Housing Greece
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Author: Maria Kouvari
Housing Greece offers a critical perspective on state housing through the lens of emergency. Examining key episodes in Greece’s modern history, the book reveals howturbulent factors—such as migration flows, warfare, natural disasters, political instability, and economic crises—have shapedstate housing policy from its early developments to the present, often as adhoc interventions. Drawing on extensive archival research and fieldwork, each chapter is anchored in a specific emergency, from the 1922 refugee crisis following theAsia Minor Catastrophe to the 2008economic meltdown and the 2014 Mediterranean refugee influx. Alongside these historical accounts, interviews with architects, urban planners, sociologists, and humanitarians connect past responses to today’s housing challenges.
ISBN 9783986123277. JOVIS. pb. .
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Housing Greece offers a critical perspective on state housing through the lens of emergency. Examining key episodes in Greece’s modern history, the book reveals howturbulent factors—such as migration flows, warfare, natural disasters, political instability, and economic crises—have shapedstate housing policy from its early developments to the present, often as adhoc interventions. Drawing on extensive archival research and fieldwork, each chapter is anchored in a specific emergency, from the 1922 refugee crisis following theAsia Minor Catastrophe to the 2008economic meltdown and the 2014 Mediterranean refugee influx. Alongside these historical accounts, interviews with architects, urban planners, sociologists, and humanitarians connect past responses to today’s housing challenges.
ISBN 9783986123277. JOVIS. pb. .
not yet published