades world has experienced one of the most challenging change over whole history where informational industry has transformed very different ways both international and local economies. This paper analyses these changes in economic thinking and enterpreneur behaviours on urban spaces in the case of Estonia’s major urban areas. Fast change in informational and service sector gives valuable material how this has transform Estonian urban space and hierarchy through capital flows.

Keywords: urban economies spatial behaviours, media and informational industry, transforming post-socialist societies