Can Central and Eastern European large housing estates generally be branded as places of decline and social decay? Current results from an ongoing research project on sociospatial differentiation of different neighbourhoods in CEE-urban regions reveal a high level of residential satisfaction and a low level of potential mobility. Based on theoretical considerations about residential satisfaction the paper compares five large housing estates: Leipzig-Grünau, Budapest-Havanna, Vilnius-Karoliniskes, Sofia-Mladost and St. Petersburg-Lenin Prospect. After analysing local housing markets as well as socio-demographic development of the selected case studies from an interregional perspective, sociospatial processes are highlighted from an intra-urban perspective. The paper goes on to explore different types of residential satisfaction and potential residential mobility. A main emphasis is put on the interpretation of these types against the backdrop of different housing conditions. In conclusion, the authors try to answer the question, whether residential satisfaction is a stable or fragile phenomenon in large housing estates in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) has recently emerged as a conflict-solving tool to improve World Heritage (WH) conservation in line with sustainable development policies. The increasing number of requested HIAs for affected WH properties over the last years reveals that more attention is being paid to HIA as a practical tool to adequately support the protection and management of historic monuments and sites against new constructions and development. However, the application of integrated and systematic impact assessment methods within HIA still remains a key challenge in different HIA projects. Therefore, this paper contributes to the further development of a transparent and systematic procedure of HIA in accordance with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). It also explores different standard methods of impact assessment in EIA and discusses their applicability to cultural World Heritage properties. Finally, the paper emphasizes a need for developing integrated impact assessment methods to address the multiple impacts of development projects. Such methodological enhancement can further contribute to mitigation strategies and decision-making to protect World Heritage properties within the context of sustainable development.

Zusammenfassung Die ausdifferenzierung von immobilienangebot und -nachfrage in den stadtregionen Mittelosteuropas nach 1990 deuten auf die neubewertung der sozialistischen großwohnsiedlungen als Wohnstandort hin. Die große Bedeutung dieses Marktsegments bei der Wohnraumversorgung sowie dessen Modernisierungsbedarf verdeutlichen den stellenwert der großwohnsiedlungen für die stadtentwicklung. Vor diesem hintergrund analysiert der Beitrag die aktuellen sozialen und baulichen situationen in vier ausgewählten großwohnsiedlungen Mittelosteuropas. Die möglichen entwicklungsperspektiven der Quartiere werden als chancen und handlungsbedarfe diskutiert, die sich aus dem Zusammenspiel von stadtregionalen Wohnungsmarktstrukturen, öffentlicher förderpoli-tik und lokalem Bewohnerhandeln zwischen Mobilität und eigeninitiative ergeben.Schlüsselwörter großwohnsiedlung · Mittel-und osteuropäische stadtregionen · Wohnungsmarkt · förderpolitik · Wohnzufriedenheit · segregation Abstract the differentiation of housing supply and demand in central-eastern european urban regions since 1990 adumbrates the reassessment of socialist large scale housing estates as housing location. the importance of this market segment in terms of housing supply as well as its need for refurbishment stresses on the significance of large-scale housing estates in urban development. against this background the authors analyse the current social and edificial situations in four selected large-scale housing estates in central-eastern europe. Potential perspectives for its developments are discussed as opportunities and needs for action, resulting from the interplay of regional housing market structures, public policy of subsidies and dwellers' behaviour between mobility and do-it-yourself initiatives.