Spatial forms of residential suburbanization in the hinterland of Bratislava

The past two decades of suburbanization have left a tremendous footprint on the hinterland of major Slovak cities. The paper is focusing on this phenomenon from the perspective of spatial morphology - an approach to which Slovak literature has not paid much attention. The objective of this paper is to outline the spatial configuration of residential suburbanization in the hinterland of Bratislava. Through selected examples, the paper uncovers the mechanism of spatial configurations (territorial regulations, morphology of the territory, different municipal strategies, distance from Bratislava, real estate prices, etc.). Understanding the morphogenesis of new settlement structures in urban hinterland plays a key role in identifying the social, economic and environmental impacts of suburbanization. In fact, this is a vast unexplored field that needs further attention in urban studies and urban morphology in particular.