Land-use changes and urban sprawl have transformed European cities, with a direct impact
on both metropolitan structures and socioeconomic functions. However, these processes …

Cities are central to the economic and social development of European society, not only
because over 80% of European citizens live in urban areas, but also because cities are at …

This paper deals with clusters of post-industrial urban economies and their impacts on the
spatial restructuring and the relandscaping of the contemporary inner city. It investigates …

Salvati L. and Carlucci M. Patterns of sprawl: the socioeconomic and territorial profile of
dispersed urban areas in Italy, Regional Studies. The debate on the causes and …

Resumo MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES–HOW TO DEFINE THEM. The concept of medium-sized
city was first referred to in France at the end of the 1960s when the 6th Economic and Social …

All peripheral regions face significant challenges with tourism development. This research
initially acknowledges the challenges facing peripheral regions, which can be either …

An estimated 933 million people worldwide face water scarcity in urban environments with
marginalized low-income populations. Rainwater harvesting has been proposed as an …

These two citations from the same article by David Harvey illustrate our ambivalence about
the economic role of contemporary cities. It seems that cities do and do not matter in …

One of the highly emphasised dimensions of urban disparities in Europe is the north-south
polarisation of growth trends. The paper discusses the relationship between the divergent …

Urban cultures affect urban sprawl in a fundamental manner. This comes to the foreground
as we turn to the only South European city in our project, Greater Athens, as a case study in …