Iron curtains : gates, suburbs and privatization of space in the post-socialist city

Auteur :
HIRT, S.

Description :
Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, this book explores the human dimension of new aspects of urbanization that have emerged in Eastern Europe. After examining notions of the public and the private, and the recent expansion of private space, the text reviews the recent evolution of post-socialist cities in Eastern Europe before focusing on Sofia and on the gated houses and gated complexes that have developed in the city’s inner areas and recent suburbs. - (HC)


Type de document :
Monographie

Source :
256 p., Références bibliographiques : dissem.

Date :
2012

Identifiants :
isbn : 978-1-4443-3826-3

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell