Charalampos Kyriakidis

• PhD NTUA | MSc Urban Regeneration UCL | Urban and Regional Planner
• Post-Doc Researcher at National Technical University of Athens

In recent years, climate change has become more and more noticeable as weather conditions are hazardous to human life and settlements. As a result, cities and their municipal authorities need to deal with the various risks related to naturals disasters that are enhanced by the pressure of urbanization. The European Union (EU) and the United Nations...

This paper explores pedestrian mobility patterns in Kypseli, a dense and socio-economically diverse neighborhood in Athens, Greece, that it is considered as a typical Greek residential area, in terms of its built environment and road network characteristics. The research method included crowdsourced geospatial data overlayed on cadastral maps, and...

Η μορφή των δημόσιων χώρων διαδραματίζει σημαίνοντα ρόλο στην επιτυχή λειτουργία των πόλεων και στην ποιότητα ζωής των πολιτών, οι οποίοι ικανοποιούν μέρος των αναγκών τους σε αυτούς. Σε μια περίοδο που οι ελληνικές πόλεις παρουσιάζουν τάσεις μετασχηματισμού, η κατανόηση του τρόπου με τον οποίο λειτουργούν οι δημόσιοι χώροι τους είναι σημαντική. Πέ...

Spatial planning is a critical element of Land Administration (LA), involving the assessmentand management of land use, development, environmental protection, and the optimalutilization of land resources. Recognizing the significance of integrating spatial planninginformation into the Land Administration Domain Model (LADM) framework, LADMEdition I...

The paper focuses on factors affecting social integration of refugees staying in European countries. It consists of an extensive literature review in terms of the definition and the origins of the term "social integration" as well as various aspects affecting the degree to which newcomers can be incorporated to local communities. Results prove that...

This paper focuses on participatory tourism which is an ongoing trend related to participatory procedures taking place during tourism planning as well as spatial planning procedures. It is about integrating tourists as well as local societies in creating authentic tourism product through a procedure that both locals and visitors can benefit. This t...

The paper examines the situation of refugees settled in Greece. It focuses on the examination of how refugees themselves perceive their social condition and how they develop activities to achieve their integration, in case they wish. To approach this subject, an empirical study took place in Karditsa, a medium size Greek city which was selected as...

Αντικείμενο της παρούσας μελέτης αποτελεί η ανάλυση και η διατύπωση πρότασης σχεδιασμού, με βάση τις αρχές της βιώσιμης κινητικότητας, των λεωφόρων Βουλιαγμένης και Ηλιουπόλεως. Οι δύο οδοί έχουν αποτελέσει πόλους συγκέντρωσης εμπορικού χαρακτήρα με μεγάλες διακυμάνσεις ως προς την πυκνότητα και το είδος, σε βάθος χρόνου, με περιόδους έξαρσης και ύ...

COVID-19, the most wide-spread and disruptive pandemic in over a century, enforced emergency urban design responses meaning to recalibrate transport provision globally. This is the first work that systematically evaluates the ‘public acceptance’ as a proxy for ‘policy success’ and ‘potential for longer-term viability’ of the high-profile sustainabl...

Η μεταφορική υποδομή κρίνεται ως παράμετρος προώθησης της τοπικής και περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης. Απόρροια αυτής της συσχέτισης είναι η ανάδειξη της σημασίας των μεταφορικών υποδομών κατά την άσκηση του χωρικού σχεδιασμού, ειδικά σε επίπεδο χωροταξίας. Παράλληλα, σημαντικό ρόλο στην αναπτυξιακή και χωροταξική πολιτική διαδραματίζει ο τομέας της βιομηχ...

In recent years, the use of crowdsourcing has positively transformed the way geographic information is collected, stored and analyzed. Many countries have promoted and funded research into the potential of using crowdsourcing in various fields of governance. This paper focuses on developing a methodology for fast, low-cost and reliable coastal mana...

One of the most important effects of the financial and economic crisis is the reduction of commercial activity. Since 2013, the proportion of closed commercial properties in the Athens commercial center has peaked, reaching the 32.3% of the total number of ground floor properties. This phenomenon varies from one neighborhood to another and, as a re...

Covid-19 pandemic crisis constitutes an unprecedented challenge that is going to create severe socio-economic consequences. Thus, it would be recognized not only as a health crisis but also as a socio-economic emergency situation that brings to mind the concept of “urban resilience”.Social distance came into the forefront and many countries have be...

COVID-19 outbreak changed the way people live in cities as various measures have been taken for keeping people as safe as possible. Based on the directions of the infectious disease specialists, urban planning policy was focused on enhancing sustainable mobility (walking and cycling) in order for the disease transmission to be eliminated. Through s...

One of the biggest challenges of our time is climate change. Every day, at different places of the world, the planet sends alarming messages about the enormous transformations it is experiencing due to human-based activities. The latter are responsible for changing weather patterns that threaten food production, energy production and energy consump...

Transportation sector plays a key role in achieving the goal of regional and local development, which is why it is studied in the context of spatial planning. Through a brief review in the history of spatial planning in Greece and abroad, we observe that spatial plans refer to, define or even specify the main infrastructure works and their outcomes...

Urban planning in Greece was an unclear and multifaceted procedure, failing to produce clear results. Such an example is related to various traffic problems recorded in several Greek cities. Indeed, urban planning, which was mainly applied through the implementation of General Development Plans (G.D.Ps.), has failed to examine the aspects of transp...

Over the last two decades, the center of gravity of urban-planning is thrown in sustainability and the various strategies that can be properly applied to transform modern cities into sustainable urban cores. The approach to sustainability is that the dominant capitalist mode of development exacerbates social and economic disparities within and amon...

COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global emergency. Although many economic sectors face difficulties resulted from the restrictive measures aiming to curb the spread of coronavirus, tourism is among the most affected sectors not only because of the travel restrictions but also due to the fear of the virus infection. That is one of the reasons w...

Covid-19 pandemic crisis changed the way people live in cities. Social distance consists of the basis of such a change. Indeed, through the first phase of the pandemic, people have been alienated from public spaces, in most of the European countries; during the second phase, public space has been reorganized in order to integrate the necessary sani...

Transport systems are capable of contributing to the economic robustness of a geographic area and the well-being of its inhabitants via the supply of the necessary assets for the mobility of people and goods. However, transport projects have the capacity to produce several negative externalities such as water pollution, air pollution, barrier effec...

Transportation systems help in shaping an area’s economic health and quality of life, providing the infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods. Nevertheless, the negative externalities of car-oriented urban-metropolitan planning have heightened awareness for the need of urban planning approaches that incorporate sustainable mobility. Conse...

Tourism is recognized as one of the key drivers of economic growth in Greece. During the last decade, the need for support and development of alternative tourism has been recognized by the public sector and various actions have been undertaken across the country. Although they are small-scale ones, it is noteworthy that such initiatives promote env...

Cycle-tourism seems to be an emerging touristic model in many countries, including Greece. Although the infrastructure is limited, entrepreneurship can support the development of such tourism sector, as cycle-tourists have specific needs to be met during an excursion. Thus, it would be helpful if stores that meet specific prerequisites could be cer...

Cycling tourism is an environmentally friendly way to explore a destination. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more popular worldwide, since it permits an in-depth communication both with nature and people. In this context, the aim of this paper is to explore, in detail, mainly the environmental motivators of cycling tourists, and their significanc...

The construction sector is of strategic importance for the European Commission. This is the reason why there is a special interest in the development of this sector which is attempting to transform into a more sustainable one in order to face various challenges. In this context, European Directive 2014/24/EU brings to the foreground of the European...

Over the last decades, the evolution of technology has helped us to facilitate various types of works in areas related to land and property management as well as spatial planning. The exploitation of new tools and methods has prompted the international interest in the recording and modeling of geospatial information in more than two dimensions depi...

The focus of this research is the investigation of the economic sustainability of a cycling infrastructure, which has a big length and suburban character. More in general, the scope is the examination of the positive impacts to the local society and economy of this cycling infrastructure. The study of this problem is based on the use of a Social Co...

The quality of life in cities as well as commuting habits have always developed relationships of rivalry and reconciliation. Changing commuting habits within and outside a city, combined with technological developments, socioeconomic patterns and citizens' aspirations, have made a decisive contribution to the current image of cities. Today, the upg...

Culture is frequently used as a means of promoting sustainable urban development. Indeed, in many areas across Europe, cultural and recreational routes or clusters have so far been utilized in order for urban regeneration and structural reconstruction to be pursued. Such routes have been developed in Greek cities as well, e.g., in the cities of Vol...

Through the last decades, the development of technology was rapid. As a result, changes in a series of sectors of human life have been observed. One of these sectors is spatial planning, where new applications contribute towards its skillful application. Especially, in the sector of public participation in urban planning procedure, an urge of motiv...

This paper focuses on the integration of refugees and immigrants into Greek society through the provision of housing. This topic is a hot one due to the fact that many refuges have arrived in Greece during the previous years and there is a need to remain for a long time. Thus, the provision of housing is imperative. However, due to the economic cri...

The Athenian Strategic Plan for Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUMP) aims to support the most efficient ways of daily commuting towards mitigating limited public spaces, pollution and delays, while increasing individual cycling use and bike sharing services. Bicycle is a major issue in terms of promoting and implementing a robust urban mobility strate...

This paper aims to present and compare two methodologies in order to gather data from residents and visitors about their mobility behavior in the urban environment: crowdsourcing and visual research. These methodologies were used in two Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) in the medium-sized cities Kozani and Drama in Greece. Public input prov...

Cycling is considered a solution for the urban traffic issue as it is a means of transport whose benefits are globally recognized. That is the reason why, during the last years, in Greek cities, the implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans has changed the way in which urban space is organized. In spite the fact that residents’ travel beha...

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning is an emerging concept within the European transportation planning agenda. By implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) modern cities try to face vital urban challenges concerning traffic congestion, traffic safety, pollution and citizens’ health. That is the reason why many Greek cities tend to imple...

Urban spaces consist of necessary types of spaces for a city. Their value is timeless and many researches have studied this topic. This research paper focused on people's perception about urban spaces in medium size cities in Greece. The research questions aimed to be answered were: How people use the urban spaces in medium size cities in Greece an...

Τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες παρατηρούνται ολοένα και περισσότερες περιπτώσεις αναζωογόνησης αστικών περιοχών αξιοποιώντας την πολιτιστική δραστηριότητα ως κυρίαρχο στοιχείο των παρεμβάσεων. Ανάλογο ήταν το σκεπτικό της ανάπλασης του φαληρικού όρμου αφού το Κέντρο Πολιτισμού του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος (ΚΠΙΣΝ) αποτέλεσε τον πυρήνα για την αναδιοργάνω...

: Transport planning of island cities has set, until recently, as a priority, the service of travelling by private vehicle, so their development was based on this logic. However, the consequences of the dependence on the car use are now evident at all levels: urban, transport, environmental, economic and social. The era of car dominance in island r...

This work deals with public participation in developing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) in Greece, provided that SUMP development procedures require a high level of public engagement in several stages. Its importance lies on the fact that although the European Commission has provided specific guidelines, imposing a distinct framework for p...

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the methodology of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans as a tool for combined urban and traffic planning to redefine land use in cities. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) set the strategic objectives of cities and define the required actions for the desirable development and organization of the land use and m...

The urban space is characterized by specific qualities that may contribute to, or mitigate the social life. These qualities were described by James Gibson as “environmental affordances”. But beyond social life, such environmental affordances can affect other human behaviors,such as driving behavior. Such an approach can be particularly useful, sinc...

A great deal of researchers elaborated on the importance of the urban spaces and human life. Urban spaces are necessary types of spaces for a city and they have a timeless value. This research is focused on people’s perception about urban spaces in Larisa, Greece, a medium-sized city selected as case study. An electronic questionnaire survey was co...

Transportation planning has significant socio-economic implications. This has been noticed in the past decades, where the increased use of motorized vehicles has contributed to the tension of a series of problems in modern cities. So, the concept of Sustainable Urban Mobility, which combines urban and traffic planning with sustainable modes of tran...

Cities worldwide tend to use their image as a factor that attract investments. For this reason, a large number of cities apply policies for creating a specific image and identity, in the context of an organized city branding strategy. In coastal cities, water scenery often plays a key role in the above strategy, resulting in a generalized shift tow...

The strategy of a city that targets on sustainable mobility is usually related to the global objective for environmental protection or with the aesthetic objective for regeneration of the local urban environment. However, there is an extremely important dimension of the policies for sustainable mobility that has not been highlighted as much as it s...

In recent decades, the compact city model is considered an ideal model of residential development that can lead to city sustainability. This perception follows the principles of European urban planning, obeying its historical course. The same views are expressed to a large extent in Greek literature regarding the organization of the urban space, wh...

The urban space is characterized by specific qualities that may contribute to, or mitigate the social life. These qualities were described by James Gibson as “environmental affordances”. According to that theoretical perspective, urban designers and environmental psychologists should focus on the physical features of a space in order to understand...

Modern Greek cities experience socio-economic changes that result to their urban form and to their urban transport systems. More specifically, throughout the last five years, Greeks have been trying to find the most economic way of urban transport while, at the same time, people worldwide have been interested in making cities more sustainable and e...

The urban space is characterized by inviting or discouraging qualities for the expression of an action. These qualities were described by James Gibson with the term "environmental affordances" in the homonymous theory. This theory is used urban designers and environmental psychologists in order for them to understand and explain the way in which ur...

Ο σχεδιασμός των ποδηλατοδρόμων στην Ευρώπη αποτελεί μια διαδικασία όπου δίδεται ιδιαίτερη βαρύτητα, ανάλογη με το σχεδιασμό της υποδομής για τα μηχανοκίνητα μέσα. Σε αυτό συμβάλει η ύπαρξη τεχνικών προδιαγραφών, που καθορίζουν σχεδιαστικές λύσεις για την ασφαλή χρήση της υποδομής. Στην Ελλάδα, η συζήτηση για την κατασκευή ποδηλάτων ήρθε το προσκήν...

This paper aims to present a concrete methodology for developing a strategy for the promotion of E-Mobility within the framework of sustainable mobility planning. However conventional parameters of e-mobility such as vehicles’ capacity, charging systems, station allocation, are not directly linked to Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs), the pr...

The quality of the soundscape in cities is a significant parameter that influences the percentage of population affected by noise and is a component of the "nuisance" indicator often used for the assessment of the urban environmental sustainability in Europe. However, limited attention has been given by planners to the acoustic environment of a cit...

This paper explores a framework that combines Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with the Hedonic Modelling method identifying a possible spatial correlation between residential prices and railway infrastructure in Greece. Several studies, regarding foreign cities, showed that properties near the railway stations tend to have higher prices than t...

Rapid urbanization challenges in recent decades require a global urban reform concerning natural disaster risk reduction measures and consideration of other important social and financial aspects. The concept of a “resilient city” arose in order for urban areas to become more flexible and efficient in facing natural and manmade disasters, protectin...

Sustainable mobility is one of the most emerging challenges in the contemporary car-oriented city, where congestion and lawlessness grow, while funds continue to decline. Greece, so far, remains far behind the European and international innovative channels for transportation and mobility technology-assisted applications, having indeed a considerabl...

In an era where many cities compete with each other, the imitation and implementation of successful design examples is frequently observed through the world. This fact is based on the idea that the way squares function is the same everywhere because it is a direct result of the human needs which are the same regardless of the place, culture and nat...

Wind energy is a renewable energy source that is emerging in a global scale, given the reduction in stocks of conventional energy sources and the growing interest in environmental protection. In addition, the European Union policies are moving to the same direction. Despite all the above, Greece has not efficiently developed policies and infrastruc...

Cities, both large and small, assemble increasingly large numbers of population and activities. Acting as dynamic places of economic growth and culture production, cities thrive and their potential robustness can determine the character of each urban society and the developed social bonds.Increased population concentrations promotea big opportunity...

Over the last decade, Greece has been the field of a series of changes with respect to real estate and the form of retail trade. With the financial crisis and the insufficient adaptation of the local economies to the standards of globalized economy being the main cause, retail trade is experiencing changes not only in its location and organization...

Αντικείμενο της συγκεκριμένης ερευνητικής εργασίας είναι η μελέτη των ιδιαιτεροτήτων του πολεοδομικού σχεδιασμού σε ορεινές περιοχές. Το θεματικό ενδιαφέρον προέκυψε από τις συνεχιζόμενες τάσεις αστικοποίησης που συνοδεύονται από ανεξέλεγκτη μείωση του πληθυσμού του ορεινού χώρου, σε μια περίοδο κατά την οποία οι τάσεις για προώθηση της ανάπτυξης μ...

Modern Greek cities experience socio-economic changes that result to their urban form and to their urban transport systems. More specifically, throughout the last five years, Greeks have been trying to find the most economic way of urban transport while, at the same time, people worldwide have been interested in making cities more sustainable and e...

Στην αντιπαράθεση επιστημονικών απόψεων πάνω στο ζήτημα της μορφής της βιώσιμης πόλης, το ζήτημα της μείωσης των μετακινήσεων με ΙΧ αυτοκίνητα αποτελεί ένα βασικό επιχείρημα υπέρ της κάθε προτεινόμενης αστικής μορφής. Οι αναζητήσεις δεν εστιάζουν απλά στην ανοικτή ή συμπαγή πόλη, αλλά στη βιώσιμη και οικονομική πόλη, η οποία είναι άρρηκτα συνυφασμέ...

It is well understood that, in major Greek urban centers, the number of vehicles in circulation is disproportionately high regarding the available road network,while at the same time the inadequate public transport system forces the citizens to be highly car-dependent. Walking and cycling do not receive the due attention neither by inhabitants nor...

Recent discussions on the smaller urban units have led us to consider some social phenomena related to the transformation of urban space. The smallest urban unit, in the administrative level, is considered to be the neighborhood. Lot of research aimed at the definition of the neighborhood; not only in urban planning terms but also in geography, eco...

Το βιβλίο αυτό θα απευθύνεται πρωτίστως σε προπτυχιακούς και μεταπτυχιακούς φοιτητές στη Σχολή Αγρονόμων Τοπογράφων Μηχανικών του ΕΜΠ που διδάσκονται θέματα πολεοδομικού σχεδιασμού. Στόχος του βιβλίου είναι να περιγράψει με τρόπο πλήρη και διαδραστικό τις μεθόδους και τα εργαλεία που απαιτούνται για το σχεδιασμό μίας πόλης. Θα αποτελέσει ένα εγχειρ...

This paper examines the usefulness of the case study methodological approach in planning and urban mobility research,bearing in mind complexities as well as any limitations occurring by generalization and identification of common epistemological ground. The importance of the methodology in communicating specific urban schemes among researchers, pra...

Τα τελευταία χρόνια η προστασία του περιβάλλοντος αποτελεί επιτακτική ανάγκη προκειμένου να υπάρξει επάρκεια πόρων για μια ποιότητα ζωής στις μελλοντικές γενεές. Συνεπώς είναι απαραίτητη η θέσπιση οργάνων και διαδικασιών πολεοδομικού σχεδιασμού σε ρυθμιστικά και περιφερειακά σχέδια, που να διασφαλίζουν την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος, να προωθούν τ...

Το θέμα της ασφάλειας σαν μια από τις παραμέτρους της ποιότητας του δημόσιου χώρου και της πόλης έχει τεθεί πολλές φορές στο παρελθόν (Jacobs, Oc, Tiesdel, Siebel), ειδικά για πόλεις της ευρωπαϊκής Δύσης. Στην Ελλάδα, το θέμα αυτό ήρθε στο προσκήνιο τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες, κυρίως με τη μεγέθυνση των πόλεων μέσω της υποδοχής διαφόρων ομάδων πληθυσ...

Στην Ελλάδα της κρίσης, ένα μηχανισμό που μοιάζει στα πρόθυρα της κατάρρευσης, ο σχεδιασμός αποτελεί μια διαδικασία που καλείται να παίξει κύριο ρόλο στην ανασυγκρότησή της χώρας, σε όλα τα επίπεδα. Ο σχεδιασμός του χώρου καλείται να αποτελέσει εργαλείο ανασυγκρότησης τόσο του χωρικού πλαισίου και της εικόνας των πόλεων όσο και της κοινωνίας και τη...

Το ζήτημα των μεταφορών αποτελεί σημαντικό σκέλος της αναπτυξιακής πολιτικής και για το λόγο αυτό η προώθηση μέσων μαζικής μεταφοράς, κατά το δυνατό λιγότερο ενεργοβόρων, που, ωστόσο, παρέχουν ένα ικανοποιητικό επίπεδο εξυπηρέτησης αποτελεί έναν από τους κύριους στόχους των περισσοτέρων αναπτυγμένων χωρών. Μια από τις τεχνολογίες που, κατά καιρούς,...

Η ιδέα του δημόσιου χώρου ως πεδίο πολιτικής έκφρασης, συλλογικής δράσης και δημοκρατικότητας είναι κάτι που, κατά καιρούς, πιστεύεται πως έχει παρακμάσει, εντούτοις στις μέρες διαφαίνεται όλο και περισσότερο πως η δημόσια γη καθίσταται, πλέον, το πιο αντιπροσωπευτικό σημείο αναφοράς του κοινού. Ο δρόμος και η πλατεία γράφουν όντως την ιστορία τους...

Σχεδιασμός και Διαχείριση Υδατικού Διαμερίσματος Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας

The coastal area is a special kind of space with its own physiognomy and specifity. It is an area with combines two different types of spaces: the sea and the land. It is related both to the management of the land and to the sea and that's why many times has been proposed that this study could be a seperate one. However, this matter becomes more im...

Στο παρόν πόνημα γίνεται λόγος για τη διεύρυνση της ΕΕ στα βαλκανικά κράτη και την επιρροή που θα ασκήσει αυτή στην ελληνική οικονομία. Αρχικά, γίνεται αναφορά σε έναν κοινό στόχο όλων των κρατών καθώς και της ΕΕ, που είναι η οικονομική ανάπτυξη. Στη συνέχεια, γίνεται αναφορά στη διεύρυνση της ΕΕ προς το Νότο. Λόγος για την κατάσταση στα Βαλκάνια π...