Managing Urban Landscape towards the Sustainable City: A Case Study from Northern Greece

Abstract:

One of the areas of human activity which exerts severe pressure on the environment is the management of urban landscape. Many of the modern Greek cities have experienced intense urbanization and expanding, but without the appropriate means to support them. The continuous expansion of the built environment, the degradation of living conditions due to pollution etc., are some of the factors that threaten the contemporary urban environment and hinder progress towards the sustainable city.In this paper an attempt is made to explore the problems and opportunities that a city of Northern Greece, Komotini, presents, with rich natural, historical and multicultural backgrounds. Through thorough planning and targeted development policies can be determined the appropriate actions in urban environment, in order to prevent and legalize some of the principles of the sustainable city.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 11)
• Pages: 518-524
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.11.518
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Sofianou Paraskevi-Kali*
• Keywords: Socio-Economical Growth, Sustainable City, Sustainable Development, Urban Environmental Management

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