(Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change)
by Valentin Mihaylov (Editor), Mikhail Ilchenko (Editor)
Featuring
up-to-date and insightful analyses and comparative case studies from a
plethora of countries, this timely book explores ‘ideal’ socialist
cities and their transformation under new socio-economic and political
conditions after the fall of communism.
With
contributions from leading scholars in the field, this book prioritises
objective scientific knowledge and presents expert rethinking of the
historical experience of urban planning in the former socialist
countries of Eurasia. It draws on carefully selected examples of iconic
cities of socialist modernism, from the post-Soviet space, Central
Europe, and the Balkans. The book explores the ongoing transformation of
these cities: from uniformed urban environment to chaotic
post-modernist planning, from industrialisation to touristification,
from deideologisation to making new and still highly contested heritage.
Written in an accessible and engaging style, this
book will be of interest to students and scholars in urban studies,
human geography, sociology, social anthropology, spatial planning, and
architectural practice.
