Towards a Framework for Sustainable Monotowns: Identity, Transformation, and Heritage in Post-Socialist Cities
Abstract
Abstract The article develops a methodological framework for analysing trajectories of identity reframing and for examining the post-socialist development of monotowns in Eastern and Central Europe. The methodology employs an interdisciplinary comparative case study approach, used as a meta-method and encompassing a multi-level research structure, aimed at providing a foundation for developing recommendations for rethinking Piatykhatky’s (Kharkiv, Ukraine). The methodology can subsequently be applied to other monotowns in Ukraine.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Urbanization and City Planning
Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
Rural development and sustainability
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Architecture and Urban Planning
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 38–50
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN