Zoning Planning for Sustainable Development and Exploitation of the Mountainous Areas

Drosos, Vasileios C.; Liampas, S. A. G.; Farmakis, D. E.

doi:10.7763/ijssh.2016.v6.689

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“…Rapid social and economic development has been accelerated by urbanization, but it has also brought about a number of issues, including population density, traffic congestion, resource shortages, housing shortages, loss of biodiversity, and water pollution [29,37]. Urban sustainability is becoming more and more important to people.…”

Section: Indicators Of Urbanization Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The pace as well as the general quality of the entire process of urbanization ought to be reflected by pertinent, statistically calculable indicators in order to quantitatively define the phenomenon. A comprehensive analysis of economic, environmental, and social factors is required to identify various degrees of urbanization that are sustainable [37,41,42]. In order to categorize the research on indicators of sustainable urbanization, most studies show that indicators should include economic development, the standard of basic public services, environmental development, and urban-rural heterogeneity [26,43,44].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition, Greece's per capita land usage is somewhat lower than the OECD average. Nonetheless, between 2000 and 2012, the country recorded large gains in both its overall share of developed land and per-person land consumption [37]. During the same period, a significant suburbanization trend emerged, with the population decreasing in urban centers but increasing rapidly in the commuter zones of metropolitan regions.…”

Section: Spatial and Land-use Plans In Greecementioning

confidence: 99%

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Urbanization and Land Use Planning for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Case Study of Greece

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Sustainable development has attracted the attention of social-economic, spatial well-being, and cultural continuity advocates across the world. However, the processes involved in land use as well as urban development have continued to affect the attainment of sustainable development. This study assessed the effects of urbanization and land use planning on achieving sustainable development goals. The data were collected using a survey questionnaire from 384 different government leaders in Greece. The study showed that the indicators of urbanization quality have a positive effect on sustainable development goals. It was revealed that there is a significant relationship between integrated land use strategies and sustainable development goals. The study showed that indicators of urbanization quality are very key to achieving different SDGs. This indicates that sustainable urbanization entails more than just converting agricultural land and forests without making any changes to them into cities, and it is equally one of the answers to the problem of the world’s population growth if it is done with vision and dedication. The study clearly shows that integrated land use strategies are important in achieving the SDGs. In this case, land use planning is mostly a local effort, though some nations employ guiding land use plans created at the regional or inter-municipal level. Furthermore, urbanization opportunities and land-use plans have a great influence on the achievement of sustainable development goals. Notably, the goal of sustainable urban development is to make urban areas “sustainable” as well as to build or reinforce the city’s sustainability-related economic, social, cultural, and environmental aspects. It then goes on to discover how to spread that idea and why it is important to be focused, using various definitions. The fundamental idea of sustainable urban development is then realized by reviewing the ideas and principles of sustainable development. Finally, some general recommendations are made regarding urban planning, sustainable urban development, and the significance of establishing the necessary conditions for its realization. Urban sustainability and proper use of land require structural changes as well as significant, fundamental shifts at all societal levels.

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“…This will ultimately increase the phenomenon of desertification. There is a close connection between humans, forests and climate change; especially, in Mediterranean ecosystems the climate change causes temperature rise and therefore the risk of forest fires is increased [1], [2]. Forest fires are disasters that cause extensive damage to the entire world in economic, ecological, and environmental way.…”

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Early detection of forest fire and first intervention of fire-fighting units

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STAVRIDIS

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Ninth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2023)

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In Mediterranean ecosystems the climate change causes the rising of the temperature and therefore the risk of forest fires is increased. A large proportion of the forests destroyed each year, could be saved with a forest fire detection system. Time is critical for saving people, animals, and the environment. Time is crucial and every minute matters in the event of a fire. A faster response means that many fires can be extinguished before they spread and cause more extensive damages. Thanks to technology development, improved systems of remote sensing for forest fires are created and implemented, reducing detection time, the estimated location of the fires break out. The key element in these systems is the performance in real time of the various moving features, such as vehicles, personnel, and even the fronts of the fires. The aim of the paper is the choice of appropriate early fire detection system for the first intervention and the determination of the required fire lookout stations and firefighting intervention units. International literature was investigated to find out the appropriate fire detection sensor. An analysis of observation was done by command ARCMAP (Viewshed). The observation from the height of the tower and the detection of smoke from a height of 5 meters, determined the observation rate of the area and the location of the sensor. In the research area are specified the positions of fire lookout stations with the help of DTM and GIS as well as the necessary vehicles and personnel for immediate first intervention.

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