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Informal urban regeneration as a way out of the crisis? Airbnb in Athens and its effects on space and society

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  • Dimitris Balampanidis
  • Thomas Maloutas
  • Evangelia Papatzani
  • Dimitris Pettas

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This paper explores the effects of the Airbnb short-term rentals in Athens, against the background of the continuing socio-economic crisis and the substantial rise of urban tourism. The Airbnb practice emerges as a major transformative force of urban space, economy and society, which can be neither utterly condemned nor fully celebrated. The effects of the Airbnb phenomenon are found to be both positive and negative, including – on the one hand – the partial upgrading and reuse of the existing building stock or the reactivation of the local economy and – on the other hand – processes of residential segregation, gentrification and touristification.

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  • Dimitris Balampanidis & Thomas Maloutas & Evangelia Papatzani & Dimitris Pettas, 2021. "Informal urban regeneration as a way out of the crisis? Airbnb in Athens and its effects on space and society," Urban Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 223-242, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rurpxx:v:14:y:2021:i:3:p:223-242
    DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2019.1600009
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    3. Ao Sun & Lin Chen & Kunimitsu Yoshida & Meng Qu, 2023. "Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Bed and Breakfasts in the All-for-One Tourism Demonstration Area of China: A Perspective on Urban–Rural Differences," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-21, September.
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    5. Giuseppe Ricciardo Lamonica & Gloria Polinesi & Luca Salvati, 2022. "Sprawl or Segregation? Local Fertility as a Proxy of Socio-spatial Disparities Under Sequential Economic Downturns," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1129-1160, December.

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