Browsing School of Architecture, Land and Environmental Sciences by Title
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The Classification of Urban Uses
(MDPI, 2017)The classification of uses is one of the central issues of urban planning, since it is only by referring to groups of uses that we can achieve the simplification and, ultimately, the understanding of urban space. However, ...
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Comparative analysis of property taxation policies within Greece and Cyprus evaluating the use of GIS, CAMA, and remote sensing techniques
(SPIE, 2014-04-07)This paper aims to examine how CAMA, GIS and Remote Sensing are integrated to assist property taxation. Real property tax apart from its fiscal dimension is directly linked to geographic location. The value of the land ...
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Complete analytical solution of linear soil pressure on rigid spread rectangular footings
(2015)In this paper the complete analytical solution concerning the linear soil pressure on rigid spread rectangular footings is formulated. All five distinct regions on the eccentricity map are related to five possible types ...
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Concepts, tools, and procedures necessary to implement irrigation management in Urban Green Areas
(WSEAS (World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society), 2006)Sound irrigation management requires a knowledge and understanding of the interaction of plants, soils, and climate. Water conservation is a technical goal of irrigation management that relies upon techniques that maximizes ...
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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. ...
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Controlling flexible structures with second order actuator dynamics
(1989)The control of flexible structures for those systems with actuators that are modeled by second order dynamics is examined. Two modeling approaches are investigated. First a stability and performance analysis is performed ...
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Copenhagen- The five finger plan
(Edifir - Edizioni Firenze, 2008)The green wedges that followed the finger plan proposed (1947) do not have the same boundaries as those that are present today, but they still exist despite insufficient planning measures and an overall decline of open ...
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Correlation between the geometrical characteristics of streets and morphological features of trees for the formation of tree lines in the urban design of the city of Orestiada, Greece
(Springer Verlag, 2017)This paper classifies the streets of the city of Orestiada, Greece, and examines the correlation between the geometric characteristics of streets and the appropriate height of trees that form the street tree lines so that ...
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Creating Landscape on a Roof
(Landscape Architecture Department Drama – Greece, 2009)The Department of landscape Architecture at the Technological Educational Institute of Kavala – Drama has for the last three years successfully organised International Landscape Workshops, attracting academics, professionals ...
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Critical analysis of the official Greek urban planning indicatorsof private uses
(2015-01)The aim of the article is to review the official Greek target indicators, i.e. those standards that are included in the current planning legislation ( Official Government Gazette 285/D/5.3, 2004), and are used for the ...
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Defining the unitary types of urban uses: urban uses, land uses and land-use zones
(Survey Review, 2018)It is clear that urban planning is not a theoretical science, but an applied field. However, this does not imply – or justify – the lack of an analytical field that would lay the scientific foundations of urban planning ...
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Developing new educational facilities in cities or large municipalities using GIS: a case study in Thessaloniki, Greece
(International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 2011)This study presents the modeling of the system of educational facilities included in a large city or a municipality, to facilitate a decision regarding the optimum location of a new educational facility. As will be shown, ...
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Different Contribution of Olive Groves and Citrus Orchards to Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration: A Field Study in Four Sites in Crete, Greece
(MDPI, 2023-01-12)In this work, we evaluated the effects of cultivation practices and sites (representing four locations in Crete, Greece) on soil organic carbon sequestration in established citrus orchards, olive groves, and uncultivated ...
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Earthquake resistant optimum design of 3d reinforced concrete buildings
(WCCM, 2006)Designing earthquake resistant structures has been the subject of great concern among engineers and scientists. The vertical seismic resisting elements in particular, in connection with the beam and the plates in a reinforced ...
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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 ...
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Employment Opportunities for NEETs in Short-Term Rentals Operated Through Sharing Platforms: A Case Study Across Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus
(David Publishing, 2021)The paper at hand explores whether short-term rentals (STRs), operated through sharing platforms, can provide employment opportunities to young people that are Not in Employment, Education and Training (NEETs) and whether ...
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The Environmental Awareness Park "Antonis Tritsis" in Athens: redesigning its role and form
(2013)The importance of green spaces and their benefits for large urban centers is well recognized. In the basin of Athens in Greece, a built-up urban environment, the lack of environmental planning has resulted the lack of ...
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Environmental perceptions of landscape values around the lake Kastoria western Macedonia Greece
(2005)The report aims to improve environmental management by intergrating and making more accessible to managers the information on environmental perceptions of the landscape in Kastoria Western Macedonia. First a literature ...
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Experiments in Place-Making: re-thinking Pafos for 2017
(2015)The network of spatial interventions proposed for the Pafos2017 “Open Air Factory” was not conceived as a mere series of sites for events, but as a place-making tool for re-defining the identity of Pafos and re-directing ...