Vilnius - between persistence and socio-spatial change

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LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Poliarizacija; Posovietinis miestas; Socialiniai-erdviniai pokyčiai; Socialinis stabilumas; Socioerdvinė kaita; Tąsa; Persistence; Polarization; Post-Soviet city; Social stability; Socio-spatial change.

ENThe aim of the paper is to determine the socio-spatial structure of neighbourhoods and their changes in the urban region of Vilnius after 1990 and to identify further trends of potential development. On the one hand the post-Soviet city Vilnius is characterized by a stable mixed social structure with slow processes of social changes in formerly inhabited territories. On the other hand newly-built residential areas emerged with socially homogeneous, better income structures. Based on the general development trends in the urban region of Vilnius and results of the present survey, two prospective scenarios (persistence/social stability and growing social difference/polarisation) in the city region can be distinguished. The most important factors for social stability concern inherited structures (privatization, social mixed population, image, infrastructure) and factors of differentiation by current processes (construction, deterioration of housing quality). [From the publication]