The countries located in the central part of Europe that have common cultural and historical roots. They include such countries as Estonia, Latvia, Poland Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Belarus, Ukraine, the countries of former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania. Additionally, as regards the subject area of the chapter, this group also includes Germany in the area of the former German Democratic Republic.
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Socialist Architecture: Dissonant Heritage of CEE in the Concept of Sustainable Tourism Development
Paweł Piotr Piotrowski (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland), Małgorzata Kieżel (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland), and Joanna Wiechoczek (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1423-8.ch002
Abstract
The goal of the chapter is to draw attention to the need to preserve selected examples of architecture built in 1945-1991 in the European Union countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The meanings assigned to the objects evolve, and along with social changes and changing awareness, architectural and urban value of the buildings from this period is more and more often noticed. Consequently, growth of their significance for development of tourism can be expected. On the other hand, they often constitute a dissonant heritage, and thus, more and more of them are demolished. This chapter presents the concept of dissonant heritage and justifies the relationships between characterised architecture. Attention is focused on the relationships between the need to protect it and the concept of sustainable development (including sustainable tourism). Examples of cities that have relatively big resources of this architecture are identified, and an attempt to classify them is made. Then tourist offer of these cities is analysed with respect to the use of the discussed architecture.