Inclusive Urban Societies Project. Latest news from September 2024
This year marked a year where our project kept on spreading the word on gentrification, touristification and housing/labour precarity!
Here is a sneak peek at what our project has been up to, from September 2024, following the highlights of project’s first steps, that can be found here!
The project’s first stop was at the 14th Annual IIPPE Conference, that took place in Istanbul, from September 4th to September 7th.
Amongst interesting presentations and fruitful conversations, our research team presented some of the project’s findings, regarding the analysis of the touristification, through the usage of an original composite index that combines variables related to the supply and demand of the touristic product, as well as the tourism expenditure. This index was applied to European regions (NUTS-2), starting from 2008 onwards.
Afterwards, on the 23rd of October, members of our team were present at the Annual Meeting of ArcGIS users of Greece and Cyprus in Athens, hosted by Marathon Data Systems.
During this event, our research team presented the “Inclusive Labour and Housing Observatory”, that uses dynamic maps and charts to visualize socio-economic data and indexes related to touristification and labour, at the neighborhoods of Athens and Thessaloniki. The observatory consists of The Short-Term Rental Accommodation Tab, The Composite Touristification Index Tab, and The Property Rental and Sales Prices Tab.
Finally, our research team participated at the “Socio-Economic Sustainability, Regional Development and Spatial Planning: European and International Dimensions & Perspectives” event that took place at the Department of Geography of the University of the Aegean, from the 25th to the 27th of October.
During this event, our research team provided insights into the spatial and economic dynamics of tourism, discussing how neoliberal globalization and the 2008/2009 crisis amplified tourism’s role in the EU economy. Using Composite Indicator Analysis, we mapped regional touristification, identifying three key zones and a distinct North/South divide. The findings revealed that Southern EU countries strongly rely on tourism to offset economic decline, something that is linked to deindustrialization and deteriorating labor conditions.
We would like to thank the organizers of the conferences for the opportunities, and we look forward to many more in the future!
Stay tuned, as more fruitful and interesting scientific content is being created, and will be published soon!
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