Moscow under construction. Foreign planning, protests of city -defenders and civil society

"Moscow under construction" explores the growth of countering the practice of predatory reconstruction of Moscow in the first decade of the 21st century not only as a recent history, but also from the perspective of modern theories of urbanism. The objects of attention of the author are the activities of individual activists and initiative groups of citizens, the tension that arose between the Moscow Mayoria, the business elite and the urban protection movement after the launch of the "Redeloper machine" Yu. M. Luzhkov, aimed at the transformation of Moscow, the transformation of the historical center, for example, the conflict around the small Kozikhinsky Lane, as well as the long -term consequences of the unfolding political struggle for the urban environment