Greek cities in the era of economic recession and crisis; analysing business demography and portraying the emerging new urban landscapes
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2016
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Shrinkage is usually discussed under the label of "urban decline", implying various changes in the spatial organization of urban areas (Lever 1993) and has seen through the lens of uneven economic development and the underlying dynamics of territorial division of labor (Haase, Haase et al. 2012) or as a result of demographic changes. Urban shrinkage is described as a phenomenon which results from interactions of various local macro – processes (Moss 2008). These macro-processes include economic or demographic developments, environmental risks and changes in the political or administrative system. As main causes of urban shrinkage can be defined (Pallagst, Aber et al. 2009), (Gospodini 2013): suburbanization leading to the depression of the city centers and inner city areas – i.e., flight of people and jobs from the inner city areas towards urban periphery and exurban space, economic transformations, economic restructuring – e.g. a shift from state economy to market economy as in the former socialist countries of Eastern Europe, demographics as well economic and political immigrant settlement-patterns and economic crisis due to forces of globalization and other structural reasons – e.g. the recent economic crisis in Greece, Ireland, and Portugal.
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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