Στρατηγικές αστικής ανάπτυξης και διοργάνωση διεθνών αθλητικών και άλλων εκδηλώσεων

Abstract

The PhD includes (after the table of contents, the table of plates, the table of tables, the table of diagrams the table of maps) the following chapters: 1. The research framework, 2. The case study of Barcelona, 3. The case study of Thessaloniki, 4. The case study of Lisbon, 5. The case study of Hannover, 6. The case study of Sydney, 7. The case study of Athens, 8. Conclusions. The PhD is completed with Greek and international bibliography. The first chapter (Conceptual framework) includes the theoretical framework of the research, the analysis of relevant theoretical concepts and the methodological assumptions. The basic entities of this chapter are presented in the following paragraph, because of its high importance: 1. Introduction and methodology, 2. Strategic development / competition parameters of / between metropolitan centres • Processes of economic and political restructuring (sectoral shift - Revolution in communications technology - Globalisation of finance - Transformation in the form and content of political governance), • The Emergence of Entrepreneurialism (urban entrepreneurialism / growth coalitions / urban regimes), 3. Urban marketing • Reasons for the emergence of urban marketing • Historical Evolution of urban marketing • Contemporary urban marketing (definitions, objectives, philosophy, organizing capacity) 4. Urban management and sustainable development (sustainable development