Managing Urban Landscape towards the Sustainable City: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Abstract

Abstract.One of the areas of human activity which exerts severe pressure on the environment is the management of urban landscape. Many of the modern Greek cities have experienced intense urbanization and expanding without the appropriate means to support them. The continuous expansion of built environment, the degradation of living conditions due to pollution etc., are some of the factors that threaten the contemporary urban environment and hinder progress towards the sustainable city.