The Russian, East European,and Eurasian Center at the University of
Illinois presents
Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum: International Conference on "Winds of Societal
Change: Remaking Post-communist Cities"
June 18-19, 2004
University of Illinois
Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
Room 210 (Saturday morning simultaneous workshop sessions includes Room 209)
For complete information see http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday, June 18
8:00-8:30 Registration
8:30-10:00 - Opening Remarks
Donna Buchanan, Director, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, &
Associate Professor, Department of Musicology, University of Illinois
Kieran Donaghy, Director, European Union Center, & Associate Professor,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Plenary Session: THE POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITION
Moderator: Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Associate Professor, Department of Urban
and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Keynote Presentations:
Sasha Tsenkova, Associate Professor in International Development,
University of Calgary, Canada
Managing Change in Post-Communist Cities
Gregory Andrusz, Professor Emeritus, Middlesex University, UK
From Wall to Mall
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Plenary Session: URBAN PROCESS & SPATIAL CHANGE
Moderator: Sasha Tsenkova, Associate Professor in International
Development, University of Calgary
Keynote Presentations:
Alain Bertaud, Independent Consultant
The Spatial Structures of Central and East European Cities - More European
than Socialist
Ivan Tosics, Director, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
Determinants and Consequences of the Spatial Restructuring in
Post-socialist Cities
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 Plenary session: URBAN HOUSING MARKETS & PRIVATIZATION
Moderator: Gregory Andrusz, Professor Emeritus, Middlesex University, UK
Keynote Presentations:
Robert Buckley, Housing Advisor, The World Bank, and
Sasha Tsenkova, Associate Professor in International Development,
University of Calgary
Housing Policy and Urban Housing Performance
Peter Marcuse, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Columbia University
The Fallacies of "Property Rights" Approaches to Housing and Tenure
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Workshop: PLANNING CONTEXT & RESPONSES
Moderator: Kieran Donaghy, Director, European Union Center, & Associate
Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Discussant: Ivan Tosics, Director, Metropolitan Research Institute,
Budapest, Hungary
Presenters:
Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional
Planning, University of Illinois, and
Miodrag Vujosevic, Research Scientist, & Economist/Spatial and
Environmental Planner, Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of Serbia
Interplay Between Political, Governance and Planning Systems: Case Study of
Former Yugoslavia
Brian Schwegler, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of
Chicago
Flexible Planning? Aesthetic Governance and Urban Marketing in a Slovakian
Town
Saturday, June 19
8:00-8:30 Coffee
8:30-10:00 - Parallel Workshops
Room 209
URBAN GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT
Moderator: Alain Bertaud, Independent Consultant
Discussant: Zorica Nedovic-Budic, Associate Professor, Department of Urban
and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Presenters:
Justyna Danielewicz and Beata Banachowicz, Assistant Professors, Department
of City and Regional Management, University of Lodz, Poland
Urban Governance - the New Concept of Urban Management - The Case of Lodz,
Poland
Slobodan Milutinovic, Visiting Fellow, Carolina Environmental Program,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, & Associate Professor,
University of Nis, Serbia and Montenegro
Performance Measurement In Serbian Local Government: Future Improvements Or
Another Urban Governance Fiction?
Marin Kresic, Managing Board in Serbian Chamber of Engineers, & Head of
Urban Section and Research Consultant, IKS and JUGINUS, Serbia & Montenegro
Serbian Planning and Constructing Law Approach to City Politics and Urban
Management - Were We Ready?
Room 210
URBAN PLANNING PRACTICE & POLITICS
Moderator: Andrew Herscher, Mellon Fellow in the Humanities, University of
Illinois
Discussant: Gregory Andrusz, Professor Emeritus, Middlesex University, UK
Presenters:
Alexander D. Slaev, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and
Civil Engineering, Varna Free University, Bulgaria
Interests and Powers of the Main Parties Involved in The Market Process of
Urban Development in Eastern Europe (Based on the Example Of Bulgaria)
Zaklina Gligorijevic, SPURS/Humphrey Research Fellow, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, & Project Manager, Centre for Urban Development
Planning (Centar za planiranje urbanog razvoja, CEP) Belgrade, Serbia &
Montenegro
US Public - Private Development Experience for Serbian Urban Heritage
Improvement: Possibilities for Implementation in Urban Recycling Strategy
Augustin Ioan, Associate Professor, Theory and History of Architecture,
University of Architecture and Urban Planning, Bucharest, Romania
Policies and the Politics of Public Space in Bucharest
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 - Parallel Workshops
Room 209
URBAN RESTRUCTURING
Moderator: Emily Talen, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Discussant: Alain Bertaud, Independent Consultant
Presenters:
Anthony Noody, PhD Candidate, Geography, SUNY at Buffalo
Budapest: The Trajectory Toward a New Urban Morphology
Karina Kreja, PhD Candidate, School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of
Art, UK
Changes in Spatial Patterns of Urban Consumption in Post-Socialist Cities:
New Large-scale Retail Development in Warsaw
Karel Schmeidler, Associate Professor, Transport Research Center, Brno,
Czech Republic
Urban Form and Structure of Czech Cities and Growing Mobility
Room 210
URBAN HOUSING CHALLENGES
Moderator: Robert Buckley, Housing Advisor, The World Bank
Discusssant: Peter Marcuse, Professor, Department of Urban Planning,
Columbia University
Presenters:
Annette M. Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Studies and
Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Importance and Limitations of Real Property Rights in the Formation of
the Private Urban Housing Markets in Transition Economies
Oleg Golubchikov, PhD Candidate, School of Geography and Environment,
University of Oxford, UK, and
Anna Badyina, Development Manager, Moscow, Russia
Conquering the "Golden Mile" of Moscow: Power, Capital, and Gentrification
in the Ostozhenka Neighborhood
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:30 Reports from workshops: POLICY IMPLICATIONS & RESEARCH AGENDA
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-17:00 - Summer Symposium: PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN
POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE
Moderator: Sasha Tsenkova, Associate Professor in International
Development, University of Calgary, Canada
Panelists:
Robert Buckley, Housing Advisor, The World Bank
Len Heumann, Professor Emeritus, Department of Urban and Regional Planning,
University of Illinois
Peter Marcuse, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Columbia University
Ivan Tosics, Director, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
17:00-18:00 Closing reception
The Fisher Forum is part of the Summer Research Lab on Russia, Eastern
Europe, and Eurasia. For more information on the Lab see
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html
Faculty Organizers:
<http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/faculty/budic/index.html>Zorica Nedovic-Budic,
Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC
<http://www.ucalgary.ca/%7Etsenkova/>Sasha Tsenkova, International
Development, University of Calgary, Canada
Cosponsors:
European Union Center
International Programs and Studies
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
Lynda Y. Park
Assistant Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
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