Lazaridou, A; (2008) Spatially and socially interrelated places, how Thessaloniki's city centre embodies multidiversity. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).

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The report researches on the possibility of a connection between the spatial and social characteristics of two parallel and adjacent pedestrian streets located in the centre of Thessaloniki. Their interrelation is studied in the context of the city's historical evolution and transformation until today, simultaneously shaping different land use, movement and static occupation patterns, between various groups of people, locals, tourists and immigrants. Aim of the present case study is to answer the three following interrelated research questions: Which were the circumstances that dictated the evolutionary process of the city centre and specifically the spatial transformation of Aristotelous and Dimitriou Gounari streets over time To what degree are they both interrelated and fit into their urban context and how does this relation influence and is affected by the city's urban and social layout What is the role of the urban environment in the formation of different occupational patterns between the study areas On site observations and Space Syntax methodology, morphological analysis and historic data have been used to follow the lines of enquiry structuring this paper. The findings illustrate the different spatial and social character of each area, based on its configuration within the urban fabric. Both streets embody diversify in their configurations resulting to the coexistence of different groups of people inhabiting them.

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