Revitalization of wooden apartments as a tool to deal with shrinkage – case study from Valga

Authors

  • Aime Ruus Tallinn University of Technology School of Engineering Tartu College
  • Jiri Tintera

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.sace.25.2.22074

Keywords:

shrinking cities, housing, urban brownfields, urban decline, post-soviet country, energy performance of buildings

Abstract

Valga is a small shrinking town in South Estonia. The study focuses on the possibilities of solving the problems connected with apartment houses by using the disposition of apartments and improving energy efficiency to meet the contemporary standards of living space and getting buildings in public possession.

Author Biography

  • Jiri Tintera

    Tallinn University of Technology, School of Technology, Tartu College,
    Puiestee 78 51008 Tartu, Estonia

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Published

2019-07-09

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2019)

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