The Transformation of Urban Space in Post-Soviet Russia

Making an important contribution to the theoretical literature of urbanism and post-communist transition, this significant book considers the change in the spatial structure of post-Soviet urban spaces since the period of transition began.

Konstantin Axenov is Associate Professor in the Department of Regional Diagnostics and Political Geography at St. Petersburg State University. His main research interests are urban and political geography. Isolde Brade is Senior Researcher in the Department of European Regional Geography at the Leibniz Institute of Regional Geography, Leipzig. Her research interests are focused on geographical city and city system research with a regional emphasis on Eastern Europe and Russia. Evgenij Bondarchuk is Director of the Scientific Institute for Applied Geography & Territorial Management, St. Petersburg. His main fields of interest are urban geography and the spatial research of retail.

1. Post-Industrial vs. Post-Socialist: Post-Industrial Trends and Points for Investigation in the Post-Socialist Metropolis  2. Changes in the Functions of St. Petersburg as a Prerequisite for Structural Change in the City  3. Transformation, Tertiary Sector and City Space: Time-Space Approach  4. Transformation and Specific Forms of Spatial Saturation  5. The Spatial Transformation of Vertical Business Structures  6. Territorial Complex Building  7. Post-Transformation Urban Space: The Results of Spatial Saturation and the Spatial Organization of New Business Forms  8. Post-Transformation vs. Modernisation: Conclusions