Trends in the accessibility of public space in the post-Soviet metropolis: Shrinkage or expansion?

Abstract

One of the main driving forces of the postsocialist social transformation is the process of privatization. Over the past twenty years, it has been expressed in the megalopolis in changes in the accessibility of public space. Some types of new urban property owners are interested in providing the maximum access to the territory that they control, whereas others prefer isolation from outsiders. Our field measurements of the results of the struggle between these two forces in St. Petersburg show the unconditional victory of the latter. Our study has revealed significant differences in the rate of denial of access to different types of residential areas of the city and has determined the participants in this process and their motives. There is some evidence that the market appeal of accommodation types is directly correlated with the degree of publicly accessible space shrinkage.

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