A Holistic Vision Concerning the Revitalization of Historical Centres for Countries which Transit from a Socialist Economy Towards the Free Market Economy

摘要

Due to the geopolitical changes, which generated both economical and social changes city central areas are the most vulnerable urban spaces. This vulnerability occurs directly through neglect and abandonment of the central areas, or indirectly as a consequence of the territorial urbanization in any point of the region, by decentralizing living, commerce and office areas. The centralizing strategy applied in the case of the city of Timisoara, Romania, to the central areas took place on three levels, namely revitalize-restructure-renovation in this order by using the potential of the existing students as an engine of development. The revitalization itself took place on another three levels meaning Re-Functionalizing of buildings, Re-Creating Public Spaces and Re-Orienting Events.