Sofia Borushkina
Biographic Data
| ID | 4421819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sofia Borushkina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sofia |
| FAMILY NAME | Borushkina |
| SIGNATURE | BORUSHKINA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Politecnico di Milano |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5789-5787 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spatial governance under polycrisis
Agglomeration policy has long been a dominant paradigm in spatial development, premised on the assumption that large, integrated city-regions drive national economic growth through productivity, innovation, and global integration. This paper examines how this paradigm is reworked under conditions of polycrisis, a durable state in which economic, geopolitical, and institutional shocks interact and reinforce one another. We argue that, while a cris…
Grass through concrete
Urban development plays an increasingly strategic – and often symbolic – role in contemporary authoritarian governance. This article shows how adapting policies from similar regimes emerges as a low-risk strategy for authoritarian decision-makers, offering urban modernisation without political disruption. Through process tracing, the paper reconstructs the policymaking process behind the adoption of a Russian planning Standard in Kazakhstan. The …
From genplan to master plan
This paper discusses the recent introduction of master plans in the Russian system of urban planning which signals the emergence of a new urban planning paradigm. An ongoing paradigm shift is traced through the evolution of three major planning instruments: the socialist genplan, the post-socialist genplan and the contemporary masterplan. The results show that the inefficiencies of post-socialist urban planning were due to the deliberate actions …
Paranoid regulatory innovations? Setting the stage for an unexpected war in Russian cities, 2021-2022
This article examines the regulatory innovations and the way they were introduced by Russian federal authorities in the months leading up to the war in Ukraine. Following the standardization approach of the Soviet planning system, there was a rapid adoption of new and the modification of existing GOSTs. This article attempts to 1) trace and document how a hybrid regime state with a socialist planning heritage prepares the cities for war in the 21…
Grass through concrete
Urban development plays an increasingly strategic – and often symbolic – role in contemporary authoritarian governance. This article shows how adapting policies from similar regimes emerges as a low-risk strategy for authoritarian decision-makers, offering urban modernisation without political disruption. Through process tracing, the paper reconstructs the policymaking process behind the adoption of a Russian planning Standard in Kazakhstan. The …
From genplan to master plan
This paper discusses the recent introduction of master plans in the Russian system of urban planning which signals the emergence of a new urban planning paradigm. An ongoing paradigm shift is traced through the evolution of three major planning instruments: the socialist genplan, the post-socialist genplan and the contemporary masterplan. The results show that the inefficiencies of post-socialist urban planning were due to the deliberate actions …
Paranoid regulatory innovations? Setting the stage for an unexpected war in Russian cities, 2021-2022
This article examines the regulatory innovations and the way they were introduced by Russian federal authorities in the months leading up to the war in Ukraine. Following the standardization approach of the Soviet planning system, there was a rapid adoption of new and the modification of existing GOSTs. This article attempts to 1) trace and document how a hybrid regime state with a socialist planning heritage prepares the cities for war in the 21…
From genplan to master plan
This paper discusses the recent introduction of master plans in the Russian system of urban planning which signals the emergence of a new urban planning paradigm. An ongoing paradigm shift is traced through the evolution of three major planning instruments: the socialist genplan, the post-socialist genplan and the contemporary masterplan. The results show that the inefficiencies of post-socialist urban planning were due to the deliberate actions …
Grass through concrete
Urban development plays an increasingly strategic – and often symbolic – role in contemporary authoritarian governance. This article shows how adapting policies from similar regimes emerges as a low-risk strategy for authoritarian decision-makers, offering urban modernisation without political disruption. Through process tracing, the paper reconstructs the policymaking process behind the adoption of a Russian planning Standard in Kazakhstan. The …
Spatial governance under polycrisis
Agglomeration policy has long been a dominant paradigm in spatial development, premised on the assumption that large, integrated city-regions drive national economic growth through productivity, innovation, and global integration. This paper examines how this paradigm is reworked under conditions of polycrisis, a durable state in which economic, geopolitical, and institutional shocks interact and reinforce one another. We argue that, while a cris…
Corporate governance (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Urbanization and City Planning (3 works) · Authoritarianism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economic system (2 works) · Law (2 works)