<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This research demonstrates the potential of content analysis method in urban research in the context of the study of modernization of Lithuanian cities during the Soviet period and its influence on contemporary urbanism. The content analysis of visual material (photographs, postcards and other images) is integrated as one of the methods of the study, allowing to identify the social phenomena in public spaces and their changes throughout the period from the inter-war era to contemporary. The descriptive analysis presented in this article demonstrates changes in people and activities, in scale and shape of public spaces, mobility and safety.</p></abstract>

This research demonstrates the potential of content analysis method in urban research in the context of the study of modernization of Lithuanian cities during the Soviet period and its influence on contemporary urbanism. The content analysis of visual material (photographs, postcards and other images) is integrated as one of the methods of the study, allowing to identify the social phenomena in public spaces and their changes throughout the period from the inter-war era to contemporary. The descriptive analysis presented in this article demonstrates changes in people and activities, in scale and shape of public spaces, mobility and safety.

Public Spaces of Kaunas from the Inter-War Period to Contemporary: Content Analysis

Architecture and Urban Planning

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This research demonstrates the potential of content analysis method in urban research in the context of the study of modernization of Lithuanian cities during...

Public Spaces of Kaunas from the Inter-War Period to Contemporary: Content Analysis

Data publikacji: 23 lut 2019

Zakres stron: 35 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2018-0005

Słowa kluczowe
Content analysis, Kaunas, modernization, public spaces

© 2018 Kęstutis Zaleckis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Public Spaces of Kaunas from the Inter-War Period to Contemporary: Content Analysis

Data publikacji: 23 lut 2019

Zakres stron: 35 - 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2018-0005

Słowa kluczoweContent analysis, Kaunas, modernization, public spaces

© 2018 Kęstutis Zaleckis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Content analysis, Kaunas, modernization, public spaces