Uncovering demographic trends and recent urban expansion in metropolitan regions: A paradigmatic case study

0524878 - ÚVGZ 2021 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R. - Egidi, G. - Mosconi, E. M. - Poponi, S. - Alhuseen, Ahmed - Salvati, L.
Uncovering demographic trends and recent urban expansion in metropolitan regions: A paradigmatic case study.
Sustainability. Roč. 12, č. 9 (2020), č. článku 3937. E-ISSN 2071-1050
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : Gentrification * Migratory balance * Shrinkage * Suburbanization * Urban growth
OECD category: Demography
Impact factor: 3.251, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/9/3937

While urbanization trends have been characterized for a long time by deconcentration of inner cities with expansion of low-density settlements, economic repolarization leading to re-urbanization and recovery of central districts are now counterbalancing population shrinkage in compact urban areas and slowing down suburban growth. In this context, the recent demographic evolution of a large metropolis such as Athens (Greece)-following expansion, crisis, and a more subtle economic recovery-may reveal original relationships between form and functions at the base of recent urban growth. Based on an exploratory analysis of demographic indicators on a metropolitan and urban scale, the present study provides an updated and integrated knowledge framework that confirms and integrates the most recent urban trends in southern Europe. Documenting the emergence of more individualized paths of urban expansion at the local scale (recovery of the historic center, shrinkage of semicentral neighborhoods, 'reverse gentrification' of disadvantaged peripheral areas, late suburbanization of accessible peripheral areas), results of the present study justify an ad hoc analysis of metropolitan growth based on demographic indicators as a proxy for sustainable land management and local development.
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