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‘ S outhern’ Alternatives of Urban Diffusion: Investigating Settlement Characteristics and Socio‐Economic Patterns in Three M editerranean Regions
Author(s) -
Di Feliciantonio Cesare,
Salvati Luca
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12102
Subject(s) - urban sprawl , economic geography , geography , context (archaeology) , settlement (finance) , population , regional science , spatial ecology , sociology , urban planning , economics , demography , ecology , civil engineering , archaeology , engineering , finance , payment , biology
The present study investigates the relation between urban form and the socio‐economic patterns of the resident population in three southern E uropean cities ( A thens, L isbon and R ome) featured by different processes of urban diffusion. The paper goes beyond the literature on sprawl focused on (residential, income and ethnic) segregation and the different features of the inhabitants of the suburbs and those of the inner cities residents. By integrating multivariate statistics and spatial analysis, a methodology is proposed, based on morphological and socio‐economic indicators available at a fine geographical scale. Results show how urban diffusion processes vary widely according to the context, as does the socio‐economic profile of the actors, stressing the need to think about different ‘southern E uropean alternatives’ of sprawl.