Dhaka University Library Online

Your cart is empty.
Library Logo
Normal view MARC view ISBD view

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

by Hirt, Sonia.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781118295946; 1118295943; 9781118295922; 1118295927; 9781118295953; 1118295951.Subject(s): 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 booksOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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 process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern EuropeRepresents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast EuropeMakes a broader statement on issues of urbanism in Europe and other parts of the w.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Add tag(s)
Log in to add tags.
    average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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 process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern EuropeRepresents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast EuropeMakes a broader statement on issues of urbanism in Europe and other parts of the w.

Print version record.

There are no comments for this item.

Log in to your account to post a comment.
Last Updated on September 15, 2019
© Dhaka University Library. All Rights Reserved|Staff Login