Prostor na rubovima gradova, shvaćen u najopćenitijem
smislu, kao i naselja koja su dio toga prostora specifičan
su socioprostorni laboratorij današnjice. Grad prodire u
svoju okolicu na nebrojene načine, od kojih su neki vidljivi
oku, a neki počivaju na simboličkoj razini, pa možemo
govoriti o skupu odnosa koji prožimaju prostor i stvaraju
nove slojeve. Definiranje suburbanizacije i srodnih
procesa iz socioprostornog aspekta zahtijeva slojevit
interdisciplinarni pristup s obzirom na važnost povijesnoga,
geografskoga i društvenoga konteksta, čije međudjelovanje
stvara specifične socijalne i prostorne konstrukte. Polazeći
od tvrdnje da smo svjedoci planetarnoga suburbanizma,
analizirat ćemo proces suburbanizacije fokusirajući se na
trendove u suvremenom razvoju rubnih naselja. Proučavanje
(sub)urbanoga prostora zahtijeva izmicanje iz strogih
definicija grada i njegove okolice, odnosno prihvaćanje da
su granice grada permeabilne, stoga se u ovom radu
istražuje suburbanizacija kroz široku lepezu teorijskih i
istraživačkih praksi. Promišljajući proces suburbanizacije
kroz brojne aspekte, kao što su dinamika procesa,
prostorna i socijalna dinamika te kroz istraživanje
konceptualnoga i semantičkoga bogatstva koje
se razvijalo u zadnjim desetljećima, ovaj rad teži
objasniti glavne pokretače i rezultate suvremene
suburbanizacije.Space on the urban edge as well as settlements that are part
of that space are considered to be specific contemporary
socio-spatial laboratories. Edge settlements, towns or
villages, are affected by the central city which penetrates into
its surroundings in multiple ways, some of which are visible,
spatial transformations, but many are manifested at symbolic
level and therefore represent a set of relationships that
define space. The definition of suburbanization and all other
related processes is based on the analysis of the key
concepts such as urbanization, space and place and the
consequences for the urban and suburban everyday life that
emerge from the reconceptualization of those concepts.
Starting from the presumption that we are all witnessing
planetary suburbanism, this paper analyzes the process of
suburbanization and focuses on contemporary spatial trends
in edge settlements. Suburbanization processes are studied
from a sociological perspective, which implies the expansion
of the urban way of life and departure from strict definitions
of cities and their surroundings by stressing the permeability
of the urban boundaries in contemporary spatial
classification. In this paper, the author attempts to explain the
main agents of suburbanization and its socio-spatial results
by rethinking the process of suburbanization through process
dynamics, spatial and social dynamics as well as through
research of the conceptual and semantic richness that has
emerged in recent decades
