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The Growth Poles Strategy In Regional Planning: The Recent Experience Of Greece

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  • Manolis CHRISTOFAKIS

    () (Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University, Athens)

  • Athanasios PAPADASKALOPOULOS

    (Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University, Athens)

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    In recent years, there has been an attempt to stimulate the developmental role of urban centres in Greece in the context of regional and spatial planning. In essence, through the recent basic programming texts for the periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013, the growth poles strategy has once again been exploited in the development programming. This paper attempts initially to describe the new growth poles strategy through the aforementioned programming texts, and then to present the ensuing problems, as well as to outline the emerging capabilities of planning regarding growth poles in Greece. The main conclusions of the research refer to the lack of a fixed typology, which is based on a specific methodology that could form a hierarchical categorization of urban concentrations through clear, long-term criteria. They also refer to a relative weakness in the planning and implementation of urban development policy, as part of regional programming. The absence of a systematic investigation of the role of particular concentrations in the growth process at regional, national and broader level is also a key-conclusion. The formulation of necessary supplementary policies, as well as the administrative organisation issues of the country’s large cities, are of main importance too.

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    Article provided by Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania in its journal Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management.

    Volume (Year): 6 (2011)
    Issue (Month): 2 (May)
    Pages: 5-20
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    Keywords: Urban Development; Growth Poles and Axes; Regional and Spatial Planning; Greece.;

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