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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 ...
Το πράσινο στη σκιά των Ολυμπιακών Έργων
(Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό ίδρυμα Καβάλας (ΤΕΙ). Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτονικής Τοπίου, 2005)
Στα πλαίσια της προετοιμασίας της Ελλάδας για τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες τυ 2004 προγραμματίστηκαν και υλοποιήθηκαν πολλά έργα όπως:
-Αθλητικές εγκαταστάσεις (π.χ Ο.Α.Κ.Α., Κωπηλατοδρόμιο Σχινιά, Εγκαταστάσεις στο Ελληνικό, ...
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 ...
The Vertical Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx: an Artistic Expression
(EDIFIR - EDIZIONI FIRENZE, 2016)
This paper aims to explore the vertical gardens designed by Roberto Burle Marx as an artistic expression of a common design feature, prevalent in landscape architectural discourse and practice since the 1930s. The contribution ...
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 Greenways in Athens
(2010-06)
Greenways are corridors of undevoped land in a city setting. They include vegeration belts, creeks, rivers,floodplains and other natural features along public infrastructures. Public infrastructures consist of utility ...