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

Main entry:

Hirt, Sonia, author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Studies in urban and social change

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-219) 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.

Summary:

Utilising research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, 'Iron Curtains' explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe.

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ISBN:

9781444338270 (cloth)
1444338277 (cloth)
9781444338263 (pbk.)
1444338269 (pbk.)

Subject:

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.
Communautés privées Anciens pays communistes.
Communautés privées Europe de l'Est.
Architecture and Planning.
City planning.
Equality.
Gated communities.
Property.
Social conditions
Nachfolgestaaten
Postkommunismus
Stadtplanung
Öffentlicher Raum
Privatsphäre
Gated community
Stadsplanering Östeuropa.
Grindstäder.
Europe, Eastern Social conditions 21st century.
Europe de l'Est Conditions sociales 21e siècle.
Eastern Europe.
Former communist countries.
Sozialistische Staaten
Osteuropa

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Studies in urban and social change.

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Location: Library main 284477
Call No.: BIB 223378
Status: Available

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