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Cities reflect in tangible ways the values of the societies of which they are a part. Discuss this statement in relation to cities in the Russian Federation since 1991.
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Cities reflect in tangible ways the values of the societies of which they are a part. Discuss this statement in relation to cities in the Russian Federation since 1991. The urban landscape is essentially a man-made product, its development results from the ideas, preconceptions and prejudices of the people that design its physical structures, and it is then modified and reproduced by the people that live within its confines. In this way the city must reflect the values and cultures of the people that make up the urban area as a physical entity. Its production and reproduction in space must be regarded as a dialectic in that the urban structure influences and is also influenced by the actions of the people living within the city. The socialist and capitalist cities differ in their structure because of differing interpretations of this dialectic. Whilst capitalism stresses the importance of free markets and therefore...
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