Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThis article moves beyond individual and disconnected rehabilitation projects and renewal strategies and conceptualises a larger transformation of large housing estates in Central and Eastern Europe based on sustainability principles. We envision a comprehensive \u2018green transformation\u2019 that would transform large housing estates into \u2018eco-villages\u2019 that not only address current challenges but also propel large housing estates into their next lives as desirable residential space. The image of housing estates can be vastly improved if the built environments and landscapes are transformed so that housing estates possess green infrastructure and other features of sustainable design.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Throughout Europe, large housing estates dating from the socialist era are an important part of the housing stock and cultural life, and in some cities the apartment buildings within them house more than half of the residents. 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