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Urban Network and Urban Development - Typological Classification of Greek Cities |
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Authors: |
Theodora, Yiota |
Reviewer: |
Tournikiotis, Panayiotis |
Subject: | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > PLANNING OF SETTLEMENT NETWORKS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > PLANNING POLICY ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > THEORY AND TRENDS ΙΝ SPATIAL PLANNING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > INSTRUMENTS AND AGENCIES OF SPATIAL PLANNING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF REGIONAL AND URBAN SPATIAL PLANNING ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > SPATIAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > SPATIAL PLANNING AT EUROPEAN, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY > TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING > REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING > REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
Keywords: |
Urbanization
Urban space Cities and settlements Urban network Urban dynamics Urban polarization Urban sprawl Urban networking Urban-rural regions/areas Smart sustainable and resilient cities and communities Urban network classification: criteria - methodology Spatial planning Globalization and spatial inequalities Territorial & socio-economic cohesion Urban - regional policies Blue economy and maritime spatial planning Insular territory Small islands |
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Abstract: |
The global political and socio-economic rearrangements of the past two decades have signaled dramatic changes in the organization of urban space as well as in the development and planning perceptions - practices. In conditions of globalization and network organization, climate change and multifaceted crisis, we are at the dawn of a new era in terms of cities’ role in spatial development. Cities are changing, acquiring complex structures and increasingly functioning as hubs of broader urban networks regardless of borders - administrative boundaries. This requires an immediate change in the approach to the urban dynamics of urban networks and a redefinition of methods -criteria employed to evaluate it, so as to allow quantitative and qualitative assessments of the supralocal reach of urban space and to highlight the importance of medium and small-sized cities. In these circumstances, Greece is of particular interest since urban dynamics are still assessed based on obsolete methods and outdated criteria in the context of policy making, affecting diversely the country’s territorial cohesion and competitiveness on the global map.
The aim of the book is to contribute to the discussion at a difficult time for Greece, where actions to modernize the national planning and administration system are under way. In this direction within the wider context of modern theoretical and methodological approaches to urban development, and prioritizing the reinforcement of the Greek urban network based on a ‘multi-centred perspective’, a new proposal is formulated for a typological classification of cities/settlements with spatial criteria of regional importance, which is assessed through its pilot implementation at national level (cities - seats of prefectures/former regional units) and island territory (small border islands of the Aegean). The structure and content of the book are based on the threefold of ‘theory - methodology - research’ with the aim to be used in the academic and broader scientific sphere (didactics - planning methodology - implementation) as well as in the administration (development policy making).
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Linguistic Editors: |
Kolovou, Evi |
Technical Editors: |
Kolovou, Evi |
Graphic Editors: |
Theodora, Yiota Kolovou, Evi |
Type: |
Monograph |
Creation Date: | 15-07-2025 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-344-8 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1094 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/14990 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Theodora, Y. (2025). Urban Network and Urban Development - Typological Classification of Greek Cities [Monograph]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1094 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. The phenomenon of urbanization and the development role of cities 2. Urban space and urban development - The debate in Europe and the European Union (EU) 3. Urban development and cities’ networking in Europe 4. Urban dynamics - Spatial development and planning issues in the current juncture 5. Determinants of shaping the Greek urban network 6. Key structural characteristics of the Greek urban network 7. Contemporary trends in the development of the Greek urban network 8. Critical issues to be explored regarding urban network utilization in the spatial development of the Greek territory 9. Discussion on typological classification/hierarchy of cities - The Greek practice 10. Investigation and evaluation of regional criteria for typological classification of Greek cities at national level 11. Review of the regional criteria for proposed typological classification in the insular area - The case of small frontier islands in the Aegean 12. Findings and critical issues - From theory to practice 13. The practical value of the proposed typological classification in the formulation of sustainable development policy in networked space |
Number of pages |
400 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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