Changing the Symbolic Language of the Urban Landscape: Post-socialist Transformation in Kyiv

Dronova, Olena; Maruniak, Eugenia

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“…Among the processes that most affect changes in urban space are aggressive privatization, commercialization, functional fragmentation, tertiarization, social polarization, and spatial segregation (Mezentsev & Mezentseva, 2012). The theoretical basis of research on global neoliberal urbanization and the context and transformations occurring in Kyiv are addressed in Al-Hamarneh et al (2013) and Dronova et al (2013Dronova et al ( , 2018. An analysis of the problems and prospects facing the development of Ukraine's capital city was made by Nudelman (2015), and a review of the post-industrial transformation of major Ukrainian cities was conducted by Pidgrushnyi (2015).…”

Section: Theoretical Background 21 Global Neoliberal Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The city is growing by an average of 20,000 people annually. These additions are reflected in the real estate market and create additional pressure on the city's infrastructure (Dronova & Maruniak, 2018).…”

Section: Analysis Of Kyiv's Nodal Areas and Their Major Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The advantage of the globalization processes is that Kyiv's citizens, guided by what they observe from numerous examples in other regions of the world, are beginning to realize the importance of engaging in the decision-making processes related to ongoing spatial, economic, and social urban development. The increased number, scale, and variety of such social movements in Kyiv reflects an increase in the level of public awareness as well as a consciousness of citizens regarding their responsibility for the city's future (Dronova & Maruniak, 2018).…”

Section: Analysis Of Kyiv's Nodal Areas and Their Major Transformationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How neoliberal globalization processes are transforming Kyiv’s nodal areas

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How neoliberal globalization processes are transforming Kyiv's nodal areas The abandonment of Soviet urban planning approaches, the liberalization of appertaining legislation, confusion under the pressure of business priorities, and the lack of a national urban strategy make Ukrainian cities vulnerable to ongoing change. This article analyses the current urban functional and spatial transformations that result from the influences of neoliberal globalization. It considers Kyiv's nodal areas as the focus of major structural changes. The methodology addresses these processes, including their characteristics and salient features. Because of their social and historical significance, some nodal areas are acquiring more cultural and symbolic value, but at the same time the impact of certain ill-conceived replacements of the original functions can be observed in practice. The study identified forty-four nodal areas and classified six types of transformations according to their social and cultural value. In most nodal areas, the cultural, aesthetic, representative, and communication functions are being replaced by commercial, service, and transport land uses. Selected case studies demonstrate the importance of continued public involvement in reorganizing Kyiv's urban space.

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“…Prilagoditev mestne rabe zemljišč novim družbenim razmeram in prostorskim preobrazbam poteka po vsem mestu (Sýkora in Bouzarovski, 2012 Prednost globalizacijskih procesov je v tem, da se prebivalci Kijeva na podlagi številnih primerov drugje po svetu začenjajo zavedati pomena sodelovanja v procesih odločanja, povezanih s prostorskim, gospodarskim in družbenim razvojem mesta. Čedalje večje število, obseg in raznolikost tovrstnih družbenih gibanj v Kijevu so posledica večjega zavedanja javnosti oziroma prebivalcev o njihovi odgovornosti za prihodnost mesta (Dronova in Maruniak, 2018).…”

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Kako neoliberalni globalizacijski procesi preobražajo vozlišča v Kijevu

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2018

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“…In particular, these are the preconditions, course and consequences of recent decommunization of toponymy, regional strategies and practices of decommunization (e.g. Takhtaulova 2017, Gnatiuk 2018, Dronova and Maruniak 2019, Golikov 2020, Kudriavtseva 2020and Kovalov 2021.…”

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Place names for sale: A place of Ukraine in the universe of toponymy commodification

Gnatiuk¹,

Melnychuk²

2022

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The issue of commercial use of geographical names, constituting a promising and booming area of the second wave of critical toponomastics studies, remains poorly investigated in Ukraine. Simultaneously, Ukraine, passing a long and controversial post-Soviet transformation, represents a real honey pot for scrutinizing the commercial use of place names and its consequences for cultural landscapes and territorial communities. The aim of this article is to show Ukraine, as a country representing economically, socially, politically and culturally-specific part of the post-Soviet realm, in the global arena of toponymy commodification, creating the basis for further research in the field. The research methods include analysis of existing scientific literature, media screening, analysis of the names of residential complexes in Kyiv and its suburban area, field observations and the study of the legal framework. The most common form of toponymic commodification in Ukraine is the use of local geographical names and the names of historical regions for marketing purposes, in particular branding of goods and services. Gentrification-led type of toponymic commodification has already changed the symbolical space of the largest Ukrainian cities, while the possibilities for and practices of the infrastructural toponymic commodification are still quite limited although several existing cases may represent an early sign of upcoming global trend. In the field of tourism, an emerging practice is the use of formal and folk toponyms in order to create thematic cultural landscapes.

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Changing the Symbolic Language of the Urban Landscape: Post-socialist Transformation in Kyiv

Cited by 9 publications

References 5 publications

How neoliberal globalization processes are transforming Kyiv’s nodal areas

How neoliberal globalization processes are transforming Kyiv’s nodal areas

Kako neoliberalni globalizacijski procesi preobražajo vozlišča v Kijevu

Place names for sale: A place of Ukraine in the universe of toponymy commodification

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