Housing Developments in Moscow in the 1990s

Bater, James H.

doi:10.1080/10605851.1994.10640962

Cited by 18 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The oldest and most desirable central Kirov district remains hom e to both the form er Com munist party' s nom enklatura e Â lite and the poore st citizensÐ prim arily pensionersÐ living in multi-fam ily com munal apartments. This pattern is typical of historic Russian cities because pre-Revolution ary era apartments, which com prise the bulk of centre city housing, average more room s and were either given to the e Â lite or sub-div ided into the least desirable form of housing Ð com munal apartm ents (Bater, 1994). Special ministry housin g, such as that built for the Defence M inistry or the KGB, also tended to be built in the city centre, thus accounting for its higher concentration of nomenklatura e Â lite.…”

Section: Social Geograph Y Of Soviet Neighbourhoods: Yaroslavlmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…M oscow also displays this pattern of higher rates of priva tisation among the retireesÐ Bater, 1994. Bater has speculated that this re¯ects both a desire for security and a greater abundance of discretiona ry tim e needed to arrange for priva tisation (Bater, 1994, p. 317).…”

Section: Patterns Of Early Privatisationmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…As in Europe, the centre is also the cultural heart of the city. Unlike their W estern counte rparts, the central areas of Yaroslavl and other Russian cities still have a large resident, as opposed to daytim e, population (Bater, 1994). As is typical with Sovie t cities, the vast majority of the service and sales establishm ents are located in the city centre.…”

Section: Social Geograph Y Of Soviet Neighbourhoods: Yaroslavlmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

From 'Soviet' to 'European' Yaroslavl: Changing Neighbourhood Structure in Post-Soviet Russian Cities

Lehmann

Ruble

1997

Urban Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Sum m ary. T he absence of a m ark et m ean t that Soviet cities evolved in fundam entally differen t w ays from W estern cities, but econ omic reform prom ises to tran sform them . D raw ing from 1993 survey data from the city of Y aroslavl , the paper analyses how Russian citizens look at their Soviet-m ade city. It ® nds that R ussian s of diverse back grou nd appear to be draw n to a historica lly`Europ ean ' model of urban develop m ent in which the central city becom es hom e to the m onied class and the socially correct , while poorer social grou ps are pushed tow ard the perip hery. To understan d the dynam ics of the early stages of post-S oviet city develop m ent, a regress ion m odel con tain ing dem ograp hic, life-stag e and housing-con dition variab les is develop ed w hich predicts 52 per cent of the varianc e in movin g intention s.After describ ing the initial im pact of the housing privatisa tion process, the paper exam ines the reason s behind and the sign i® can ce of the precip itou s declin e in housing privatisa tion since 1993.

show abstract

Section: Social Geograph Y Of Soviet Neighbourhoods: Yaroslavlmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Patterns Of Early Privatisationmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Social Geograph Y Of Soviet Neighbourhoods: Yaroslavlmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

From 'Soviet' to 'European' Yaroslavl: Changing Neighbourhood Structure in Post-Soviet Russian Cities

Lehmann

Ruble

1997

Urban Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Residential zones with a good reputation have reliable transport, adequate retail trade facilities and social infrastructure, and favorable environmental conditions. Little by little, prestigious addresses tend to become the property of social groups whose high status and well-being are not in doubt (Pinçon and Pinçon-Charlot, 1992;Bater, 1994).…”

Section: Moscow-the Polarized Realitymentioning

confidence: 97%

Social Polarization and Ethnic Segregation in Moscow

Vendina

2002

Eurasian Geography and Economics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Without meeting this criteria, these households stayed together in one unit.' ' 9 For a more detailed description of housing developments in Moscow, see Bater (1994).…”

Section: Characteristics Of Moversmentioning

confidence: 99%