Through the use of a three-wave panel study of citizens of the former East German city of Leipzig, the article explores the changes in the relationship between socialist values and democratic support over time. It finds that the direct effect of socialist values on democratic satisfaction declines substantially from the 1993–96 portion of the panel study to the 1996–98 period. As individuals ac...

The discussion between the followers of Howard’s garden city concept and supporters Fordian social is considered on basis archival documents. took place in 1920s ended with administrative suppression one parties, which largely determined ways further development socialist urban planning. article expresses thesis that opposing concepts were not antagonists at all. architecture over next hundred ...

Based on the subdistrict (jie-dao) data from 1982 and 1990 national population censuses, this research employs two approaches to investigate the urban population change patterns in Shenyang, China. The density function approach examines what function best characterizes its density distribution, how the density pattern has changed over time, how many centers can be identified in the city, and ho...

There are many ways of moving through a city. Cycling is one which has received considerable attention from urban scholars. Yet it has remained largely neglected within the burgeoning literature on the post-socialist urbanisms of Central and Eastern Europe. This paper uses a case study from Sofia, Bulgaria to address this gap in urban research. By exploring the practices and affordances of cycl...

The article discusses the post-socialist developments of urban public space in St. Petersburg, Russia. The city with a historic center protected by the UNESCO World Heritage status in combination with the Soviet legacy of lack of public participation is facing the problem of public space development. There are two controversial concepts of urban space represented in the public discourse that ar...

The postwar decades were significant for urban development in Central and Eastern Europe since many cities grew rapidly industrialized. Slovak city of Košice illustrates how industrial entities’ localization catalyzes development. the years after 1945 changed character from middle size provincial town into a large city. Later, post-socialist transformation redirected this trend left postindustr...