This paper discuss the mass housing neighborhoods named Limans in Novi Sad, Serbia, with the specific case study of urban quarter named Liman 3, showing a good example of gradual functional diversification of neighborhood ...

In case of progressive degradation of the natural environment, more emphasis is put on the actions which would minimize the humanity’s negative influence on the environment. An attempt to answer ecological issues is the ...

The city is by its definition a space appropriated by culture, it is artificial and anthropogenic environment, the place of residence of people. The numbers, however, are significant. In the United States, the number of ...

Housing estates, which have emerged during the post-war mass housing development, became the significant part of an urban structure of many cities across the eastern bloc. In Slovak cities, they still represent the major ...

Contemporary urbanists and architects are faced with the problem of adapting degraded post-communist neighbourhoods to the current needs of their inhabitants. Most of those housing estates need rehabilitation which is ...

Lviv (Ukraine) is an Eastern European city with a history dating back to the 13th century. It could be imagined as a palimpsest-like place of different architectural, social, and cultural heritages. However, the majority ...

Large pre-fabricated housing estates were erected all over Europe, however the political and ideological factors conspired to ensure that they developed on the largest scale in communist countries. Today, they continue to ...