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Mankutė, Aistė (author)
During thirty years of independent Lithuania, numerous iconic modern and postmodern buildings from the Soviet period had been demolished. Only in recent years architects and preservationists have started to protest and communicate the message of opposition to such activities but in most cases, it is too late to save an artifice.<br/>In the rich...
student report 2020
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Ubareviciene, Ruta (author), Burneika, Donatas (author)
Like many other Central and Eastern European countries Lithuania has been experiencing significant socio-spatial transformations since the 1990s. One of the most prominent of these transformations is associated with the residential suburbanization of its major cities. The suburbs are the only areas in Lithuania where the population has been...
journal article 2020
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Ubareviciene, Ruta (author)
This paper analyses the development of city systems in the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). These countries have experienced a shift from the relatively isolated realm of the Soviet Union to the European Union, one of the most liberal economies in the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse how the transition from a centrally...
journal article 2018
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Ubareviciene, Ruta (author)
Since the 1990s Lithuania’s geopolitical and economic position has radically shifted from being a relatively affluent and prosperous region in the Soviet Union to a relatively poor country on the periphery of the European Union. The transition period was accompanied by a sharp population decline, which makes Lithuania one of the fastest...
doctoral thesis 2017
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Ubareviciene, Ruta (author), van Ham, M. (author)
Since the 1990s, Lithuania lost almost a quarter of its population, and some regions within the country lost more than 50% of their residents. Such a sharp population decline poses major challenges to politicians, policy makers and planners. This study aims to get more insight into the recent processes of socio-spatial change and the role of...
working paper 2016
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Ubareviciene, R. (author), Van Ham, M. (author), Burneika, D. (author)
Shrinking populations have been gaining increasing attention, especially in post-socialist East and Central European countries. While most studies focus on specific cities and regions, much less is known about the spatial dimension of population decline on the national level, and the local factors determining spatially uneven population change....
journal article 2016
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Gruodyte, B. (author)
master thesis 2015
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Martjanova, I. (author)
In this thesis the strategies for the refurbishment of post-war multi-flat residential buildings in Lithuania are discussed. The main focus is not only on the improvement of the energy efficiency of the building, but also on possibilities to introduce additional non-energy related refurbishment benefits, that eventually could stimulate the...
master thesis 2015
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Ubareviciene, R. (author), Burneika, D. (author), Van Ham, M. (author)
We use electoral data to analyze the ethno-political consequences that may arise from the fact that the region surrounding the city of Vilnius is dominated by residents with a Polish identity, while those who move to the suburbs are mainly ethnic Lithuanians. In the suburban ring we found increasing voting turnout, a decreasing share of votes...
journal article 2015
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Ubareviciene, R. (author), Burneika, D. (author)
Economic transformation has been gaining ground in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe since the change of system. This descriptive paper explores the locational patterns of enterprise in the Vilnius urban region during the post-communist transition of Lithuania. Cartographical techniques are used to map the changes that...
journal article 2015
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Ubareviciene, R. (author), Van Ham, M. (author), Burneika, D. (author)
Shrinking populations have been gaining increasing attention, especially in post-socialist East and Central European countries. While most studies focus on the population decline of capital cities and their regions, much less is known about the spatial dimension of population decline on the national level. Lithuania is one of the countries which...
journal article 2014
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Ubarevi?ien?, R. (author), Burneika, D. (author), Van Ham, M. (author)
This paper analyses the interrelationship between the process of suburbanisation and a changing political and ethnic landscape in the Vilnius urban region. The region sur-rounding Vilnius city is dominated by Polish identity residents while those who suburbanise into the region are mainly ethnic Lithuanians. This may lead to potential tension...
report 2012
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Ubareviciene, R. (author), Burneika, D. (author), Van Ham, M. (author)
This paper analyses the interrelationship between the process of suburbanization and a changing political and ethnic landscape in the Vilnius urban region. The region surrounding Vilnius city is dominated by Polish identity residents while those who suburbanise into the region are mainly ethnic Lithuanians. This may lead to potential tension and...
journal article 2012
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