Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries : The Legacy of Central Planning in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania /

This open access book focuses on the formation and later socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in the Baltic countries-Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It also explores claims that a distinctly "westward-looking orientation" in their design produced housing estates that were s...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Hess, Daniel Baldwin (Editor), Tammaru, Tiit (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Series:	The Urban Book Series,
Subjects:	Urban geography. Human geography. Europe-Economic conditions. Demography. Sociology, Urban. Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). Human Geography. European Economics. Urban Studies/Sociology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Prologue-A Place to Live, Work, and Play: Housing Demand and Urbanization in the Baltic Countries
Turbulent Political History and the Legacy of State Socialism in the Baltic Countries
Soviet-Era Housing Systems Explained: Constructing and Inhabiting Socialist Housing Estates in the Baltics
Freedom and Constraints: Ideals Transferred but Eclipsed by Industrialised Housing Production
Mass Housing and 'Extensive Urbanism' in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Overview
The Ethnic and Social Landscape of Residents in Tallinn's Socialist Housing Estates
Residential Change and Socio-Demographic Challenges for Large Housing Estates: Exploring Post-Soviet Riga
Soviet Housing Estates and their Residents in Vilnius
Living in a Large Housing Estate: An Insiders' Perspective from Lithuania
Innovation Inside and Outside "The System": Revisiting the Role of Architects in Planning Socialist-Era Residential Districts in Estonia
Evolution of Award-Winning Microrayons and Housing Estates in the Baltics
Aspirations versus Reality in the Formation of Mikrorayon Commercial Centers in Lithuania
Forms of Governing Parking in Housing Estates in Tallinn, Estonia
State-Subsidized Renovation of Socialist Apartment Blocks in Estonia
Large Housing Estates in Latvia: Origin and Future Challenges
Possibilities for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Renovation of Socialist Residential Space: "Smart City" Redevelopment in Tartu, Estonia .