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665878
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Hirt, Sonia.
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Iron curtains : : gates, suburbs, and privatization of space in the post-socialist city /\ Sonia A. Hirt.
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1 online resource
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9781118295946 (electronic bk.)
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: 1118295943 (electronic bk.)
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9781444338270
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1444338277
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9781444338263
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1444338269
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: 9781118295922 (electronic bk.)
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: 1118295927 (electronic bk.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Public, private, privatism -- The post-socialist city -- Post-modern urbanism revisited -- Sofia : wither the socialist city -- The ninth ring: suburbanizing Sofia -- Iron curtains I: gated homes -- Iron curtains II: gated complexes -- Architecture of disunity -- Possibilities -- Figures and tables -- Appendix -- References -- Notes
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Utilizing research conducted primarily with residents of Sofia, Bulgaria, Iron Curtains: Gates, Suburbs, and Privatization of Space in the Post-socialist City explores the human dimension of new city-building that has emerged in East Europe.Features original data, illustrations, and theory on the process of privatization of resources in societies undergoing fundamental socio-economic transformations, such as those in Eastern EuropeRepresents the sole in-depth monograph on contemporary urbanism in Southeast EuropeMakes a broader statement on issues of urbanism in Europe and other parts of the w
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City planning-- Former communist countries.
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City planning-- Europe, Eastern.
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Property-- Former communist countries.
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Property-- Europe, Eastern.
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Gated communities-- Former communist countries.
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Gated communities-- Europe, Eastern.
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Equality-- Europe, Eastern.
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Europe, Eastern, Social conditions, 21st century.
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307.1/21609171/7
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HT169.E82H57 2012eb
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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Wiley Online Library (Online service)
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