Browsing by Subject "Urban planning"
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Anti-noise barriers for trams and trains in urban environment.: Results of a measurement campaign at athens tram network
(2006)Athens Tram has performed during last years an extended Noise & Vibration Abatement Program including both airborne & ground borne noise & vibration levels calculations. The relevant N&V studies suggested the implementation ... -
The challenge of incorporating smart city activities in medium-size cities: The case of Greece
(2017)A major challenge affecting the potential of a smart city project in achieving local community expectations is the extent to which local communities are involved not only in the planning, but also in the implementation, ... -
The challenge of incorporating smart city activities in medium-size cities: The case of Greece
(2017)A major challenge affecting the potential of a smart city project in achieving local community expectations is the extent to which local communities are involved not only in the planning, but also in the implementation, ... -
Clustering in Urban environments: Virtual forces applied to vehicles
(2013)Clustering of Vanets is a technique for grouping nodes in geographical vicinity together, making the network more robust and scalable. Clustering of vehicles that is based on virtual forces has been recently introduced for ... -
Database and baseline system for detecting degraded traffic signs in urban environments
(2015)We present a small database of 'noisy' traffic signs in cluttered urban environments that exhibit various forms of degradation, including vandalism and fading (discoloration). The database contains five types of international ... -
Development of a waterfront regeneration tool to support local decision making in the context of integrated coastal zone management
(2019)Increasing pressures from coastal urbanization have created the need for an integrated approach to address the interactions among human activities, taking into account the significance of protecting coastal ecosystems. In ... -
Embedding an audiovisual interactive installation environment in urban space for enhancing social interaction
(2006)This paper documents the creative process and attempts to record the impact of an open-air, site specific, interactive multisensory installation environment titled "DETOUR", which was created by the interdisciplinary group ... -
Emergency Response and Other Traffic Safety Equity Perceptions in Hawaii
(2020)The focus of this study was on geographic and social equity in traffic safety. Literature review on equity, minorities, transportation equity, traffic safety equity, and emergency medical services (EMS) response time guided ... -
Environmental noise and air pollution monitoring in the athens ring road ('attiki odos') an important parameter for a sustainable urban development
(2015)Attica Tollway (Attiki Odos), a modern motorway extending along 65 km, constitutes the ring road of the greater metropolitan area of Athens and the main road network of the Attica Prefecture with over 4.5 million inhabitants. ... -
Environmental noise as an important legal factor in the rehabilitation of the acoustic urban environment
(2009)Noise is an important environmental factor affecting all problems related to the degradation of the urban environment and the quality of life. In Greece, quality of life has been established as a legal conception protected ... -
High flights and hard landings: The adventures of planning for the regeneration of Thessaloniki's derelict western entrance
(2015)The aim of this paper is to highlight the several phases of the post-1985 planning endeavours of Thessaloniki, in the context of which the Lachanokipoi area of the 'Western Entrance' of the city is particularly examined. ... -
The image of the city as 'good': The creation of a city's promotional package through a strategic framework analysis of city marketing procedure
(2003)The purpose of this paper is to present some very important prerequisites / criteria under which, Place/city Marketing procedure could become an effective tool for city's development and competitiveness and not a waste ... -
Infrastructure planning for autonomous electric vehicles, integrating safety and sustainability aspects: A multi‐criteria analysis approach
(2021)After the awareness‐raising of recent years for coping with the global societal, economic and environmental challenges, the need for sustainable planning in the transport sector has become even more evident. Initiatives ... -
Landscape protection and management in Greece: Problems, perspectives, and policies
(2003)An assessment of all actors involved to make suggestions for the establishment of the adequate bodies, services and mechanisms that would help for a new landscape strategy and policy in Greece was presented. The renewal ... -
Location Planning of Small Consolidation Centers in the City of Volos
(2021)As urbanization increases by the years the needs of the society, in terms of quantity of urban freight deliveries, become more demanding. Urban freight transport and goods distribution become the main challenges that a ... -
Long term environmental & transportation noise monitoring in the cities of Veria & Ioannina in northern greece according to the 2002/49/EC directive
(2006)The requirements resulting from the application of the EU directive 2002/49/EC are very important for each city. For this reason the authorities of Veria & Ioannina in Northern Greece in collaboration with the Aristotle ... -
A photopollution index based on weighted cumulative visibility to night lights
(2018)A method is presented to estimate photopollution (a.k.a night-lights pollution) in a macroscopic manner, i.e.That can be applied globally, using open-domain data. Photopollution has two components, direct illumination and ... -
Predicting urban expansion in Moscow based on night lights
(2017)Night-lights obtained by the DMSP/OLS sensor offer a unique opportunity to measure urban expansion in the past two decades. We apply a method to project the existing night-lights time series in the future in order to ... -
Road noise levels in urban environment compared to specification limits. The case of the city of Larissa, Greece
(2020)Greece, as well as other developed countries, is facing the growing problem of road traffic noise. It stands for a severe problem in the urban areas of the country, including the city of Larissa. The root cause is the huge ... -
Spatial and environmental planning and waste management (some thoughts on the case of Attica)
(2004)An effort to solve the problem of waste disposal by spatial and environmental planning and waste management in Attica is discussed. The general uncertainty that characterizes the selected sites of disposal of Attica's waste ...