Urban Planning During Socialism: Views from the Periphery

Urban Planning During Socialism explores the evolution of cities during the 20th century state socialism period, focusing on the periphery and using cultural and material studies to demonstrate diverse and novel concepts of 'periphery through transformations of socialist cityscapes. It is aimed at scholarly readership and will be of interest to planning officials, architects, policymakers, and activists in former socialist countries.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 30 October 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Urban Planning During Socialism delves into the evolution of cities during the period of state socialism of the 20th century, summarizing the urban and architectural studies that trace their transformations. The book focuses primarily on the periphery of the socialist world, both spatially and in terms of scholarly thinking. The case study cities presented in this book draw on cultural and material studies to demonstrate diverse and novel concepts of 'periphery through transformations of socialist cityscapes rather than homogenous views on cities during the period of state socialism of the 20th century. In doing so, the book explores the transversalities of political, economic, and social phenomena; the places for everyday life in socialist cities; the role of professional communities on production and reproduction of space and ecological thinking.

This book is aimed at scholarly readership, in particular scholars in architecture, urban planning, and human geography, as well as undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students in these disciplines studying the urban transformation of cities after World War II in socialist countries. It will also be of interest for planning officials, architects, policymakers, and activists in former socialist countries.

Weight: 710g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032355979