Chalkias, C. – To Archeio https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:48:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 Urban geographies of vulnerability and resilience in the economic crisis era-the case of Athens https://toarcheio.org/items/urban-geographies-of-vulnerability-and-resilience-in-the-economic-crisis-era-the-case-of-athens/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:29 +0000 http://arc.local/items/urban-geographies-of-vulnerability-and-resilience-in-the-economic-crisis-era-the-case-of-athens/ Continued]]> Government debt crisis and recession in Greece cause social, economic and demographic changes that increase human and social vulnerability to natural and climate change hazards, also to “forgotten” but re-emerging social risks (e.g. poverty, malnutrition, homelessness). Human and social vulnerability heightens further due to increase of the institutional, i.e. declining capacity of institutions to respond effectively to stressors. Resilience and adaptations that are performed as deliberate or uncontrolled reaction to increasing vulnerability result in vulnerability redistribution which only rarely turns to the benefit of the most vulnerable. Frequently, resilience performances become accountable for the emergence of new hazards and exposure as well as unfair vulnerability transference.

The present paper deals with the city of Athens and attempts to: (1) reveal the enhanced spectrum of risks, forms of exposure, and vulnerability in the city as a result of the crisis; (2) elevate the multiplying effect of the crisis on human and social vulnerability; (3) map the stressor-independent part of social-human vulnerability in Athens and (4) elevate adaptation/resilience resulting in vulnerability (re)allocation in time and space. Except of the theoretical background the paper turns to advantage geo-statistical data, findings of social survey studies and information being available by electronic and print media.

]]> Challenges to immigrant associations and NGOs in contemporary Greece https://toarcheio.org/items/challenges-to-immigrant-associations-and-ngos-in-contemporary-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:20 +0000 http://arc.local/items/challenges-to-immigrant-associations-and-ngos-in-contemporary-greece/ Continued]]> The paper explores the challenges faced today, in a context of severe economic crisis, by immigrant associations (IMAs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Greece. The data analysed here was collected between October 2009 and February 2010 and incorporates references to all recorded migration-related social actors operating in Greece. The paper takes into account such indicators as legal form, objectives, financial capacity and geographical range of activity, concluding with a typology of civil society actors dealing with migration issues. This study aims at informing the migration policymaking and migrant integration processes. By a spatial hot-spot clustering of IMAs and NGOs, we also illustrate the concentration patterns of civil society actors in Greece.

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