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Title City of crisis : the multiple contestation of southern European cities / Frank Eckardt, Javier Ruiz Sánchez (Eds.).

Publication Info. Bielefeld : Transcript, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Series Urban studies
Urban studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
Contents City and Crisis: Learning from urban theory ; Crisis and the city. Neoliberalism, austerity planning and the production of space ; Spain ; Madrid. A tale of an ambitious city that failed to fulfil its global vision ; Contest Discourses of Austerity in the Urban Margins (A Vision from Barcelona) Italy ; Urban crisis or urban decay? Italian cities facing the effects of a long wave towards privatization of urban policies and planning ; The city and its crises ; When it rains, it pours. Urban poverty in a metropolitan suburb during the crisis period Greece ; Greek Spatial Planning and the Crisis ; "The right to the city" in Athens during a crisis era. Between inversion, assimilation and going beyond ; State repression, social resistance and the politicization of public space in Greece under fiscal adjustment Portugal ; Planning and governance in the Portuguese cities in times of European crisis.
Summary The ongoing crisis in Europe has dramatic impact on the life in many Southern European cities: Unemployment, social deprivation, poverty, political instability, severe cuts in the welfare state budgets and a wide spread feeling of despair have eroded much of the social foundation of the cities. In this book, contributors from Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy provide an insight into the complex interference between the different aspects of the crisis. They show that the recent urban crisis is not purely a result of the budgetary problems of the nation state (austerity urbanism) but needs to be seen as multiple contestations. The Crisis of the City is therefore understood as a result of a changing nation state, cultural diversity, challenged urban planning and politics and a globalized economy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language In English.
Subject Sociology, Urban -- Europe, Southern -- History -- 21st century.
Sociology, Urban.
Southern Europe.
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Urban economics.
Urban economics.
Europe, Southern -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Economic conditions.
Financial crises -- Social aspects -- Europe, Southern.
Financial crises -- Social aspects.
Financial crises.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Eckardt, Frank, editor.
Ruiz Sanchez, Javier, editor.
Other Form: Print version: City of crisis. 9783837628425 3837628426
ISBN 9783839428429 (electronic book)
3839428424 (electronic book)
9783837628425 (paperback)
3837628426 (paperback)