Local development, metropolitan sustainability and the urbanization-suburbanization nexus in the Mediterranean region: A quantitative exercise

《Local development, metropolitan sustainability and the urbanization-suburbanization nexus in the Mediterranean region: A quantitative exercise》

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作者: Rosanna Salvia;Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Alhuseen;Francisco Escrivà;Luca Salvati;Giovanni Quaranta

来源: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.140,P.102909

语言: 英文

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作者单位: University of Basilicata, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Economics, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, I-85100 Potenza, Italy;Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibàñez, 28, ES-46010 Valencia, Spain;Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, I-00161 Rome, Italy;University of Basilicata, Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Economics, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, I-85100 Potenza, Italy;Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Lipová 9, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibàñez, 28, ES-46010 Valencia, Spain;Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, I-00161 Rome, Italy;University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Viet Nam;Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China;College of Resource and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China;Jillin Provincial Joint Laboratory of Changbai Mountain Wetland and Ecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130102, China;Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;School of Social Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China;School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China;Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science, Ministry of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China;Department of Urban and Regional Planning, College of Architecture and Planning, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31451, Saudi Arabia;Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia;College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China;Federal University of Penambuco, Recife, Brazil;Federal University of Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235 - Cidade Universitária, PE, 50670-901, Recife, Brazil;Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

摘要: The present study investigates the influence of economic growth and socio-demographic change on long-term urbanization and suburbanization processes in a divided region of Southern Europe (Athens, Greece). A two-block Partial Least Squares (tPLS) analysis decomposed metropolitan growth into distinctive processes of local development in ‘central’ and ‘peripheral’ areas considering changes over time (1966–2008) in 14 indicators representative of multifaceted territorial dynamics in the Mediterranean space. By quantifying the bi-directional (spatio-temporal) propagation of socioeconomic impulses, the empirical results of tPLS have delineated substantial differences in the development path of inner cities and suburbs, fueling spatial divides in social conditions and increasingly heterogeneous processes of regional development. While inner cities experienced population growth and settlement densification, peripheral areas underwent rapid suburbanization with spatial concentration of economic functions and a generalized settlement dispersion. Providing further insights in the analysis of the differential mechanisms of metropolitan development in Western Europe, results of this study confirm the specificity of urbanization and suburbanization processes at the base of the increased polarization in central and peripheral areas typical of Mediterranean countries.