Olympia Papadopoulou

Tero

This brief chapter serves as an introduction to the subsequent chapters in this section. It provides an introduction to the rationale behind the development of the SUITS capacity building toolbox, and how it was developed. The toolbox provides relevant, up to date information for LAs, in the latest developments in sustainable transport measures, cl...

This chapter focuses on the key elements and steps to follow for the implementation of sustainable urban mobility measures. It is based primarily on material included in the capacity building framework. It provides an overview of latest developments in different categories of sustainable measures and is addressed to stakeholders responsible for, or...

Coastal areas are highly vulnerable to climate change hazards (e.g., sea-level rise, flooding, coastal erosion), which can lead to significant impacts at the ecosystem and societal level. Interest in Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is gaining importance due to its potential multiple benefits, including social and environmental aspects, when compar...

Awareness raising and public engagement are key steps towards the reduction of demand , use and pollution related to plastic in everyday life. However, people not already active in this respect, nor seeking information about, may remain excluded from the main information flow. We therefore involved a professional blogger -posting on family lifestyl...

Sustainable development requirements in combination with extreme technological evolution have changed the way mobility is considered, creating challenges to Local Authorities (LΑs) both in planning and implementation phases of mobility solutions. This paper focuses on the capacity building of LAs to deliver Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) and other in...

Booklet with the posts (EN version) hosted by "The paperboat" (a blog about family-friendly lifestyle) to raise awareness on the reduction of plastic use and pollution

This booklet collects the 7 blog posts published on "the paperboat" by Ioanna Serafeimidou as part of the BeMed funded microproject "Networking against plastic pollution". Target of the booklet are primary schools, identified as key stakeholders. For this reason the publication contains a set of activities (templates to organise cleaning events, ar...

Understanding travelers' experiences across the whole journey lifecycle is becoming increasingly important for defining and optimizing mobility for all travelers (active travelers and those using public and/or private modes of transport), for transport operators, transport authorities, municipalities and the designers of transport technology. Integ...

The current economic downturn has put public budgets under pressure, reducing investments and revenues for local stakeholders to cope, among other things, with contemporary demands of environmental protection. Local-based partnerships may provide an efficient tool by adopting, integrating and implementing actions based on awareness and participatio...

This chapter draws on results from previous chapters, in some cases creating new syntheses by combining information across chapters and including findings of previous projects. Its specific objective is to consolidate all these findings in the design of a system to support transaction of information for environmental assessments and decision suppor...

The key issue during the development of a strategy for the efficient management of non revenue water (NRW) in a drinking water system is the identification of the factors that are responsible for the appearance of NRW and the parameters influencing its various components. This knowledge may then be used for the development of appropriate techniques...

Conservation scientists, national governments, and international conservation groups seek to devise, and implement, governance strategies that mitigate human impact on the environment. However, few studies to date have systematically investigated the performance of different systems of governance in achieving successful conservation outcomes. Here,...

This paper was developed in the context of the research project entitled GEM-CON-BIO (Governance and Ecosystems Management for the Conservation of Biodiversity), which is a European FP6 funded project under Priority 7 - Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-Based Society. Its strategic objective is to explore the interactions between governance mo...