Since its birth, property taxation has been a major source of revenue. Taxation in general, is an important conduit to generate revenue and also a tool to redistribute wealth. It can act as a tool to manage land use, urban ...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ways that the top-down and the bottom-up approaches to planning can be combined in the practice of planning standards. In the first part, the paper examines the utilization of ...

It is widely accepted that seismic design philosophies do not follow the efficiency of seismic analysis methods is quite remarkable. Torsionally unbalanced structures, is a common field where any of the proposed design ...

The green spaces in the urban environment facilitate the movement of air masses that act as air refreshment in the wider region. The unification of urban open spaces and their enrichment with vegetation affect the micro-climate ...

The unification programme aims to restore the historic continuity of the city, and to create poles of attraction for its residents, also providing a better quality of life in an overall space with upgraded environment and ...

The subject of the study concerns the regeneration of the urban waterfront, within the framework of a new approach for the quality living of the coastal human communities, not only under the terms of developmental ...

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 ...

This paper exploresthe use of point pattern statistics in urban analysis. The study adopts a systems view of urban space and identifies three discernible tiers for the analysis of the latter. For each of these tiers, it ...

The last few years have been a huge increase in the transfer of coloured architectural lighting, derived from entertainment and theatre, into the urban and exterior environment. The trees in to the landscape seem to be ...

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 ...

Several decades of research and development placed new tools in the hands of engineers, builders, supervisors, surveyors, contractors and all people associated with the construction industry. In this paper, we are referring ...

This article comments on the urban planning theory-practice gap, focusing on the relationship between the planning theory and the use of urban indicators. The reason for the selection of this case study is twofold. On the ...

Είναι κάποιοι αρχιτέκτονες οι οποίοι αφήνουν το στίγμα τους στην Αρχιτεκτονική και την Ιστορία της, κατεξοχήν με τις ιδέες, τις σκέψεις και τις προτάσεις τους, παρά με το κτισμένο έργο τους. Για αυτό, αν και γνωστοί ...

The area of interest has been focused on Zografou (Athens Prefecture), a suburb in the eastern part of the capital city of Athens, and its metropolitan region (AMA) (3,500,000 inhabitants) which constitutes the main “gateway” ...

Zografou is a suburb in the eastern part of Athens (3.500.000 inhabitants) and is part of Athens Prefecture. It is located about 5 km from downtown Athens, about 2 km SW of Katechaki Avenue 4 km from the Hymettus Ring ...

Στην εργασία αυτή παρουσιάζονται τα αποτελέσματα δειγματοληπτικής έρευνας (στρωματοποιημένη δειγματοληψία με ερωτηματολόγια) που πραγματοποιήθηκε τον Μάρτιο του 2003, σχετικά με τις θέσεις των εργαζομένων (Ιατροί, Νοσηλευτές, ...

Με απώτερο σκοπό την περιβαλλοντική απόκριση των παραλιακών χωριών του νοτιοδυτικού Πηλίου, διατυπώνονται προτάσεις ενοποίησης τόπων, χώρων και πρασίνου, ώστε να επιτευχθεί η βελτίωση των συνθηκών οίκηση στα πλαίσια της ...

Το άρθρο επιχειρεί να αξιολογήσει τους δείκτες προδιαγραφής που χρησιμοποιούνται για τον πολεοδομικό προγραμματισμό των δημόσιων χρήσεων και περιλαμβάνονται στο ΦΕΚ 285/Δ/3.3.2004. Συγκεκριμένα, το άρθρο εκκινεί με τη ...

Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι η μελέτη της βέλτιστης αξιοποίησης του περιαστικού δάσους Αθαλάσσας, στη Λευκωσία, και του περιαστικού δάσους Πέγειας, στην Πάφο, μέσω της διερεύνησης και ανάλυσης της άποψης του κοινού, ...

Η Ιστορία του δικτύου των αστικών οικισμών της Ελλάδας, ίσως δεν διαθέτει μεγάλο βάθος χρόνου, όπως αυτό άλλων χωρών της Ευρώπης, διαθέτει όμως και μπορεί να επιδείξει στη σύντομη, σχετικά, ιστορική του εξέλιξη ιδιομορφίες, ...