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The rapid political changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
have had repercussions for many elements of the socialist system.
Housing provision, always an important part of the socialist
agenda, has undergone extensive changes. These have solved some
problems but given rise to others. The studies in "The Reform of
Housing in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union" highlight the
various aspects of housing reform, including such issues as
rehabilitation, private initiatives, housing quality, welfare
requirements and home ownership. While in some countries
policy-makers have adhered to the older methods of housing
provision, in others the number of massive state-run projects has
declined in favour of smaller privately-funded enterprises. The
latest changes reflect the socio-economic restructuring of the
countries in general and thus housing can be seen as a spearhead
for reforms throughout the system. The contributors are active
researchers in the former Eastern Bloc who analyze the latest
reforms and academics from Western Europe who supply a context of
broader housing issues. This book should be of interest to
undergraduates and academics in Soviet studies, urban studies,
social
All over Europe post-Second World War large-scale housing estates
face physical, economic, social and cultural problems. This book
presents the key findings of a major EU-funded research programme
into the restructuring of twenty-nine large-scale housing estates
in Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe. Policy and
practice between and within the ten countries studied - UK, the
Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy,
Spain, and France - is compared. While existing literature focuses
on the negative aspects of large-scale housing estates, this book
starts from the premise that the estates can be transformed into
attractive places to live and focuses on the possibilities of
sustainability and renewal through social, physical and policy
actions. Specifically, the book explains the origins and nature of
contemporary problems on the estates; examines which policy
objectives, measures and processes have had the greatest impact;
assesses and compares a wide range of local, regional and national
initiatives; discusses current ideas and philosophies, such as
'place making' and 'collaborative planning' that are likely to
influence future policy and practice and provides good practice
guidance for neighbourhood sustainability and renewal. Written by a
multi-national team of experts and drawing on original fieldwork,
the book provides unique comparative insights into the present and
future position of large-scale housing estates in Europe.
Restructuring large-scale housing estates in Europe is an
invaluable resource for a wide audience of academics, researchers,
students and policy makers in the fields of housing, urban studies,
community studies, regeneration, planning and social policy.
This book provides an important new contribution to the literature
about Eastern Europe following the political changes of the early
1990s. Its focus is on housing, which before these changes was
dominated in all Eastern European countries by state control and,
to a lesser extent, state provision. Here, the contributors aim to
describe and analyze the fundamental changes that are now taking
place as these housing systems, together with their supporting
financial institutions and building industries, are privatized.
This book provides an important new contribution to the literature
about Eastern Europe following the political changes of the early
1990s. Its focus is on housing, which before these changes was
dominated in all Eastern European countries by state control and,
to a lesser extent, state provision. Here, the contributors aim to
describe and analyze the fundamental changes that are now taking
place as these housing systems, together with their supporting
financial institutions and building industries, are privatized. The
core of the book consists of seven chapters by Eastern European
research teams, each covering a different country and providing
accounts of local housing systems before and after the recent
political changes. The core and supporting chapters all emphasize
analysis of housing change with reference to social and political
change and discussion of the effects of privatization on the
availability and distribution of housing.
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