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Sustainability of the Karst Environment Dinaric Karst and Other Karst Regions
The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout the publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or the delineation of its frontiers or boundaries. Published in 2010 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP Printed by UNESCO © UNESCO 2010 IHP-VII/2010/GW-2 SUSTAINABILITY OF THE KARST ENVIRONMENT DINARIC KARST AND OTHER KARST REGIONS International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference (Plitvice Lakes, Croatia, 23-26 September 2009) Convened and Organised by: Centre for Karst (Gospi, Croatia) International Scientific Committee Ognjen Bonacci (Croatia), Chairman Franci Gabrovšek (Slovenia) Mladen Jurai (Croatia) Božidar Biondi (Croatia) Wolfgang Dreybrodt (Germany) Arthur Palmer (USA) Derek C. Ford (Canada) David Culver (USA) Andrej Mihevc (Slovenia) Jacques Mudry (France) Daoxian Yuan (China) Nico Goldscheider (Switzerland, Germany) Zoran Stevanovi (Serbia) Mario Parise (Italy) Hans Zojer (Austria) Elery Hamilton - Smith (Australia) Neven Kreši (USA) Bartolomé Andreo (Spain) Local Organizing Committee Jadranka Pejnovi, Chair Željko Župan, Secretary Ivo Lui Neven Boi Aleksandar Luki Ljudevit Tropan Dubravka Kljajo Krešimir ulinovi Ivica Tomljenovi Foreword The objective of the international interdisciplinary scientific conference “Sustainability of the karst environment - Dinaric karst and other karst regions”, organized by Centre for Karst, Gospi, Croatia, was to give a theoretical and practical contribution to the concept of sustainable development in karst regions, with a special emphasis on the experiences achieved in the Dinaric karst region. The exchange of information and findings obtained in other karst regions worldwide allows for an integral approach to this complex issue, and thereby contribute towards finding reliable solutions. -
Diplopoda) of Twelve Caves in Western Mecsek, Southwest Hungary
Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2013, 44(2): 99–106 Millipedes (Diplopoda) of twelve caves in Western Mecsek, Southwest Hungary D. ANGYAL & Z. KORSÓS Dorottya Angyal and Dr. Zoltán Korsós, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13., E-mails: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract. Twelve caves of Western Mecsek, Southwest Hungary were examined between September 2010 and April 2013 from the millipede (Diplopoda) faunistical point of view. Ten species were found in eight caves, which consisted eutroglophile and troglobiont elements as well. The cave with the most diverse fauna was the Törökpince Sinkhole, while the two previously also investigated caves, the Abaligeti Cave and the Mánfai-kőlyuk Cave provided less species, which could be related to their advanced touristic and industrial utilization. Keywords. Diplopoda, Mecsek Mts., caves, faunistics INTRODUCTION proved to be rather widespread in the karstic regions of the former Yugoslavia (Mršić 1998, lthough more than 220 caves are known 1994, Ćurčić & Makarov 1998), the species was A from the Mecsek Mts., our knowledge on the not yet found in other Hungarian caves. invertebrate fauna of the caves in the region is rather poor. Only two caves, the Abaligeti Cave All the six millipede species of the Mánfai- and the Mánfai-kőlyuk Cave have previously been kőlyuk Cave (Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, examined in speleozoological studies which in- 1758), Glomeris hexasticha Brandt, 1833, Hap- cludeed the investigation of the diplopod fauna as loporatia sp., Polydesmus collaris C. L. Koch, well (Bokor 1924, Verhoeff 1928, Gebhardt 1847, Ommatoiulus sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Leptoiulus sp.) were found in the entrance 1933a, 1933b, 1934, 1963, 1966, Farkas 1957). -
Parga Hellas
Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Planning for Tourism in Rural Europe DDIIAAGGNNOOSSTTIICC RREEPPOORRTT OOFF PPAARRGGAA September 2001 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER A. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF THE AREA 2 A.1. Location A.2. Socio-economic Structure 3 A.2.1 Population – Trends 3 A.2.2 Economic Activities 4 A.2.3. Tourism – In depth Analysis 8 A.2.3.1 Supply 8 A.2.3.2. Tourist Demand 13 A.2.3.3 Problems in the tourism sector 15 A.3. Environmental Protection 16 A.3.1 Designated areas 16 A.3.2. Designated settlements, buildings and monuments 16 A.3.3. Other areas of interest 16 A.3.4. Conclusions 18 A.3.5. Environmental pollution 19 A.4 Access and Accessibility 20 A.5. Stakeholder Analysis 21 A.5.1 Public Authorities 21 A.5.2 NGOs 22 CHAPTER B. THE PLANNING STATUS OF THE AREA 23 B.1 The Structure of settlements 23 B.2 Position of settlements in the regional urban network 23 B.3 The Town Plan 23 CHAPTER C. SWOT ANALYSIS 25 CHAPTER D CONFLICT ANALYSIS 27 Maps of Land Uses 30 References 31 ii LIST OF MAPS Map 1: The Prefecture of Preveza in Epirus 2 Map 2: The Municipality of Parga in Epirus 2 LIST OF TABLES Table A.2.1. Population per Municipality in the Prefecture of Preveza (1961-2001) 3 Table A.2.2. Population per village in the Municipality of Parga (1961-2001) 4 Table A.2.3. Employment per economic sector for the Municipality of Parga (1991) 4 Table A.2.4. -
Report on Compliance Challenges and Regulatory and Property Rights Regimes in the Selected Catchments
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME THEME 6: Environment (including Climate Change) Adaptive strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on European Freshwater Ecosystems Collaborative Project (large-scale integrating project) Grant Agreement 244121 Duration: February 1st, 2010 – January 31st, 2014 Deliverable 6.1: REPORT ON COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES AND REGULATORY AND PROPERTY RIGHTS REGIMES IN THE SELECTED CATCHMENTS Lead contractor: MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (MLURI) Other contractors involved: UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS; FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE; BIOLOGY CENTRE AS CR; NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH Due date of deliverable: Month 9 Actual submission date: Month 10 Work package: 6 Contributors: A. Kontolaimou, D. Skuras, D. Psaltopoulos (editors) Estimated person months: 9 Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme (2007-2013) Dissemination Level (add X to PU, PP. RE or CO) PU Public Abstract This Deliverable presents an analysis of the main characteristics of the six demonstration catchments selected for integrated modelling in REFRESH, namely, Dee (Scotland), Thames (England), Louros (Greece), Pyhäjärvi/ Yläneenjoki/Pyhäjoki (Finland), Vansjǿ-Hǿbol (Norway), and Vltava (Czech Republic) and deals with the profiling of the aforementioned demonstration catchments using a common outline base. In more detail, the main objectives of Deliverable 6.1 are: i) To identify the main features and characteristics of the selected catchments and review compliance threats. ii) To describe the regulatory and property rights regimes which impact on water quality and compliance with the Habitat Directive (HD) and Water Framework Directive (WFD). iii) To present (in the context of the above two objectives) data with respect to the socio-economic impacts of compliance with HD and WFD. -
(Embiidina, Dermaptera, Isoptera) from the Balkans
Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2013, 44 (suppl. 1): 167–186 Data to three insect orders (Embiidina, Dermaptera, Isoptera) from the Balkans D. MURÁNYI Dr. Dávid Murányi, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract. The Embiidina, Dermaptera and Isoptera material, collected in the Balkans by the soil zoological expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 2002 and 2012, is enumerated and depicted on maps. New country records of six earwig species are reported: Chelidurella s.l. acanthopygia (Gené, 1832) from Montenegro, Anechura bipunctata (Fabricius, 1781) from Albania, Apterygida media (Hagenbach, 1822) from Montenegro and Macedonia, Guanchia obtusangula (Krauss, 1904) from Macedonia, Forficula aetolica Brunner, 1882 from Bulgaria and Forficula smyrnensis Serville, 1839 from Montenegro and Macedonia. Populations of Chelidurella Verhoeff, 1902 from Dalmatian Croatia and Montenegro probably belong to two undescribed taxa, but these are threated as C. s.l. acanthopygia herein and their morphological features are showed on figures. Due to its rarity in the Balkans, taxonomical features of the Macedonian Guanchia obtusangula specimen are also showed on figures. The webspinner Haploembia palaui Stefani, 1955 is reported from Crete for the first time, which represents the second occurrence in the Balkans. The order Isoptera is reported from Montenegro and the Aegean Isles for the first time, while Reticulitermes balkanensis Clément, 2001 is considered as a nomen nudum. Keywords. Earwings, Embioptera, Embiodea, webspinners, termites, new records INTRODUCTION Being less striking in appearance, and of whole lifecycle hided beneath stones and logs, we espite their conspiciuous appearance, fre- have even fewer data on the not so frequent Bal- D quency, low species number and easy identi- kanic webspinners (Embiidina). -
Fortified Settlements Between the Ambracian Gulf and Acherontas River in Preveza
16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology Rhodes, Greece, 4 to 7 September 2019 Fortified settlements between the Ambracian Gulf and Acherontas River in Preveza Saltagianni E.1,*, Katsaounou S.2 , Gousis Ch.3 1Arhaeologist, Efa Prevezas,Ethniki Antistasi 108-110 2Arhaeologist, Efa Prevezas, Ethniki Antistasi 108-110 3Doctor, Louros Prevezas *corresponding author:E.Saltagianni: e-mail: [email protected] Abstract the sea by narrow sandy strips, and some have been The prefecture of Preveza is an area that has been an formed from deposits of gastropods, crustaceans and ideal place to live because there are the fields (are bivalves (Mertzanis, 1997). These are among the few necessary for cultivation), the mountains (important for “crustacean beaches” in the Mediterranean safe landscape), the rivers (are necessary for drinking (Daskalopoulou, 2012). water and watering the fields) and the sea (for trade and fishing). Such a landscape is formed between Acheron 2.2. Rivers Louros and Acheron river and Louros river and their tributaries. Ιn this article we will talk about two fortified settlements near Louros River flows from Mount Tomaros or Olytsika, Louros river and its tributary: the castle of Rizobouni which is part of the Regional Unit of Ioannina and is located near the oracle of Dodoni. It passes through and the Kastle of Rogon. These castles are fortified limestones in the Regional Unit of Preveza, receiving a settlements of antiquity and grew again in the Byzantine number of tributaries and spring waters and since 1954 era and the Ottoman period. The natural environment its waters are trapped in the Artificial Hydroelectric was an important factor for the selection of these places and their continuous habitation up to the Ottoman dam of PPC Louros and flows to Michalalitsi, at the conquest. -
Trends and Challenges Ivème Confére
Démographie spatiale des Balkans : tendances et enjeux Spatial demography of the Balkans: trends and challenges IVème Conférence internationale de Démographie des Balkans IVth International Conference of Balkans Demography (Budva, Monténégro, 13-15 mai 2010/ 13th – 15th May 2010) FLEXI-CURITY OR INFORMAL-INSECURITY? SOME NOTES ON UNDOCUMENTED MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN GREEK PERIPHERAL REGIONS (Séance / Session 2) Stelios E. Gialis Adjunct Lecturer, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece 1 2 Abstract The present article examines and charts some demographic and socio-spatial characteristics of the migratory populations living in the prefecture of Preveza at the region of Epirus, Greece. It seeks some first answers in relation to: a) the number of undocumented immigrants in the local labour markets under study, b) the relevance of the ‘flexicurity’ concept to immigrant workers. By doing so, the paper highlights some possible interconnections between ‘hidden’ migratory populations and development in localities of peripheral regions, such as the one under study. The research draws upon data collected during 2008, in the frame of an empirical research conducted by the prefectural administration of Preveza. Other data sources, such as the lists of migrants holding an official residence permit and national census data, are also comparatively explored. All the above sources potentially offer valuable insights for the demographic characteristics of migrants in Preveza. The paper discusses the insufficient and controversial character of Greek -
Collecting Sites of Soil Zoological Trips by the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to Greece, Between 2006 and 2013
Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 2013, 44(2): 137–159 Collecting sites of soil zoological trips by the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to Greece, between 2006 and 2013 1 2 D. MURÁNYI & J. KONTSCHÁN 1Dr. Dávid Murányi, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary, E-mail: [email protected] 2Dr. Jenő Kontschán, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Boksz 102, Hungary and Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Páter Károly str. 1, H-2100, Hungary. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract. The Greek locality data of soil zoological collecting sites by the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences during 8 trips to the Balkans between 2006 and 2013 are enumerated. The localities are given in chronological order. Methods of collectings, and literature where the materials were published given after the locality data; the localities are depicted on the map of Greece. New taxa described on the basis of these materials are also reported. Keywords. Greece, Balkans, faunistics, collections, localities, type localities, list INTRODUCTION 2010), Plecoptera (Kovács & Murányi 2008, Ko- vács et al, 2012, Murányi 2007, 2011), Embidiina eing one of the most complex and species (Murányi 2013b), Dermaptera (Murányi 2013b), B rich area in the Mediterranean, the fauna of Isoptera (Murányi 2013b), Psocoptera (Sziráki Greece is continouosly studied by many nations in 2013), Trichoptera (Oláh 2010), Diptera (Papp most animal groups (Malicky 2005). Traditions of 2010) and Crustacea: Isopoda (Schmalfuss 2008, the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the 2010). -
Map 54 Epirus-Acarnania Compiled by W.M
Map 54 Epirus-Acarnania Compiled by W.M. Murray, 1994 Introduction The first systematic investigations of north-west Greece were carried out during the nineteenth century by Leake (1835), Heuzey (1860), Lolling (1989, for work done in 1876-77), Oberhummer (1887), Partsch (1887; 1889; 1890), and Woodhouse (1897). Progressing slowly over the mountainous terrain on foot, these men recorded in detail many observations that still remain our best evidence for numerous sites throughout the region. In recent years, still more has been learned from the work of Hammond (1967), Dakaris (1971; 1972), Cabanes (1976; 1985; 1986; 1987), TIB Nikopolis, Murray (1982), Bommeljé (1987), Pritchett (1994; SAGT 7-8) and others, who often retraced the steps of the early travelers in their search for additional details. Through the combined results of these investigations, a reasonably clear picture has emerged which forms the basis of the map. Generally speaking, the region covered includes many small settlements (both fortified and unfortified) whose ancient names will never be known. My goal has been to include as many of these sites as possible in order to reflect more accurately the distribution of population, and to reduce the apparent significance of those small settlements whosenamesdohappentobepreserved.Inordertoavoidovercrowdingthemap(andthusrenderingit unintellgible), I have selected those sites that possess one or more of the following characteristics: a fortification wall sufficient to enclose at least 0.1 hectare; building foundations appropriate for a small settlement; and tombs in sufficient numbers to represent the cemetery of a settlement rather than, say, one family’s grave enclosure. The region also includes a great many fortresses and towers (cf. -
Epirus in the Roman
Epirus in the Roman Era Vivi Karatzeni The knowledge available about the history quent civil wars among the Roman com of Epirus during the Roman period, that manders as well as the arbitrary acts of the is from the 2nd century BC until the years Roman regional governors deteriorated of LateAntiquity, based on limited literary even more the condition in the area3. And testimonies is quite meagre. N evertheless, yet, as indicated by the archaeological re in recent years, archaeological r esearch and search, the cities seem to have survived historical studies have started filling the even under these circumstances. Excava gaps, thus, the image of Epirus in the peri tions in Kassopi, Ammotopos, Gardiki and od under investigation becomes much Kastritsa have shown that the cities suffer clearer. ing from the destruction of 167 BC, con The present study aims at presenting tinue to be inhabited until the end of the the a rchaeological data in Epirus and par 1" century BC4. As is after all known, the ticularly in the so uthern part of Epirus, koina continue to exist, Ambracia and which i s today w ithin the boundaries of Charadros maintain - at least typically - the Greek State. T hese data lead to certain their independence and in general, it ap conclusions, the confirmation of w hich pears that each political community main will depend on the findings of future ex tains - even under the power of the Ro cavations. man c01mnander in the Macedonian province - its political institutions5. There A. Historical data 1 fore, the gloomy description of total aban donment, w hich Strabo gives to Epirus R oman presence in Epirus dates from as slightly before the founding of Nicopolis, early as the end of the Jrd century BC, should probably be considered overstated.6 when the Romans - after defe ating the Undoubtedly, the constant wars, disasters, Carchedonians - set towards the East in seizures and the inhabitants' captivation order to conquer the eastern part of the had caused a demographic reduction of M editerranean . -
Synthesis of Literature and Field Work Data Leading to the Compilation of a New Geological Map—A Review of Geology of Northwestern Greece
International Journal of Geosciences, 2017, 8, 205-236 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ijg ISSN Online: 2156-8367 ISSN Print: 2156-8359 Synthesis of Literature and Field Work Data Leading to the Compilation of a New Geological Map—A Review of Geology of Northwestern Greece Dimitrios Ntokos School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece How to cite this paper: Ntokos, D. (2017) Abstract Synthesis of Literature and Field Work Data Leading to the Compilation of a New Geo- This paper presents the geological structure of the entire region of northwes- logical Map—A Review of Geology of tern Greece (Epirus). Four geotectonic zones (Subpelagonian, Pindos, Gavro- Northwestern Greece. International Journal vo, and Ionian) develop in this area, overthrusting one another, their com- of Geosciences, 8, 205-236. pression axes trending NE-SW. Normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults with https://doi.org/10.4236/ijg.2017.82009 main directions NNW-SSE, NE-SW, and E-W have influenced the geological Received: November 30, 2016 formations. In the context of this paper, the results of all previous, relevant Accepted: February 25, 2017 studies were considered, summarized and reviewed, in order to provide a brief Published: February 28, 2017 historical recursion and present some of the most important discoveries made in the area, from 1840 until present. All these results were evaluated and com- Copyright © 2017 by author and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. bined, the geological formations were grouped according to their characteris- This work is licensed under the Creative tics and field work enabled the confirmation or addition of new data, which Commons Attribution International led to the compilation of a new geological map, using GIS techniques, for the License (CC BY 4.0). -
'Phantom Eleans' in Southern Epirus *
doi: 10.2143/AWE.14.0.3108190 AWE 14 (2015) 111-143 ‘PHANTOM ELEANS’ IN SOUTHERN EPIRUS * ADOLFO J. DOMÍNGUEZ Abstract The existence of a series of Elean colonies in the region of Cassopaea, in southern Epirus, has been regularly accepted by scholars on the basis of a single piece of written evidence. Despite such limited information, a number of interpretations have been made in an attempt to date the foundation of these colonies, and even to describe their political and institutional development. In this article, I examine the available archaeological evidence for those sites usually identified with these alleged colonies in order to show that there is no proof of colonial occupation or of any urban entities before the middle of the 4th century. Likewise, I attempt to explain how the idea of Elean colonisation may have sprung up, and why only a single reference points to it. Elean Colonies in Southern Epirus? A Consideration of the Evidence It is a known fact that not all Greek territories were involved with equal intensity in the process we know today as ‘Greek colonisation’. Whereas some cities became famous for having founded tens of cities (for example, Miletus with over 90 colonies),1 other regions do not appear to have founded any at all. Aside from the recent debates on the question of ‘Greek colonisation’,2 here I would like to focus on a particularly singular case, for which there is practically only a single refer- ence, namely the colonisation by the Eleans, the inhabitants of Elis, in the north- western Peloponnese.