Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will have
- understood the social significance of the housing question
- realised its connection to spatial development and planning
- examined aspects of the relationship between housing and broader socio-economic processes, practices and policies
Course Content (Syllabus)
• Urban planning, land use and urban residence
• Elements of the political economy of housing
• Housing conditions, residential and social mobility
• Social inequality and the social geography of residence
• Housing and social exclusion in the cities of the "North" and "South" (homelessness, slums, gated communities, etc.)
• Residence and housing/ social policy
• Gentrification and regeneration of residential urban areas
• Urban social movements and the question of housing
• Urbanization and housing in Greece and Europe
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Knox, P. και Pinch, S. (2009) Κοινωνική Γεωγραφία των Πόλεων (1η έκδ.), Σαββάλας (ISBN: 978-960-449-820-8)
2. Βελέντζας, Κ., Καλογήρου, Ν., Καραγιάννη, Σ., Κατσίκας, Η., Παπαμίχος, Ν., Χατζηπροκοπίου, Μ., Χλωμούδης, Κ. (1993) Η κατοικία στην Ελλάδα: κρίση των σχέσεων παραγωγής (1η εκδ.), Επίκεντρο (ISBN: 978-960-260-713-8)