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Immigrant integration in ITI/SUD strategies: The case of Athens, Greece

Karadimitriou, Nikolaos; Maloutas, Thomas; (2023) Immigrant integration in ITI/SUD strategies: The case of Athens, Greece. European Journal of Spatial Development , 20 (4) pp. 32-53. 10.5281/zenodo.8308424. Green open access

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Abstract

Foreign immigration from low-income countries to the Athens Functional Urban Area (FUA), started in earnest in the early 1990s. However, the first integrated territorial development instrument which covers immigrant integration (the Integrated Territorial Investments- ITI), was introduced in the mid-2010s as a result of adopting relevant EU Regulations. In the Programming Period 2014-2020 there were 4 ITIs approved for funding in Athens FUA. They focus on innovation, economic growth and social cohesion but rarely mention immigrants and refugees per se. The paper argues that this approach, followed by all four Strategies, is a rather generic feature of the country’s governance modalities, in an ongoing process of Europeanization. The paper explores the rationale behind the way ITIs were implemented in Athens’ FUA, and offers insights as to how immigrant issues could be further mainstreamed in Sustainable Urban Development strategies in the future.

Type: Article
Title: Immigrant integration in ITI/SUD strategies: The case of Athens, Greece
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8308424
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8308424
Language: English
Additional information: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
Keywords: Immigration, Sustainable Urban Development strategies, Integrated Territorial Investments, Athens
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177752
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