Iron curtains : gates, suburbs, and privatization of space in the post-socialist city /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hirt, Sonia
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Θέματα: 2000-2099; City planning > Former communist countries.; City planning > Europe, Eastern.; Property > Former communist countries.; Property > Europe, Eastern.; Gated communities > Former communist countries.; Gated communities > Europe, Eastern.; Equality > Europe, Eastern.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Regional Planning.; City planning.; Equality.; Gated communities.; Property.; Social conditions; Europe, Eastern > Social conditions > 21st century.; Europe, Eastern.; Former communist countries.; Electronic books.

Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe. Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the p...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Public, private, privatism
• The post-socialist city
• Post-modern urbanism revisited
• Sofia : wither the socialist city
• The ninth ring: suburbanizing Sofia
• Iron curtains I: gated homes
• Iron curtains II: gated complexes
• Architecture of disunity
• Possibilities
• Figures and tables
• Appendix
• References
• Notes.