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Intra-urban landscapes of priority: the Soviet legacy

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  • Michael Gentile
  • Örjan Sjöberg

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Based on the urban experience of the Soviet Union, this article explores the value of the so-called priority approach for understanding the mechanisms that contributed to the creation of the spatial structure of the Soviet/socialist city. The changes in priority status that the various urban functions were subject to are highlighted. It is then proposed that these variations were instrumental in the formation of the internal functioning and social differentiation of the Soviet/socialist city and, to the extent that the pre-1991 urban fabric persists, of its post-Soviet successor. Finally, the authors propose a new model of the development of the Soviet/socialist city, fusing the priority approach with an extensive survey of previous scholarly work within the field.

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  • Michael Gentile & Örjan Sjöberg, 2006. "Intra-urban landscapes of priority: the Soviet legacy," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(5), pages 701-729.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:58:y:2006:i:5:p:701-729
    DOI: 10.1080/09668130600731268
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    1. Renaud, Bertrand M., 1996. "Housing finance in transition economies : the early years in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1565, The World Bank.
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    1. Alexander Kalyukin & Sebastian Kohl, 2020. "Continuities and discontinuities of Russian urban housing: The Soviet housing experiment in historical long-term perspective," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 57(8), pages 1768-1785, June.
    2. Kadri Leetmaa & Tiit Tammaru & Kristi Anniste, 2009. "From Priority‐Led To Market‐Led Suburbanisation In A Post‐Communist Metropolis," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 100(4), pages 436-453, September.
    3. Kadri Leetmaa & Isolde Brade & Kristi Anniste & Mari Nuga, 2012. "Socialist Summer-home Settlements in Post-socialist Suburbanisation," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 49(1), pages 3-21, January.
    4. Ronald Van Kempen & Alan Murie, 2009. "The New Divided City: Changing Patterns In European Cities," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 100(4), pages 377-398, September.

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