Mediterranean City in Transition - Social Change and Urban Development

Klappentext Focusing upon Greater Athens between 1948 and 1981 - the crucial period of the transition - Lila Leontidou explores the role of social classes in urban development. Zusammenfassung Focusing upon Greater Athens between 1948 and 1981 - the crucial period of the transition - Lila Leontidou explores the role of social classes in urban development. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Spontaneous urban development: in search of a theory for the Mediterranean city; 2. Cities of silence: Athens and Piraeus in the early twentieth century; 3. The Greek 'economic miracle' and the hidden proletariat; 4. The 'golden period' of spontaneous urban development, 1950-67; 5. Industrial restructuring versus the cities; 6. The end of spontaneity in urban development; 7. Athens and the uniqueness of urban development in Mediterranean Europe; References; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lila Leontidou, Lila (National Technical University of Leontidou
• Mitarbeit: David Ley (Herausgeber), Brian Robson (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521025256
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02525-6
• Seiten: 316
• Serie: Cambridge Human Geography
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien