Essays about: "post-socialist planning"

Found 2 essays containing the words post-socialist planning.

1. 1. Post-socialist urban planning : Local needs in the City of Murmansk, Russia

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Daria Nikitina; [2018]
   Keywords : post-socialist planning; path-dependence; modernization; planning systems; rationality; local needs; municipal decision-making; residential development; civic engagement;

   Abstract : Urban research is aware of being culturally embedded, and inability to break free from history in some cases may explain why the change goes in a particular direction. After more than 70 years of centrally planned community and isolation, present urban structures in Russia stand as arenas for the system transitions. READ MORE

3. 2. Dacha Sweet Dacha: Place Attachment in the Urban Allotment Gardens of Kaliningrad, Russia

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Pavel Grabalov; [2017]
   Keywords : dacha; urban allotment garden; place attachment; urban informality; suburbanisation; Kaliningrad;

   Abstract : Official planning documents and strategies often look at cities from above neglecting people’s experiences and practices. Meanwhile cities as meaningful places are constructed though citizens’ practices, memories and ties with their surroundings. READ MORE