TY - BOOK AU - Hirt,Sonia TI - Iron curtains: gates, suburbs, and privatization of space in the post-socialist city SN - 9781118295946 AV - HT169.E82 H57 2012eb U1 - 307.1/21609171/7 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley & Sons KW - City planning KW - Former communist countries KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Property KW - Gated communities KW - Equality KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Regional Planning KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; hrm N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118295922 ER -