Post-Utopian Spaces
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Post-Utopian Spaces

Transforming and Re-Evaluating Urban Icons of Socialist Modernism

  1. 234 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Post-Utopian Spaces

Transforming and Re-Evaluating Urban Icons of Socialist Modernism

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access Post-Utopian Spaces by Valentin Mihaylov, Mikhail Ilchenko, Valentin Mihaylov,Mikhail Ilchenko in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Human Geography. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781032197692
eBook ISBN
9781000645668
Edition
1
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Human Geography

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Figures
  8. Tables
  9. Contributors
  10. 1 Introduction: Socialist Urban Utopias and Their Continuing Transformations
  11. 2 Rises and Falls of New Socialist Cities
  12. 3 Uralmash: Re-Imagining Utopia, Re-Constructing Urban Space
  13. 4 Zaporizhzhia: The Socialist City as a Cultural Model
  14. 5 Tychy: From a Dormitory Town to a Large Industrial Centre
  15. 6 Eisenhüttenstadt: Urban Heritage in Transformation
  16. 7 Ostrava-Poruba: A ‘Pure’ Socialist City in Change and Permanence
  17. 8 Dunaújváros: Transforming and Re-Branding the Largest New Town of Hungary’s State-Socialist Era
  18. 9 New Belgrade: From a Socialist Ideal to a Fragmented Space of Fashionable Architecture
  19. 10 Dimitrovgrad: A Bulgarian Construction of the 20th Century
  20. 11 Velenje: A Local Community’s Quest for Its Town Heritage and Identity
  21. 12 Conclusion: Post-Utopian Spaces in Search of Alternative Urban Policies
  22. Index