Skopje

Abstract

This essay theoretically investigates symmetric types of auctions and provides simulation for the different types of statistical distributions that bidders follow in order to determine the maximum bid,

Multiple Transformations

“…In any case, the compact physical morphology of the former socialist city is being rapidly transformed under the parallel influence of residential and commercial activities sprawling into the hinterland (Nuissl and Rink, 2005;Ouředníček, 2007;Matlovič and Sedláková, 2007;Sýkora and Ouředníček, 2007;Tammaru et al, 2009). Yet such controversies are also evident in city centres, where commercialisation has been accompanied by increasing traffic congestion and has come into conflict with historical heritage (Pucher, 1999;Sýkora, 1999a;Hirt and Kovachev, 2006;Kotus, 2006;Bouzarovski, 2010). The visual value of citycentre landscapes has been appropriated by the growth of business service enterprises that clearly demonstrate the strong presence of international private capital (Czepczyński, 2008).…”

“…Yet such controversies are also evident in city centres, where commercialisation has been accompanied by increasing traffic congestion and has come into conflict with historical heritage (Pucher, 1999; Sýkora, 1999a; Hirt and Kovachev, 2006; Kotus, 2006; Bouzarovski, 2010). The visual value of city-centre landscapes has been appropriated by the growth of business service enterprises that clearly demonstrate the strong presence of international private capital (Czepczyński, 2008).…”

A Socially Resilient Urban Transition? The Contested Landscapes of Apartment Building Extensions in Two Post-communist Cities

“…The lack of a clear set of housing policy guidelines further aggravated the rather haphazard and disorganised nature of the state’s involvement in housing construction and management during both the 1980s and the post-communist transformation process since 1990. Macedonia only adopted a formal housing policy in 2007, even though the creation of such a strategic document was foreseen by the national spatial plans adopted in 1982 and 2002 (Bouzarovski, 2010; MTVRM, 2007). Our expert interviews in Skopje indicated that one of the reasons for the slow development of this document lies in the overdescriptive and superficial character of the housing components of the 2002 plan which, instead of assessing the changing character of residential provision in the country under market conditions, merely summarised the situation on the ground based on census data, while estimating the future housing needs of the Republic, based on population projections.…”