Grassroots responses and alternatives to austerity that have emerged in Athens and Greece
call for a re-thinking of the recent neoliberal crisis through articulations of contestation 'from …

Urban development in southern Europe differs from urbanization patterns observed in other
affluent countries. Urbanization processes in the Mediterranean region reflect …

The eruption of disruptive digital platforms is reshaping geographies of housing under the
gaze of corporations and through the webs of algorithms. Engaging with interdisciplinary …

Recent urbanization trends in the Mediterranean region have stimulated a debate on the
relationship between the form and the functions of cities, in turn revealing a relatively high …

In this paper, we aim to explore how community gardening can embed and foment
grassroots resistance to the privatization of urban space in the current configuration of a …

Urban informality characterises contemporary socio-spatial transformations and increasingly
appears as a way of producing, organising, and managing the future city. The pervasiveness …

Southern urban critique has enriched our understanding of global uneven development, but
often ended up constructing a dichotomous understanding of two apparently homogeneous …

The paper focuses on two largely understudied and interrelated aspects of the post-2008
economic crisis: how the politics of austerity influences the dynamics of environmental …

Recent scholarship on the global financial crisis and its geographical underpinnings has
highlighted its macro-economic causes and variegated effects in Europe and beyond …

In times of austerity, gentrification is promoted as a prime investment opportunity capable of
reviving stagnating local economies. In Athens, pro‐gentrification policies (using English …