The role of vertical segregation in urban social processes

Maloutas, Thomas

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“…Greek scholars, starting with Leontidou's seminal book on the Mediterranean city [16], have developed the concept of vertical segregation in order to explain the way that social stratification is spatially expressed in the densely built urban fabric of Athens. Since the 2000s [17], Maloutas has explored this spatial expression of social stratification at micro-level in greater depth. Lately, research in various parts of the world showed that micro-segregation and verticality are not a unique characteristic of Athens but could be effectively used as analytical concepts to describe the spatiality of social segregation in densely built-up urban areas across the globe (for recent examples see: [18][19][20]).…”

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Measuring Deprivation and Micro-Segregation in Greek Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies: Time to Apply a Common Method?

Karadimitriou,

Spyrellis

2024

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During the Programming Period 2014–2020, dozens of Greek cities drafted Integrated Territorial Investment programmes, based on Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (ITI SUDs). The Strategies justified the selection of intervention and activity areas using socio-economic analysis. The parameters of that analysis, as specified by the National Coordination Authority, reflected the socio-economic and functional parameters highlighted in the relevant EU regulations. This paper uses a recently published methodology in order to estimate and map deprivation in Greek cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, and compares the results with the activity areas identified in the ITI SUDs of those cities. The paper also makes an estimation of the potential for micro-segregation in deprived areas, in an effort to uncover the links between deprivation, built form and social composition at the micro-scale. The analysis shows that deprivation is comparatively more pronounced in Athens and Thessaloniki, and that the use of a common methodology to measuring deprivation, but with customized measurement scales, could support a more targeted allocation of urban policy resources. On the other hand, micro-segregation seems to be a factor worth exploring only in Athens and Thessaloniki, and not in Patra, Larissa, Volos and Heraklion, where the building stock in areas of deprivation is mostly low-rise.

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Measuring Deprivation and Micro-Segregation in Greek Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies: Time to Apply a Common Method?

Karadimitriou,

Spyrellis

2024

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Beyond coastal hazards: A comprehensive methodology for the assessment of climate-related hazards in European coastal cities

Laino,

Iglesias

2024

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Housing Practices of Albanian Immigrants in Athens: An “in-between” Socio-Spatial Condition

Polyzou,

Spyrellis

2024

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Immigrants’ access to housing is often the outcome of self-settlement practices within a context of limited social policies that often characterizes Southern European metropolises. Hence, immigrants are facing multiple constraints and remain vulnerable towards diverse socioeconomic fluctuations. This article focuses on the housing practices followed by Albanian immigrants, the largest immigrant group in Athens’s municipality, to examine how spatial inequalities are intertwined with ethnicity in the Greek capital. The objective is twofold: to discuss ethnic segregation on the micro-scale of Athenian central neighborhoods and examine how immigrants’ housing practices are being challenged within a rapidly changing socio-spatial context. The methodology follows a mixed approach, aiming at identifying differentiations and inequalities both on the macro- and micro-spatial scale. First, differentiations among Greeks, Albanians, and other third-country nationals in Athens (2011) are traced and compared, based on quantitative data. Second, for the purpose of highlighting micro-geographies in the city, this article presents an analysis of collected narratives of Albanian immigrants, through semi-structured interviews held in 2023. The main results indicate that the population under study finds itself in an “in-between” socio-spatial condition: an “in-between”, compared to the housing experiences of Greek households and other third-country nationals, that produces (and reproduces) segregation trends visible on the micro-scale. Moreover, this article attempts to highlight how the lack of housing policies put in peril the successful self-settlement practices of Albanian immigrants, in the current context of financialization of the Athenian housing market.

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The role of vertical segregation in urban social processes

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References 77 publications

Measuring Deprivation and Micro-Segregation in Greek Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies: Time to Apply a Common Method?

Measuring Deprivation and Micro-Segregation in Greek Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies: Time to Apply a Common Method?

Beyond coastal hazards: A comprehensive methodology for the assessment of climate-related hazards in European coastal cities

Housing Practices of Albanian Immigrants in Athens: An “in-between” Socio-Spatial Condition

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