Urban Areas In Greece Research Articles

Some findings on the interaction between transport and land‐use in Greece

Using before and after studies in a number of urban areas in Greece, the authors examine the effect of investment in major transport infrastructure on land use. Major stimulation to growth was found in the secondary and tertiary economic sectors but no significant effect was found for housing development. Changes in land values tended to be concentrated at junctions. It was further observed that the impact of the transport investment took place almost entirely during the first ten years after project completion.

Remigration and social structure — Return migration of labour and its effects in urban areas of Greece

Remigration and social structure — Return migration of labour and its effects in urban areas of Greece

Incidence and seasonal variation of suicide mortality in Greece

The frequency of suicide in Greece by age, sex, urban-rural residence, and seasonality was studied. The study was based on data from the National Statistical Service of Greece for the period 1959–1975. The main findings are as follows: (A) the age-adjusted mortality from suicide in Greece is among the smallest in the world and contrary to the world-wide trends has recently been declining: (B) mortality from suicide is higher among men than among women and increases gradually with age: (C) mortality from suicide is higher in the rural than in the urban areas of Greece, a pattern rarely observed in other countries: and (D) there is a consistent and remarkable seasonal variation in the frequency of suicide in this country that follows the pattern of a harmonic curve with the peak in June.

Prevalence of diabetes among glycosuric individuals in an urban area of Greece.

Epidemiologic data on the frequency of diabetes in the urban Greek population were lacking in Greece. Postpranadial urine samples of 21,410 inhabitants of a subturb of Athens were examined for glycosuria by two different enzymatic methods. It was found that 569 persons, i.e. 3.20% of the whole population aged 10 or more, presented postprandial glycosuria (cases of previously known diabetes were excluded); 417 persons out of these were submitted to an OGTT (50 g) and 135 new cases of diabetes were discovered. Glycosuria was associated with diabetes mostly in the age-groups above 40. Obesity was frequent among the newly discovered diabetes. Two thirds had abnormal blood sugar levels already in the fasting condition. The prevalence of non-diabetic glycosuria was 2.70% in males and 1.60% in females. The frequency of a family history positive for diabetes was found to be approximately twice as high in diabetics compared to subjects without glycosuria.

Household Survey Carried out in the Urban Areas of Greece During 1957-58.

Household Survey Carried out in the Urban Areas of Greece During 1957-58.