Hated but Indispensable
Physical Transformations and Changing Perceptions of Panel Housing Estates in Postsocialist Bulgaria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6423291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valentin Mihaylov (0000-0002-5888-6583, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1032-1052 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Europe Asia Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-8136 • E-ISSN: 1465-3427 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09668136.2024.2380459 |
| OpenAlex | W4401271240 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 45 |
This essay addresses the physical transformation and changing public perceptions of the panel housing estates built in Bulgaria during socialist industrialisation. Particular emphasis is given to specificities of the Bulgarian experience, such as resident adaptations, self-made gardens and codes of behaviour around public spaces. The attitudes of various social and professional groups have been divided into four categories: rejection, scepticism, realism and reinvention. These serve as a framework for the analysis of two chief aspects: the physical decline and/or renewal of prefabricated housing estates; and the growing variety of public perceptions concerning these estates
Bulgarian · Industrialisation · Perception · Political science · Public housing · Skepticism · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning
Housing Estates in Europe
Housing Policy Reforms in Post Socialist Europe
Iron Curtains
Bulgarian Urban Settlements in the Early 21st Century
Re-claiming space for public life
Housing in Socialist Bulgaria
An uncertain future
Introduction
Large-Scale Housing Estates in Central and East European Cities
Racialised postsocialist governance in Romania’s urban margins
Creating and Domesticating Hungary’s Socialist Industrial Landscape
Gated communities in Bulgaria
Rethinking the post-socialist city
Bulgaria's Communist-Era Landscape
Post-Socialist Housing Systems in Europe
Development Pathways of Large Housing Estates in Post-socialist Cities
Housing estates' trajectories in post-socialist countries
Reprint of “The production of segregated urban landscapes
Ideology and Urbanism in a Flux
Cycling in the post-socialist city
Making the Ghetto at Luník IX in Slovakia
The Social Transformation of Large Housing Estates in Poland at the Turn of the 21st Century
Spaces of Priority
Gazing on communism
An Unwanted Past
The Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov as lieu de mémoire
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |