Aerial photos record huge urban expansion across Athens Riviera after 1938

A joint study carried out recently by the Hellenic Centre for Maritime Research and the Geology Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens reveals the massive amount of new construction along the Athenian Riviera in the last 80 years, according to greekreporter.com.
The study, which involved the comparison of aerial pictures taken in 1938 to recent photographs, showed the massive urbanization that this part of metropolitan Athens has experienced in less than a century.
Hundreds of thousands of new buildings were built along the Attica coast on the Saronic Gulf during these decades — and most of them are aesthetically unpleasant apartment blocks.
This almost-unimaginable pace of urban expansion, conducted primarily during the economic boom of the 1950s and 1960s, placed a huge ecological footprint in Attica, causing severe consequences for the ecosystems of the region.
Another shocking realization that came with this study is that while Attica is one of the oldest continually-inhabited places in the globe, this last century is the very first time such an enormous number of people have ever lived in the area.
The study also noted that out of a total of 17.6 kilometers (11 miles) of coastline, 6.01 kilometers (3.8 miles), which represents one-third of the total, is off-limits to citizens due to urban constructions.
An area comprising 4.8 kilometers, or 27.2% of the total, is covered by marinas and five percent (880 meters, or .5 mile) is only accessible after paying a fee.
The remainder of the coastline, comprising only 5.91 kilometers (3.6 miles), is accessible to citizens without having to pay anything at all.
Christos Anagnostou and his research team pointed out in their remarks that “This one-dimensional development of Attica’s coastal front, which has been implemented for the last 80 years, has to change drastically.
The researchers added that they believe that “alternative policies are needed to support coastal resources and nature conservation” along this most urban stretch of the Greek coastline.
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