The transformations of the last 20 years in Europe have left a new influence on the social as well as spatial structures of cities. Especially significant changes have taken place in Eastern Europe, where alongside political and economic transformations, great changes have affected community spatial structuring which has been expressed in new types of spatial organization forms. Specifically they are expressed in territories with transitional type land-use, where the suburbs have become the reflections of the new development process.

The fragmented construction and social life fragmentation is the result of the suburban spaces’ transformation which has taken place up till now. In the research, attention is focussed on the physical space transformations and social relationship development trends in the Pier?ga territories over the last 20 years. Spatial and social structures have been analyzed and common traits have been sought in more detail in a municipality next to the City of R?ga – at ?ekava. The results of the research, which are based on cartographic analysis, territory surveys and semi- structured in-depth interviews with the suburb’s residents, mark and clarify suburban development trends in the R?ga’s suburb, which are similar to the Baltic’s and surrounding territories of other large cities in Eastern Europe. In the research, land policy and urban development policies up till now are being analyzed, as well as the specific nature of the social and physical spatial structure in Pier?ga, so that a foundation can be developed for a new approach in the development of urban structures and urban design, which would be based on functionally multiform, morphologically connected, residential areas suited for community life and the development of its networks.

Key-words: suburban patterns, fragmentation of space, planning policy, Eastern Europe