(Post-)Socialist Housing and Aging in Neoliberal Riga
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22018285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Lulle (0000-0002-5386-9493, University of Eastern Finland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.7705 |
| OpenAlex | W4395012363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
This article contends that envisioning the future of housing planning in post-socialist cities necessitates the acknowledgment of a pressing reality: Many societies are undergoing rapid aging and depopulation. Latvia’s capital city of Riga, the focal point of this study, stands at the forefront of these global trends. However, due to entrenched neoliberal practices that idealize youthful, robust, and entrepreneurial residents, considerations of aging are conspicuously absent from urban planning visions. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in the capital city between 2021 and 2023, this article establishes a link between urban lived experiences while aging and the intersecting dynamics of housing. The critical analysis is informed by data derived from observations, conversations, media sources, official discourses, and perspectives gathered through expert interviews. Ultimately, this article advances an agenda aimed at urging people to think about more hopeful futures for aging in cities, an issue of paramount significance in the post-socialist societies of the 21st century
Economic system · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Urbanization and City Planning
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European post-socialist cities and their near hinterland in intra-urban geography literature
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
Age-Friendly Cities of Europe
Slow violence and toxic geographies
An Examination of the Sufficiency of Small Qualitative Samples
The problem-centred expert interview’. Combining qualitative interviewing approaches for investigating implicit expert knowledge
Metropolitan processes in post‐communist states
Ageing in urban environments
Lifestyles of belief
Post-socialist Urban Trends
International and European policy on work and retirement
Translocal Ageing in the Global East
Architects' Conceptions of the Human Body
Now I see it, now I don't
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |