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This research critically evaluates the post-pandemic urban development trajectories and design-led regeneration projects emerging in Athens, Greece, following the compounded financial and humanitarian crises of recent years. Focusing on the Municipality’s most socioeconomically marginalised communities, this study interrogates how urban regeneration initiatives intersect with issues of race, gender, class, and urban citizenship. Methodologically, it draws on a triangulation of document analysis, official spatial data, 62 in-depth semi-structured interviews, and critical discourse analysis of media and political speeches. Key findings expose the processes of displacement and dispossession that accompany many regeneration projects, rendering visible the lived experiences of communities frequently excluded from the sanitized discourses surrounding urban renewal. By foregrounding the voices and perspectives of those with intersectional identities, this research underscores the necessity of equitable and inclusive frameworks in urban governance.
| Keywords | design-led urban regeneration; intersectionality; post-crisis urban development |
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