Large housing estates in Ukraine: Challenges of post-socialist transition.

Large post-socialist standardized housing estates of living blocks typology were built under communism during the 1950-80s in every city along with the territory of the former USSR. The concept of centralized planning ideology and the amount of prefabricated large housing estates in Soviet cities solved the problem of the demand for dwellings in the post-war social situation. The contemporary living environment of large post-socialist housing estates features low quality of dwelling and territories. This paper is focused on the analysis of the actual problems, which emerged in the living environment of large-scale panel housing estates, challenges of post-socialist transition and future possibilities of urban regeneration. The research methodology is based on the case study analysis of prefabricated large housing estates in 4 Ukrainian cities. Research shows the ways of urban regeneration of large housing estates in Ukraine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]