Planning for Change in Central St. Petersburg

Two Canadian scholars, the former a specialist on St. Petersburg?s evolution and urban fabric, explore linkages between population change, housing availability, and business development in central-city St. Petersburg during the late 1990s. These phenomena are viewed within the context of the St. Petersburg Strategic Plan, adopted in late 1997 as a guide to the city?s post-Soviet development, and in light of the findings of a sample survey of central St. Petersburg?s citizens designed to elicit information on social class structure and quality-of-life concerns. Results of the latter are compared with those from a similar survey in central Moscow