DIFFUSED INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THESSALONIKI - FROM EXPANSION TO CRISIS

CHRONAKI, Z; HADJIMICHALIS, C; LABRIANIDIS, L; VAIOU, D

dc.contributor.author	CHRONAKI, Z	en
dc.contributor.author	HADJIMICHALIS, C	en
dc.contributor.author	LABRIANIDIS, L	en
dc.contributor.author	VAIOU, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:42:05Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:42:05Z
dc.date.issued	1993	en
dc.identifier.issn	0309-1317	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/23697
dc.subject.classification	Geography	en
dc.subject.classification	Planning & Development	en
dc.subject.classification	Urban Studies	en
dc.title	DIFFUSED INDUSTRIALIZATION IN THESSALONIKI - FROM EXPANSION TO CRISIS	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1993	en
heal.abstract	Until recently, defensive practices of restructuring have been adopted in many industrial cities of southern Europe, based on diffused industrialization, the availability of cheap labour, non-planning and illegal modes of operation. This paper examines to what extent emerging crisis and the prospect of the Single Market are likely to modify this 'model' of restructuring and under what conditions policy proposals, such as 'endogenous development', 'socialization of the market', 'creation of local employment' etc. may have any significant impact upon it. A concrete frame of reference is the Greater Thessaloniki area in northern Greece, which until the late 1980s has shown considerable dynamism both in terms of industrial investment and in terms of employment creation. Its local industrial base is diversified and includes heavy and light consumer industries. Above all, however, it is characterized by extensive formal and informal production subcontracting networks within and among enterprises of various sizes and sectors, including thousands of homeworkers, mainly women.	en
heal.publisher	BLACKWELL PUBL LTD	en
heal.journalName	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1993LE47900002	en
dc.identifier.volume	17	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	178	en
dc.identifier.epage	194	en