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.

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• Authors: Lila Leontidou, Lila (National Technical University of Leontidou, Leontidou Lila
• Assisted by: David Ley (Editor), Brian Robson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780521025256
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02525-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Human Geography; Cambridge Human Geography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Greece, c 1960 to c 1970, Social and cultural history, c 1950 to c 1959, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Human Geography, Urban communities, c 1970 to c 1980, Settlement, urban and rural geography, C 1945 To C 1960