TY  - UNPB
N2  - This  research  examines  the  impact  of  the  confluence  of  pandemic-related  mobility  shifts  led  by individual action and governmental urban policies attempting to reduce car dependency in post-pandemic Athens, Greece. It examines how these two bottom-up and top-down approaches are interacting, and investigates how local experts in the field are perceiving the changes taking place in their city. By analyzing academic literature and conducting interviews with six planning experts in Athens, this study evaluates the efficacy of urban policies and their outcomes on residents.

This  paper  argues  for  a  higher  degree  of  mutual  support  and  collaboration  between  citizenries and  governments,  explaining  how  and  why  this  circular  planning  paradigm  is  successful  in  line with Crawford?s (1999) theory of Everyday Urbanism. The combined analysis concludes that while the city of Athens has displayed good intentions in leading mobility policy away from automobility and  towards  active  mobility  in  response  to  citizens?  behavior  changes  in  response  to  the COVID-19  pandemic,  shortcomings  in  ongoing  citizen  participation  in  the  policymaking  process and  insufficient  planning  and  preparations  for  infrastructure  implementation  have  hindered  the possibility of maximizing outcomes for a healthier and environmentally resilient city.
M1  - pre_master
AV  - public
A1  - Clark, James
EP  - 32
ID  - theses_frw4390
TI  - Reshaping Urban Mobility: The Confluence of Citizen Participation and Governmental Policies in Post-Pandemic Athens, Greece
UR  - https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4390/
Y1  - 2023///
ER  -