Soviet housing and urban design
By: Steven A. Grant, editor.
Contributors: Grant, Steven A.; United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Office of International Affairs.; Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Published: 1980
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Housing -- Soviet Union.; Construction industry -- Soviet Union.
Description: Recent reforms in the Soviet housing construction process--Soviet building design and construction--Urban forms and infrastructure in the Soviet Union--U.S.S.R. practices in heat and power supply--Micro aspects of housing demand in Soviet cities--Building materials and components--Housing in Central Asia: the Uzbeck example--Construction in seismic areas--Soviet construction under difficult climatic conditions--The political economy of Soviet new towns--Reflections on the planning of old and new cities in the U.S.S.R.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Papers ... prepared for a conference ... held December 19, 1979, co-sponsored by the Office of International Affairs at HUD and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Wilson Center."
"HUD-IA-595."
"September 1980."