Ioannis Spilanis

University of the Aegean · Laboratory of Local and Island's Development

The present study focused on exploring the proximate composition of wine processing waste sludge from a Greek winery, seeking to understand its nutritional content and evaluate its potential as a raw material or functional fish feed additive. Given Greece's dual significance as a major wine producer and a marine aquaculture leader in the EU, invest...

Many islands face accessibility problems that burden both the cost and the time of sea transport. In Greece, with more than 100 inhabited islands, the Transport Equivalent Threshold (TET) was recently introduced to support passengers (subsidizing ticket costs) and businesses (subsidizing transportation costs). The purpose of this study is to explor...

According to the literature, wellness tourism is defined as a type of tourism activity with the primary motivation being the achievement of a (better) balance between body, spirit, and mind. On the other hand, responsible tourism is a broad concept with its roots attached to sustainability, hence referring to a type of tourism activity and tourist...

Investigating Special Interest Tourism' s superiority over conventional tourism in terms of sustainability. The research is focused in wellness and nature-based tourism, aiming to identify a specific type of tourism, incorporating in the concept of wellness, the natural way of pursuing it.

An island is a piece of land surrounded by water-perhaps, the plainest geographical language to describe its concept. Nowadays, is the "island" a central structural unit of scientific analysis or is it still a relatively neglected research theme under a continuous (re)definition process to enhance the visibility of this geographical entity as a "pl...

The financial crisis of 2008 was and still is a subject of extensive research in the academic literature. It negatively impacted economic and social conditions, especially in southern European countries, and highlighted the structural weaknesses of both the euro area and the European Union. Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, and Spain pursued fiscal adjustm...

Within the globalized tourism market, tourism destinations have the option to turn to sustainability as a conceptual and management framework for their unique branding and identity proposition. This research highlights the importance and utility of sustainability branding that stems from clustering tourism destinations based on the similarities of...

In 2018 the Greek Government initiated the "Islands' Transport Equivalent" (ITE), a Policy aiming at mitigating the inequalities the residents and companies of islands face due to the increased transport cost that creates the conditions of "double insularity". ITE is a system for mitigating the inequalities, the residents and companies of the islan...

Σκοπός του παρόντος κειμένου είναι η παρουσίαση ενός συστήματος αξιολόγησης των επιπτώσεων των στρατηγικών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης με εδαφική διάσταση με τη χρήση της προσέγγισης Sustainability Impact Assessment. Η Ελλάδα μετά από μακροχρόνια περίοδο λιτότητας, ύφεσης και δημοσιονομικής προσαρμογής, θα πρέπει να υιοθετήσει ένα καινούργιο παραγωγικό κ...

Despite a substantial number of studies dedicated to the broadest sense of the carrying capacity concept, and a plethora of underlying theories and evaluation methods that have been reported over the past decades, one can argue that island carrying capacity as a tool for achieving effective sustainable development, is under-researched. Indeed, isla...

This opinion paper aims at suggesting a research agenda for contemporary place branding by presenting developments, challenges and dynamics of the field based on meta-analysis of relevant literature. It is high time place branding is identified as a significant tool for exercising contemporary public administration. In order to achieve this scope,...

This paper aims to outline the role that place branding plays in shaping a new framework for sustainable island tourism. Islandness, as a contemporary context, underlines that islands share a set of unique features and they need to be studied on their own terms; they combine elements of urban and rural regions at the same time. Place branding is ev...

An essential prerequisite for ensuring the territorial continuity of a state is to ensure uninterrupted access for people and goods to all its regions through transport facilities of a generally accepted level, in terms of quality of services and financial cost. Transport is a key component for the development of the islands, given that the islands...

Decision support for island management must be based on quantitative tools able to integrate the natural, economic, and social environment, including the effects of recent climate change. In this context, a decision support framework is proposed , characterized by generality and flexibility , to be a dapted to the specific characteristics of ea...

Decision support for island management must be based on quantitative tools able to integrate the natural, economic, and social environment, including the effects of recent climate change. In this context, a decision support framework is proposed, characterized by generality and flexibility, to be adapted to the specific characteristics of each isla...

Ο Συλλογικός αυτός Τόμος, αποτελεί μια συστηματική προσπάθεια καταγραφής και χαρτογράφησης των Ελλήνων Επιστημόνων οι οποίοι εμπλέκονται ακαδημαϊκά, εκπαιδευτικά και ερευνητικά στον επιστημονικό χώρο του Τουρισμού και της Τουριστικής Ανάπτυξης. Είναι όμως και μια προσπάθεια αναλυτικής διερεύνησης και ανάδειξης των κυριότερων θεματικών πεδίων των ερ...

Sustainable local development is central to debates on socioeconomic and environmental change. Although the meaning of sustainable local development is disputed, the concept is frequently applied to island cases. Studies have recently been made of many local development initiatives in different contexts, with various methods and results. These expe...

Sustainable local development is central to debates on socioeconomic and environmental change. Although the meaning of sustainable local development is disputed, the concept is frequently applied to island cases. Studies have recently been made of many local development initiatives in different contexts, with various methods and results. These expe...

Greek Islands are largely unknown, even if they are very often mentioned and discussed, either as “unique” or “ideal destinations” or negatively for health, remoteness and ageing issues. In the Atlas of the Islands, we want to talk about these islands as real spatial entities, discuss similarities and differences among them and between them and the...

Tourism is an activity encompassing economy, society and nature. Besides mass tourism, many different forms of tourism activities and products have developed and are gaining ground in terms of demand. Debates on the definition of such typically small scale activities have brought forward a number of different types, including ‘agrotourism’, ‘agrito...

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the most significant of the Structural Funds in terms of budget and range of thematic priorities. For the purposes of this paper, we argue that three different levels in multi-level governance emerge in their planning and management: the higher (European and national) level planning; the lower level...

The embeddedness of local knowledge in the production process can be regarded as an innovation tool for enterprises, since it can result in the diversification of production, procedures, products and services and therefore act as a signifigant competitive advantage. The paths through which this can be achived are questioned through the study of sma...

A new EU Directive, entering into force in August 2014, establishes a framework for maritime spatial planning, aimed at promoting the sustainable growth of maritime economies, the sustainable development of marine areas and the sustainable use of marine resources, using an ecosystem based approach. To implement this EU policy and use MSPs as manage...

Accessibility is a multifaceted concept that expresses the case of access between two points in space. For islands, accessibility is a key quality, since isolation and small size considered as inherent characteristics of "islandness". In this paper, we discuss differences between geographical distance and accessibility potential in the Greek Aegean...

In an era of economic crisis and serious environmental constraints, the transition to sustainability enters dynamically the debate over long-term preservation and welfare at a systemic level. Tourism is a resource- (capital, human and natural) demanding sector; this paper explores the variety and diversity of methodological approaches and tools emp...

The main scope of the article is to provide a common framework to measure and evaluate the sustainability level of tourism activity and its impact to the sustainability situation of insular destinations. To achieve this goal we have combined the methodology and the outcomes of two projects carried out to measure the sustainability situation of isla...

The current consensus on Sustainable Tourism Development emphasizes the necessity for all tourist planning and policy making decisions to consider the impacts of tourism activity on all three dimensions of sustainability: economic efficiency referring to the capacity of an economy to be competitive, social justice aiming at the better distribution...

A digital repository is a mechanism for managing and storing digital content. Putting content into a repository enables staff and organizations to manage and preserve it, and therefore derive maximum value from it. This digital repository will include research outputs and journal articles, theses, e-learning objects and teaching materials or resear...

Islands in the European Union (EU) are very diverse, with many small or very small islands and are recognized as territories facing particular development challenges. In this study, we seek to compare the state and the attractiveness of island administration units in their national and EU context and highlight their divergence in different dimensio...

The present economic context calls for the European Union to find a fast and effective road to recovery based on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The development of an integrated approach to maritime affairs contributes to the enhancement of Europe’s capacity to maximise the sustainable use of marine economy, while at the same time ensuring...

Islands, especially smaller ones, are characterized by discontinuity of space and are considered as some of the least accessible areas. In this paper, we seek to shed light on the accessibility problems that islands face from the point of view of island residents. This shift in emphasis considers additional aspects to accessibility that include the...

This paper presents results from a regional policy evaluation study conducted for the European Commission. The study examined the impact of the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund on EU regions with 'specific geographical characteristics', namely islands, mountain regions and sparsely populated areas. These types of regions have be...

The project is based on systematic and territorial apporaches, which consider the destination as the basic unit for assessing the development of tourism. Its aim is to measure and assess the results, performance and impacts of tourism and to link it with the sustainable development of the destinations

Η αξιολόγηση της βιωσιμότητας είναι ένα σημαντικό ζήτημα για την χάραξη πολιτικής (τομεακή, χωρική), καθώς και για τη διαδικασία λήψης αποφάσεων. Πρόκειται για αναγκαιότητα σε όλους τους τομείς δεδομένου ότι τα αρνητικά αποτελέσματα στους φυσικούς πόρους, στην ευημερία και στην ποιότητα της ζωής των ανθρώπων από τις μη κατάλληλα σχεδιασμένες οικονο...

Μελέτη Εκπονηθείσα για Λογαριασμό του Συνδέσμου Ελληνικών Τουριστικών Επιχειρήσεων (ΣΕΤΕ).

The notion of sustainability is used widely at the policy level, but only few approaches deal with its measurement, especially at the local level. Here, we develop and apply a practical tool for the estimation of the sustainability state at the island level with the use of indicators selected and adapted from international agencies and institutes,...

The present constitutes part of a wider research attempt to examine the impacts of tourism on the host areas using a transformed version of the explanatory tool ‘DPSR’ (Driving Forces, Pressures, State, Response). Τhe Cycladic islands are selected as a case study, and the basic environmental pressure factor examined is tourism related construction...

Tourism is a major industry that can lead to economic gains as well as to degraded environment and social infrastructure. Tourism has the potential to destroy the available common environmental resources through overuse and poor management practices, as limited information disclosure and poor monitoring of actions encourage the perpetuation and ext...

Η παρούσα έκθεση αποτελεί την πρώτη προσπάθεια για την καταγραφή και αξιολόγηση της κατάστασης του τουρισμού στη Σάμο καθώς και εκτίμηση των επιπτώσεών του στην ανάπτυξή του με βάση τη μεθοδολογία που αναπτύσσει το Εργαστήριο Τοπικής και Νησιωτικής Ανάπτυξης του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου. Η έκθεση τελικά επεκτάθηκε και σε μερική ανάλυση του τουρισμού τ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the existing forms of collective action in the Greek agrifood sector and to focus on co‐operatives, the dominant form of collective action in the agrifood sector of the North Aegean region. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on six contextual and behavioural conditions under which...

Το Τουριστικό Παρατηρητήριο αποτελεί βασικό εργαλείο των σχεδιαστών σε τοπικό επίπεδο για τα θέματα που αφορούν στον τουρισμό κάθε προορισμού, έτσι ώστε να μπορούν να τεκμηριώνουν τις εισηγήσεις τους προς τους λήπτες των αποφάσεων. Η παρούσα έκθεση συντάσσεται στα πλαίσια των συμβατικών υποχρεώσεων του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου με τη Νομαρχιακή Αυτοδιο...

Η παρούσα έκθεση αποτελεί την πρώτη προσπάθεια για την καταγραφή και αξιολόγηση της κατάστασης του τουρισμού στο Ν. Χίου καθώς και εκτίμηση των επιπτώσεών του στην ανάπτυξή του με βάση τη μεθοδολογία που αναπτύσσει το Εργαστήριο Τοπικής και Νησιωτικής Ανάπτυξης του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου. Επίσης, αποτελεί τμήμα σειράς παραδοτέων που αποτελούν τη βάσ...

Η παρούσα έκθεση αποτελεί την πρώτη προσπάθεια για την καταγραφή και αξιολόγηση της κατάστασης του τουρισμού στο Ν. Χίου καθώς και εκτίμηση των επιπτώσεών του στην ανάπτυξή του με βάση τη μεθοδολογία που αναπτύσσει το Εργαστήριο Τοπικής και Νησιωτικής Ανάπτυξης του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου. Επίσης, αποτελεί τμήμα σειράς παραδοτέων που αποτελούν τη βάσ...

Το Τουριστικό Παρατηρητήριο αποτελεί βασικό εργαλείο των σχεδιαστών σε τοπικό επίπεδο για τα θέματα που αφορούν στον τουρισμό κάθε προορισμού, έτσι ώστε να μπορούν να τεκμηριώνουν τις εισηγήσεις τους προς τους λήπτες των αποφάσεων. Η παρούσα έκθεση συντάσσεται στα πλαίσια των συμβατικών υποχρεώσεων του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου με την ΕΝΑ Χίου Α.Ε. και...

In the last twenty years Greece has witnessed the emergence and establishment of women’s cooperatives, a form of productive agricultural cooperatives. This paper explores their importance and their contribution to local development. Evidence is presented for an island region, the North Aegean. Personal interviews, using structured questionnaires,...

Sustainability is of crucial importance not only for developmental issues regarding regional planning, such as the carrying capacity but also for the impact that certain actions of public authorities, local stakeholders, professionals, independent individuals or collective bodies may have to the environmental, social, cultural and economic context...

Sustainable development seems to be a universal goal to modern societies, exceeding the economic development objectives. Also, the priority-setting task always involves trade-offs due to political, social, cultural, financial, legal and technological constraints. The outcome of a priority-setting task can be the ranking or scoring of each option's...

In modern societies, sustainability rather than the economic development seems to be an overall goal. Nonetheless, although measurement of economic development through GDP is effective, sustainability evaluation and comparisons have limited applications. Our Laboratory has elaborated a method to estimate the economic, social and environmental statu...

The insular regions are the most important tourist destinations in Greece hosting about 60% of Greek tourism. In this paper, we examine tourism development of the Greek Islands, by the creation of a tourism typology for the islands. The typology is based on the statistical analysis of a number of indicators that reflect tourist demand, supply and m...

Summary Purpose of this paper is to shortly present the general principles of sustainable development, the problems arising from island status, the definition of aquaculture and its role to global food production. Our research's main goal is to examine if aquaculture actually contributes to sustainable development of island regions and to propose a...

Although sustainable development is usually defined in an abstract way, most researchers agree that it combines the so-called 'three dimensions': economic development, social equity and environmental conservation. These dimensions are not always compatible. This, as far as the spatial scale is concerned, creates developmental problems to localities...

The term landscape is more and more used as an “umbrella‘ concept, covering a series of cultural, productive and ecological processes. In order to uncover mechanisms, monitor transformations and predict changes, a complicated set of interacting factors has to be taken into account. This paper presents a model for estimating social and policy impact...

The islands in spite of their wide diversity, are all confronted to a greater or lesser extent with similar problems: isolation and remoteness, limited natural and human resources, difficulties in terms of competitivene ss and economic development, and fragile environments. Work in island regions involves consideration of potentials and constraints...

Tourism is a major activity in the Greek islands. Its development during recent decades has stopped the economic and demographic decline of the area. The paper develops a framework for the appraisal of tourism's sustainability in the Greek islands,and it is concluded that the conventional tourist model,based on sun,sea and sand (3S) has failed to p...

Ο βασικός στόχος του βιβλίου αυτού είναι να καλύψει ένα σημαντικό βιβλιογραφικό κενό σχετικά με ορισμένες κρίσιμες διατάσεις και χαρακτηριστικά της ανάπτυξης των λιγότερο ευνοημένων περιοχών (Less Favored Areas - LFA's) στον ελληνικό χώρο. Στο βιβλίο συγκεντρώνονται μελέτες και ερευνητικά αποτελέσματα που αφορούν σε κεντρικά ζητήματα των στρατηγικώ...

This book examines the development of mass tourism in coastal regions of Southern Europe. It provides a critical assessment of two influential policies intended to promote sustainable development, these being attempts to make mass tourism resorts more sustainable, and the development of smaller-scale, 'alternative' tourism products.

This study examines the impact of agrotourism on farm characteristics (income, farming practices, investment) and rural population characteristics (age, sex, permanent residence). Results show that even if the agrotourism program appears successful as far as income improvement and willingness to stay in agriculture is involved, most of the agro-tou...

Ο παρών συλλογικός τόμος επιδιώκει να εξετάσει ορισμένες από τις βασικές πτυχές της ελληνικής τουριστικής ανάπτυξης στη μεταπολεμική περίοδο. Πρόκειται για ένα ζήτημα με το οποίο η επιστημονική βιβλιογραφία στη χώρα μας ασχολείται συστηματικά μόνο μετά το 1980. Ένας πρώτος στόχος αυτού του βιβλίου είναι ακριβώς η ανάδειξη της επιστημονικής ανάλυσης...

The articles in this volume examine some important aspects of tourist development in post-war Greece. The book aims at contributing to the scientific discussion about the process, the management and the organizational difficulties of tourist development in Greece.

The environmental benefits associated with the utilization of solar energy for hot water production are estimated in this work. The case of a particular country, Greece, and its electricity production system is employed to show the direct consequences of substituting electricity with solar energy for hot water production. The amount of conventional...

The multiform reproduction of the crisis in Southern Europe, considering its contemporary aspects, strongly demands a new theoretical approach orientated to its structural substances. In fact, the contributions of the “ecole de la regulation” seem to supply the fertile basis for a renewal in the analysis of the crisis, which can deepen in the dimen...

The evaluation of tourist products in the context of sustainable tourism is essential in order to plan for the regional development. Special forms of tourism are considered as the solution to the problems of mass tourism, even if their socio-economic and environmental impacts are unidentified. In this paper we try to set a methodological framework...

This paper questions the position of different Greek destinations in the European tourism market and compares special interest products with the simple 3S ones. The WWW was browsed and the results lead in the conclusion that similar 3S destinations differ greatly in prices, whereas SITPs are more expensive. Greece is placed in a middle position amo...

The hospitality sector will always constitute an essential and dynamic component of the world's largest industry - travel and tourism (UNEP 2002). The contribution of the hotel sector in the sustainability of the tourist product is considered crucial, as it was also reported in the congress of Gran Canaria in Spain in 2000: "Sustainable hotels lead...