What to do with the socialist cities in Central and Eastern Europe?

The last twenty years of political, social and economic development, has brought in general substantial modernization and improvements of the living conditions in urban areas. Over 300 million people in CEE live in areas impacted by socialist era. Close to 2/3 of them lives in cities and towns often with districts created and fast developing in socialist period. This is the case of Krakow in Poland, Prague and Ústí nad Labem in Czech Republic, Velenje in Slovenia and Hnusta in Slovak Republic .

ReNewTown project (“New post-socialist city: Competitive and Attractive”) focuses on reducing the disparities in the quality of urban environment (defined as public spaces between blocks of flats and public buildings in industrial districts) of the post socialist cities. The proposed four investments in particular cities, and its assessment, will contribute to the partial solution of local problems.