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Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)

Η ΙΔΕΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΗΠΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΕΟΔΟΜΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΣΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ

Abstract

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THE STUDY BEGINS WITH AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TERM GARDEN CITY TO THE GREEK PUBLIC. IT SEEKS TO PRESENT THE EVOLUTION OF THE MOVEMENT, ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT, AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PLANNING IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE DURING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF EUROPEAN PLANNING. THE RESEARCH REVEALS THAT IN GREECE THE ATTEMPTS TO INTRODUCE THE GARDEN CITY IDEA WERE RELATED TO THE GENERAL DEMAND FOR THE RATIONALISATION OF THE CIVIL LIFE, WHICH BROUGHT THE LIBERAL FORCES INTO THE POLITICALSCENE BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS. THE ATTEMPTS MATERIALISED IN THREE CASES: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DESTROYED VILLAGES OF EASTERN MACEDONIA BY THE MINISTEROF COMMUNICATIONS AL. PAPANASTASIOU IN 1919, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREEK AGROPOLES COMPANY (THE EQUIVALENT OF THE GARDEN CITY ASSOCIATION) BY PL. DRAKOULES IN 1924, AND THE CREATION OF THE ATHENIAN SUBURBS AND THE ONES OF SALONIKA. THE REHABILITATION OF EASTERN MACEDONIA WAS THE ONLY ATTEMPT MADE BY THE MODERN GREEK STATE TO ESTABLISH A WHOLE NETWORK OF SETTLEMENTS, STARTING FROM THE DRAWING OF THE PLANS AND ENDING WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSES. THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY OF AGROPOLES ATTEMPTED AT ADDRESSING A VARIETY OF URBAN AND RURAL ILLS. FINALLY, THE CREATION OF THE ATHENIAN SUBURBS (AND TO A LESS EXTEND OF THE ONES OF SALONICA), WHICH MEANT TO HAVE SUBSTANCIAL SIMILARITIES TO THE EUROPEAN GARDEN SUBURBS, COMBINED THE ESTABLISHED EUROPEAN PRACTICE OF TOWN EXPANSION WITH THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE PROVISION AND THE STANDARDSOF HOUSING. THE STUDY ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE GARDEN CITY IDEA TO THE GREEK PLANNING. IT ARGUES THAT, ALTHOUGH PROMISING IN THE BEGINNING,THE GARDEN CITY PRINCIPLES DID NOT BECOME A PART OF GREEK PLANNING. THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE HOUSING SECTOR IN GREECE, AS WELL AS TO THE BROADER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT (POLITICAL INSTABILITY, WEAK LABOUR MOVEMENT, POWERLESS LOCAL AUTHORITIES ETC).

Degree

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Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ)
Year dc:date
1990

Author and committee

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  • Καυκούλα, Κυριακή

Subjects

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1383
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oai:10442/1383

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citation

Καυκούλα, Κυριακή. Η ΙΔΕΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΗΠΟΥΠΟΛΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΕΟΔΟΜΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΜΕΣΟΠΟΛΕΜΟΥ. Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης (ΑΠΘ), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1383