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Past, Present And Future: Expansion With (And Without) Growth In Urban Systems Under A Structural Crisis

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  • Kostas RONTOS
  • Marco ZITTI
  • Luca SALVATI

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By reviewing long-term dynamics of urban expansion in a representative southern European city, this study proposes a long-term interpretation of Mediterranean urbanization as a result of a structural socioeconomic 'crisis' related to ineffective local governance, weak regional planning and peculiar demographic structures. Athens' expansion exemplifies the difficult transition of many southern European cities into a new and more convoluted urban arrangement depending on the intimate relationship between urban structure, urban planning, social attributes, cultural aspects and economic factors. The article concludes with a discussion on future development paths of the Mediterranean cities, identifying informality, non-linearity and unpredictability of expansion path as important traits for reconversion of 'crisis' cities towards more sustainable and competitive growth models

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  • Kostas RONTOS & Marco ZITTI & Luca SALVATI, 2017. "Past, Present And Future: Expansion With (And Without) Growth In Urban Systems Under A Structural Crisis," Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 12(3), pages 16-31, April.
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