Clark, James (2023) Reshaping Urban Mobility: The Confluence of Citizen Participation and Governmental Policies in Post-Pandemic Athens, Greece. Pre-master thesis.
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Pre-master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Bahrami, F. |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2023 10:15 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2023 10:15 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4390 |
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