Cosco and the ‘turbulent’

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Alberto Valz Gris
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2022/103
Language Italian Pages 6 P. 31-36 File size 400 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2023-103003
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Since 2009, cosco Pacific has obtained incremental control over the infrastructures of the Greek port of Piraeus. The significant growth of economic flows involving port infrastructures is accompanied by different forms of interaction with the densely urbanised space where the port operates. On the one hand, the port is in constant search for urban space to be comprehended within its operations, by both expanding its infrastructures and absorbing new areas. On the other hand, its growth is marked by multiple forms of social conflict, both internal and external to the port itself. By describing the emerging spatial articulation of the port of Piraeus, this article proposes an urban reading starting from the frictions that mark its evolution.

Keywords: urbanisation processes; cosco; Piraeus

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Alberto Valz Gris, Cosco e l’urbanizzazione "turbolenta" del porto del Pireo in "TERRITORIO" 103/2022, pp 31-36, DOI: 10.3280/TR2023-103003