19/09/2011

Redevelopment of the Urban Space in St. Petersburg: Politics and People

28/01/2010 – 5pm – ca. 7.30pm

Workshop of the Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies (GSZ), Humboldt-
Universität Berlin, in cooperation with the Center for German and European Studies
(CGES), St. Petersburg State University

Welcome: Majken Bieniok / GSZ
Introduction: Elena Bukarova /CGES, Heike Oevermann / GSZ

Dmitry Vorobyev (CGES, St. Petersburg State University):
Changing Urban Contexts in St. Petersburg:
Legislation, Infrastructure, Architecture

Anna Zhelnina (CGES, St. Petersburg State University):
Urban Transformation in St. Petersburg:
Perceptions and Uses of Space

Carola Neugebauer (Leipniz Institut for Regional Geography):
St Petersburg and The UNESCO World Heritage Status:
A global concept reflected in local urban development.
Theoretical approaches to the cases of St. Petersburg

Discussion led by: Astrid Sunsboe