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Post-1990 Urban Brownfield Regeneration in Central and Eastern Europe: A Theoretical Concept

Author : Márton Berki

Published in: Development of the Settlement Network in the Central European Countries

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Abstract

After the politico-economic transition, Central and Eastern European counties had to face several new challenges. One of these was the future renewal of disused or obsolete urban brownfields, under conditions of market economy. Within the confines of this paper, I attempt to shed new light on the entire process of brownfield revitalisation; based on the spatial conceptions of Henri Lefebvre and those of Edward Soja, I aim to establish a theoretical framework that might contribute to the redefinition of urban regeneration, including its aims and philosophical underpinnings. Their notion—the trialectics of space—might help us in linking the past, present and future of our cities.

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Footnotes
1
It is important to note that ‘Thirdspace’ has a slightly different meaning in postcolonial studies (see Bhabha 1994); instead of dividing the world into ‘the West and the rest’, post-colonial thirdspaces are ‘hybrid spaces’ representing the spatial and temporal co-existence of the colonial system (with its infrastructure, institutions etc.) and the local native society (having utterly different spatial practices and traditions).
 
2
‘Thirding’ and ‘hybridity’ have been key issues for Bruno Latour (1993) as well.
 
3
However, museums are also Foucauldian ‘heterotopias’, thus they are not ‘used’ in the everyday sense of the word.
 
4
I am greatly indebted to Vladimir Drozg (University of Maribor) for his insightful comments on this issue.
 
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Metadata
Title
Post-1990 Urban Brownfield Regeneration in Central and Eastern Europe: A Theoretical Concept
Author
Márton Berki
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20314-5_10