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1 online resourceUtilizing 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.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.Sonia A. Hirt.Includes bibliographical references and index.ee----- 2000-2099 fast City planningFormer communist countriesCity planningEurope, EasternPropertyFormer communist countriesPropertyEurope, EasternGated communitiesFormer communist countriesGated communitiesEurope, EasternEqualityEurope, EasternPOLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicyRegional PlanningCity planningEqualityGated communitiesPropertySocial conditionsEurope, EasternSocial conditions21st centuryEurope, EasternFormer communist countriesHT169.E82 H57 2012eb307.1/21609171/7Hirt, Sonia.Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley & Sons, 2012(DLC) 2011043301(OCoLC)76006865197811182959461118295943978111829592211182959279781118295953111829595110.1002/9781118295922 Wiley InterScienceAF7C522D-26E1-4D12-B58F-B36C6CFED5F1 OverDrive, Inc.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118295922http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118295922N$T12022820171115101637.0ocn778448461eng