The post-socialist city of Brașov: Challenges and perils

The change of political regimes in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the last century has revalued the building plots in cities and reconfigured the stakes of urban space ownership. Brașov is one of the most attractive cities of Romania, residentially speaki...

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Main Author: D. SOREA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Transilvania University of Brasov Publishing House 2018-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law
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Online Access:http://webbut.unitbv.ro/bulletin/Series%20VII/2018/CERSS/17_SOREA_BUT%20special_2018.pdf
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description The change of political regimes in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the last century has revalued the building plots in cities and reconfigured the stakes of urban space ownership. Brașov is one of the most attractive cities of Romania, residentially speaking. Nonetheless, the convergence of real estate developers’ and their direct beneficiaries’ interests raises the risk of choking the city and modifying the characteristic features of its central area. The solutions of inadvertently building new real estate in the old and highly valued neighborhoods of the city diminish the quality of urban residence.
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spelling doaj.art-dd27a4934cc9424c8e8cea02a47b2aeb2023-01-03T03:49:09ZengTransilvania University of Brasov Publishing HouseBulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov: Series VII: Social Sciences, Law2066-77012066-771X2018-07-0111(60)Special Issue115126The post-socialist city of Brașov: Challenges and perilsD. SOREA0Transilvania University of Braşov, RomaniaThe change of political regimes in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the last century has revalued the building plots in cities and reconfigured the stakes of urban space ownership. Brașov is one of the most attractive cities of Romania, residentially speaking. Nonetheless, the convergence of real estate developers’ and their direct beneficiaries’ interests raises the risk of choking the city and modifying the characteristic features of its central area. The solutions of inadvertently building new real estate in the old and highly valued neighborhoods of the city diminish the quality of urban residence.http://webbut.unitbv.ro/bulletin/Series%20VII/2018/CERSS/17_SOREA_BUT%20special_2018.pdfurban spacedowntownthrong
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