Regional Science Inquiry The journal of the Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists Editorial Board 2010-2012.

Managing Editor PROFESSOR CONSTANTINOS PROFESSOR ANASTASIA PROFESSOR MARIA GIAOUTZI APOSTOLOPOULOS ATHANASOULA- REPPA Department of Home and Ecology Department of Pedagogy Editors Harokopion University, Athens, High School of Pedagogical and Technological , Greece PROFESSOR KONSTANTINOS PROFESSOR MIRA VUKCEVIC ATHANASOPOULOS PROFESSOR MARIA GIAOUTZI Faculty of Metallurgy and Chemical Technology Department of Economic and Regional Department of Rural and Surveying , Podrorica, Development Engineering Montenegro , Athens, Greece National Technical University of Athens, Greece PROFESSOR MOH‘D AHMAD AL-NIMR PROFESSOR PANAGIOTIS LIARGOVAS Mechanical Engineering Department Department of Economics PROFESSOR DIMITRIOS ROKOS Jordan University of Science and Technology, University of , Greece Department of Rural and Surveying Irbid – Jordan Engineering PROFESSOR THEODORE PELAGIDIS National Technical University of Athens, PROFESSOR JOSE ANTONIO PORFIRIO Department of Maritime Studies Greece Departamento de Ciencias Sociais de Gestao , Greece Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal PROFESSOR GEORGE CHIOTIS PROFESSOR APOSTOLOS Department of Economic Sciences PROFESSOR PAOLO MALANIMA GEORGOPOULOS Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Economic History and Economics Universitaet Wien, Österreich Greece Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro, Italy PROFESSOR EFSTATHIOS TSACHALIDIS PROFESSOR DIMITRIOS DIONISIOY PROFESSOR RADOVAN STOJANOVIC Department of Forestry and Environmental Department of Senior Mathematics Faculty of Electrical Engineering Management Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece University of Montenegro, Podrorica, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Montenegro PROFESSOR PETROS KOTSIOPOULOS PROFESSOR IOANNIS MAZIS Department of Senior Mathematics PROFESSOR FATMIR MEMA Department of Turkish and Modern Asian Hellenic Air Force Academy, Greece Faculty of Economics Studies National and Kapodistrian , Albania University of Athens, Greece PROFESSOR PETROS KIOXOS Department of Economic Sciences PROFESSOR KRISTAQ PATA PROFESSOR SPYROS VLIAMOS University of Piraeus, Greece Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania Department of and History of Science PROFESSOR LOIS LAMPRIANIDIS PROFESSOR RUDIGER HAMM National and Kapodistrian University of Department of Economic Sciences Department of Business Administration and Athens, Greece University of , Greece Economics Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany PROFESSOR NAPOLEON MARAVEGIAS PROFESSOR GEORGIOS MERGOS Department of Political Science and Public Department of Economic Sciences PROFESSOR GEORGE KARRAS Administration National and Kapodistrian University of Department of Economics National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece University of Illinois, Chicago, USA Athens, Greece PROFESSOR VIRON KOTZAMANIS PROFESSOR IOANNIS YFANTOPOULOS PROFESSOR CHARALAMPOS BOTSARIS Department of Sociology Faculty of Political Science & Public Department of Regional and Economic University of , Greece Administration Development National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Central Greece PROFESSOR PARIS TSARTAS Greece Department of Business Administration PROFESSOR PANTELIS SKAYANNIS , Greece Vis. PROFESSOR KONSTANTINA ZERVA Department of Planning and Regional Dept de Economia y Facultad de Turismo Development PROFESSOR DIMITRIOS MAVRIDIS Universidad de Girona, Espania , Greece Department of Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Greece PROFESSOR JOSE VARGAS HERNANDEZ PROFESSOR ELENI KAPETANAKI- Departmentt de Mercadotecnia y Negocios BRIASOULI PROFESSOR PANAGIOTIS REPPAS Internacionales Department of Geography Department of Economic and Regional Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico University of the Aegean, Greece Development Panteion University, Greece

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