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Noise and Vibration study for the Hellenic Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels
(1991)
Prelemenary free hull girder vibration study of offshore patrol vessel of Hellenic Navy
Landscape design in Athens during the preparation of the Olympic Games in 2004: project implementation & maintenance
(World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2005)
During the Olympic Games preparation of 2004 in Athens many project applied to the urban
and to the rural area of Attica County where Athens is the capital. The purpose of this study is to point out the main design concept ...
Edible landscaping as an environmental policy tool for urban cities under crisis: Cases studies from Greece
(INU Editioni, 2014)
Agriculture in cities has always existed although it is typically considered a rural activity. In fact, many cities
have evolved from agrarian roots, settling on the agricultural lands that are most productive. However,
urban ...
The use of nature friendly materials in urban public space
(World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS), 2005)
The intensive building and construction development in cities and wban spaces causes
number of serious problems that constrain city life. The last dccades Landscape Architects arc trying to find alternative solutions to ...
The rehabilitation of intertropical and semitropical plants in special microclimatic mediterranean conditions: the case of Nauplio town, Greece
(WSEAS
(World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society), 2005)
Palms is one of the most important plant families, with great contribution to human aesthetic and
use. Planted in groups, combined with other plants, or separately, their elegant form is impressive and imposes to the ...
Landscape Preference Evaluation for Therapeutical Gardens
(WSEAS
(World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society), 2005)
The present paper deals with the usefulness of outdoor spaces of nursing institutions
which we name "therapeutic" gardens. A therapeutic garden offers a locality where the patients
and their healers might achieve the ...
Landscape Preference Evaluation for Hospital Environmental Design
(SciRes, 2011)
This paper examined users’ preferences for landscape design of grounds and spaces surrounding hospitals, in order to assess how they perceived the landscape facilities so as to make future open spaces of hospitals suitable ...
Public Space as Landscape Experience of Happiness: A Surprise Public Garden amidst Water and Large Blocks of WoodlandSpecial Issue UI 261 “Happiness and public space” Materiali Call internazionale - 3° Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico
(INU Editioni, 2015)
Urban public space is not a phenomenon of the twenty first century. It originated with
the public parks of the mid-nineteenth century which were a considerable part of
the urban fabric (Chadwick, 1966). Urban parks and ...
The contribution of urban green spaces to the improvement of environment in cities: Case study of Chania, Greece
(Elsevier, 2010)
This paper investigates how vegetation, mainly through evapotranspiration, affects the improvement of
microclimatic conditions in urban areas and, more specifically, it examines the case for the city of Chania
in Crete. ...
The impact of park trees on microclimate in urban areas
(Springer Verlag, 2006)
Trees in cities have an important positive effect on people’s lives. One such positive
effect is the amelioration of microclimate. The aim of this research is to assess the correlation
between parameters that affect the ...