DOCSLIB.ORG

UNIVERSITY of the AEGEAN Development of an Interactive

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
UNIVERSITY of the AEGEAN Development of an Interactive UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Development of an interactive platform for green transport policy evaluation by IOANNIS TSOUROS Submitted to the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in the field of Travel Behavior Modeling and Decision Sciences PhD Committee: PhD Extented Committee: Amalia Polydoropoulou Evangelos Sambracos Professor Professor Department of Shipping, Trade Department of Economics and Transport University of Piraeus University of the Aegean Nikitas Nikitakos Seraphim Kapros Professor Professor Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport Department of Shipping, Trade University of the Aegean and Transport University of the Aegean Constantinos Antoniou Professor Konstadinos G. Goulias Technical University of Munich Professor Department of Geography Anna Kotrikla University of California, Assistant Professor Santa Barbara (UCSB) Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport University of the Aegean Konstadinos G. Goulias Professor Department of Geography University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Seraphim Kapros Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport University of the Aegean Amalia Polydoropoulou Professor, Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport University of the Aegean ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ ΣΧΟΛΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗΣ ΔΙΔΑΚΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΗ Αξιολόγηση πράσινων πολιτικών στις μεταφορές με τη χρήση οικονομετρικών προτύπων και προσομοίωσης ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΤΣΟΥΡΟΣ για την απόκτηση διδακτορικού διπλώµατος του Τµήµατος Ναυτιλίας και Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Συµβουλευτική Επιτροπή: Επταµελής Επιτροπή: Αµαλία Πολυδωροπούλου Ευάγγελος Σαμπράκος Καθηγήτρια Καθηγητής Τµήµα Ναυτιλίας και Τμήμα Οικονομικής Επιστήμης Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου Νικήτας Νικητάκος Καθηγητής Σεραφείμ Κάπρος Τµήµα Ναυτιλίας και Καθηγητής Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Τµήµα Ναυτιλίας και Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου Κωνσταντίνος Αντωνίου Καθηγητής Κωνσταντινος Γκουλίας Technical University of Munich Καθηγήτης Τμήμα Γεωγραφίας Άννα Κοτρίκλα, Πανεπιστήμιο California – Santa Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια Barbara Τµήµα Ναυτιλίας και Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου Κωνσταντινος Γκουλίας Καθηγήτης Τμήμα Γεωγραφίας Πανεπιστήμιο California – Santa Bar- bara Σεραφείµ Κάπρος Καθηγητής Τµήµα Ναυτιλίας και Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου Αµαλία Πολυδωροπούλου Καθηγήτρια Τµήµα Ναυτιλίας και Επιχειρηµατικών Υπηρεσιών Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου 4 © Copyright © Ιωάννης Τσούρος, 2018 Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος. All rights reserved. Απαγορεύεται η αντιγραφή, αποθήκευση και διανομή της παρούσας εργασίας, εξ ολοκλήρου ή τμήματος αυτής, για εμπορικό σκοπό. Επιτρέπεται η ανατύπωση, αποθήκευση και διανομή για σκοπό μη κερδοσκοπικό, εκπαιδευτικής ή ερευνητικής φύσης, υπό την προϋπόθεση να αναφέρεται η πηγή προέλευσης και να διατηρείται το παρόν μήνυμα. Ερωτήματα που αφορούν τη χρήση της εργασίας για κερδοσκοπικό σκοπό πρέπει να απευθύνονται προς τον συγγραφέα. Οι απόψεις και τα συμπεράσματα που περιέχονται σε αυτό το έγγραφο εκφράζουν τον συγγραφέα και δεν πρέπει να ερμηνευθεί ότι αντιπροσωπεύουν τις επίσημες θέσεις του Πανεπιστημίου Αιγαίου. Επιβλέπουσα διδακτορικής διατριβής…………………………………………………………… Αμαλία Πολυδωροπούλου, Καθηγήτρια 5 6 “The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move” -Douglas Adams, The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy 7 8 “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” -Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach 9 10 Ευχαριστίες 11 Abstract Climate change is one of the most prominent concerns for the future of humanity in the 21st century. The presence of humanity in the planet may be viewed as precarious, especially when considering the adverse effects of human activity and development. The current scenario predictions for year 2100 is a 4°C temperature growth. A 4 degree change has not happened in the global climate since 20.000 BC. Growing emissions from the use of fossil fuels negatively affects a series of environmental factors and is affects human life from every-day quality of life to long- term health effects, macroeconomic change, movement in human population, social equity and of course, the quality of the environement and life as a whole. A major contributor of these emissions is the transportation sector. For this reason, a multitude of international and national organizations have proposed an answer to the growing emissions, which can be grouped under the term sustainable or “green” transportation. This thesis explores the notion of green, sustainable transportation in depth. The thesis creates an innovative framework for the analysis of decision-making process in transport and activity related matters and it designs and crafts an interactive policy assesment tool that is based on econometric modelling. The econometric modelling is done in three different tiers, the everyday rhythms tier, that is concerned with the everyday activity and transport choices of individuals and how their lifestyle can affect these choices, the light infrastructure tier that explores the effect of active transport friendly interventions in the transport system via measurable key performance indicators and the future fleet purchase tier that provides insight into the future fleet mixture and the effect it will have on the emissions and fuel cost. The daily rhtyhms tier includes the effect of lifestyle by comparing the sample from collected data in Chios island to a database from Athens, Greece. This comparison effectively demostrates the heterogeneity of the two areas, the differences in spatial and temporal choices and the effect that lifestyle has on them. Policy-wise it presents justification for tailor-made, location-based solutions and careful consideration of norms, rhythms and lifestyle choices of the study area when applying policy bundles. The chapter discussing the effect of active transport promoting measures uses a simulation of the study area to measure the effect of the creation of bike lanes and the pedestrianization of certain links in the study area. The analysis provides 12 measurable outcome through the usage of various KPIs, such as passenger kilometers, share of active transport, daily accidents and traffic levels. The third analysis tier is concerned with future fleet purchase. It utilizes a menu- based, build-your-own, experiment approach allowing survey respondents to create their ideal vehicle using various attributes (including alternative fuel and automation level) while presenting a reasonable pricing to them. The analysis is conducted using a hybrid choice model, with latent variables aiming to reduce uncertainty and errors in the decrypting of the decision-making process. The thesis also provides insight into the creation, design and implementation of the policy platform tool. The tool is interactive in the sense that the user can control various variables and view the output, comparing the different policy measures and scenarios. It is coded in R and developed as a webpage, in a user-friendly user interface that does not require special understanding to operate. The thesis uses a sample of 1288, roughly 2% of the population of individuals from the island of Chios, Greece. The data collection is realized through a series of electronic questionnaires including a household and an individual questionnaire, a stated-preference experiment, an activity diary and accompanied by GPS devices to assist the activity diary. The contribution of the thesis can be found on several topics. First, the thesis explores the notion of sustainable transport and the human behavior that is related to it using a multi-tier analysis that spans from every-day life of individuals to future, long-term decisions. Secondly, it uses a series of analytical tools to answer the research questions, innovative econometric models, transport simulation and a in- house developed interactive decision-making tool. It is a spherical exploration of the available analytical tools, each of which used provides the specific insight for which it was used. Additionally, the case study that is conducted in an insular, island area provides insight into the behavior, choices and particularities of an area that smaller scale, smoother interventions may be more succesful than abrupt, sudden changes. The lifestyle of the study area plays a significant role in the conducted analysis. Findings from this analysis contribute to the transferability of models. Finally, the thesis provides useful insight into various policy measures that should be considered for changing the human behavior, attracting more citizens to using sustainable means of transport and improving the stanard of living while minimizing the external cost of transportation. 13 Keywords: econometric modelling, green transport, sustainability, transport policy, decision-making, insular areas, island areas, latent variables, latent classes, hybrid choice modelling, active transportation, cycling, walking, alternative fuels. PhD Thesis Supervisor: Amalia Polydoropoulou. Title: Professor, Vice-Rector of Research, Development, Finance and Infrastructure of the University of the Aegean 14 Περίληψη στα ελληνικά Η κλιματική αλλαγή είναι μια από τις σημαντικότερες ανησυχίες για το μέλλον της ανθρωπότητας τον 21ο αιώνα. Ακόμα και η παρουσία της ανθρωπότητας στον πλανήτη μπορεί να θεωρηθεί επισφαλής,
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The New Acquisitions of the Museums of Chios 2014-2018
    THE FIRST ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM was founded in When a new building for the Archaeological Museum Chios in 1886, while the island still belonged to the Ottoman (B)was erected in the early 1970s in the area of Empire. The old building of the historic Gymnasium in Evangelistria in Chios town, the Collections were separated ΕPHORATE the city of Chios was its first shelter ("Archaeological by chronological criteria and thus, those dating back from OF ANTIQUITIES Museum of Chios High School"). George Zolotas, the antiquity to the 4th century. A.D. were transferred to the OF CHIOS first director until 1901, spent much of his leisure time new museum, while Medieval and Ottoman antiquities in enriching, arranging and publishing the Museum's remained on dislay in the old Mecidiye Mosque. Since Collections. The first Collections included ancient then, two Museums have been operating in Chios, the artefacts, such as sculptures, inscriptions, ceramics, coins, Archaeological on Michalon Street and the Byzantine (C) etc., not only from Chios, but also from the ancient towns at the central square. The Collections of the two Museums of Erythrae and Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum) in Asia have never ceased to grow and get enriched, with the main Minor, or the neighbouring islands of Patmos and Ikaria feeder now being the rescue excavations carried out by the in the Aegean Sea. All historical periods were represented Archaeological Service in the city and throughout the THE NEW ACQUISITIONS The History Extraction of the Genoese capital No.8 OF THE of Chios from A. Zervas' house, by Conservators of the Ephorate (2014).
    [Show full text]
  • The Chios, Greece Earthquake of 23 July 1949: Seismological Reassessment and Tsunami Investigations
    Pure Appl. Geophys. 177 (2020), 1295–1313 Ó 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02410-1 Pure and Applied Geophysics The Chios, Greece Earthquake of 23 July 1949: Seismological Reassessment and Tsunami Investigations 1 2 3,4 1 5 NIKOLAOS S. MELIS, EMILE A. OKAL, COSTAS E. SYNOLAKIS, IOANNIS S. KALOGERAS, and UTKU KAˆ NOG˘ LU Abstract—We present a modern seismological reassessment of reported by various agencies, but not included in the Chios earthquake of 23 July 1949, one of the largest in the Gutenberg and Richter’s (1954) generally authorita- Central Aegean Sea. We relocate the event to the basin separating Chios and Lesvos, and confirm a normal faulting mechanism tive catalog. This magnitude makes it the second generally comparable to that of the recent Lesvos earthquake largest instrumentally recorded historical earthquake located at the Northern end of that basin. The seismic moment 26 in the Central Aegean Sea after the 1956 Amorgos obtained from mantle surface waves, M0 ¼ 7 Â 10 dyn cm, makes it second only to the 1956 Amorgos earthquake. We compile event (Okal et al. 2009), a region broadly defined as all available macroseismic data, and infer a preference for a rupture limited to the South by the Cretan–Rhodos subduc- along the NNW-dipping plane. A field survey carried out in 2015 tion arc and to the north by the western extension of collected memories of the 1949 earthquake and of its small tsunami from surviving witnesses, both on Chios Island and nearby the Northern Anatolian Fault system.
    [Show full text]
  • Updated 25 July 2019 Like Most Greek Islands, Chios Really Comes
    Chios Photo: Nejdet Duzen/Shutterstock.com Like most Greek islands, Chios really comes to life in summer – but unlike many of its neighbours, most of its summer visitors are Greeks from Athens and the mainland. This gives the island an authentically Greek flavour and ensures an animated nightlife and some excellent Greek cooking. There’s plenty of sightseeing to be done, and enough active pursuits to keep any visitor happy for a full fortnight. Nejdet Duzen/Shutterstock.com Top 5 Chios Cooking Lessons An enjoyable activity to be done with a group of friends, the cooking lesson... Yacht Tours A number of companies offer all-day yacht tours around Chios and to neighbor... Citrus Estate picturepartners/Shutterstock.com Citrus reigns king here in the heart of Kambos, a picturesque area south of ... Byzantine Museum The most interesting aspect of this museum is the building itself - a mosque... Nea Moni "New Monastery" is a misnomer – this imposing religious institution was foun... Nejdet Duzen/Shutterstock.com Updated 25 July 2019 Destination: Chios Publishing date: 2019-07-25 THE ISLAND DO & SEE photographer_metinn/Shutterstock.com Dimitrios/Shutterstock.com Lying within sight of the Turkish mainland, Chios Chios Town (also referred to as ‘Chora') is a is (by Aegean standards) a big and prosperous surprisingly modern city. With a crescent island. Its rolling hillsides are covered with olive harbour overlooked by oice blocks, warehouses groves, vineyards and mastic plantations which and workshops; it is dominated by the forbidding made the
    [Show full text]
  • ARTIGO / ARTÍCULO / ARTICLE New Faunistic Records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Part 7
    ISSN: 1989-6581 Háva et al. (2013) www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 8: 135-140 ARTIGO / ARTÍCULO / ARTICLE New faunistic records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) - Part 7. Jiří Háva 1, Andreas Herrmann 2 & Marcin Kadej 3 1 Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry and Entomology, Czech University of Life Sciences, Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21, Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic. e-mail: [email protected] 2 Bremervörder Strasse 123, 21682 Stade, Germany. e-mail: [email protected] 3 Division of Invertebrates Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Wrocław, ul. Przybyszewskiego 63/77, PL-51-148 Wrocław, Poland e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The following species are newly recorded: Attagenus bitaeniatus (Steinhel, 1869) (New Zealand); Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg, 1795) (Comores Is.); Attagenus lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856 (Syria); Attagenus robustior (Pic, 1951) (Namibia); Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev, 1973 (Thailand); Anthrenus (Anthrenus) goliath Saulcy in Mulsant & Rey, 1868 (Libya); Anthrenus (Anthrenus) oceanicus Fauvel, 1903 (French Polynesia); Anthrenus (Anthrenus) angustefasciatus Ganglbauer, 1904 (Switzerland); Anthrenus (Anthrenops) coloratus Reitter, 1881 (Italy: Sardegna Is.); Anthrenus (Anthrenodes) israelicus Háva, 2004 (Algeria); Anthrenus (Nathrenus) zahradniki Háva, 2003 (Greece: Chios Is.); Cryptorhopalum orbiculosum Reitter, 1881 (Peru); Dermestes (Dermestinus) loebli Háva, 2002 (Jordania);
    [Show full text]
  • Coping with Hunger and Shortage Under German Occupation in World
    Coping with Hunger and Shortage under German Occupation in World War II Tatjana Tönsmeyer · Peter Haslinger Agnes Laba Editors Coping with Hunger and Shortage under German Occupation in World War II Editors Tatjana Tönsmeyer Agnes Laba University of Wuppertal University of Wuppertal Wuppertal, Germany Wuppertal, Germany Peter Haslinger Herder Institute Marburg, Germany ISBN 978-3-319-77466-4 ISBN 978-3-319-77467-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77467-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018937867 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifcally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microflms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifc statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made.
    [Show full text]
  • The Sentence of the Gods
    VI Interviews 328 With a Scholar on Chios MM: I am about to set out for Vrontados to visit the Seat of Homer, but you tell me that “maybe it is not Homer’s.” What do you mean? Herodotus of Alikar- nossos tells the story of the birth, childhood and adulthood of Homer (John Perikos). Scholar: There is disputation. In the Aeolic city of Kyme gathered together. They are not sure. Many Greeks. Some say that maybe it is a tablet where sacrifices were made. Many of these from Magnesia. MM: This is the opposite of Homer, isn’t it?—Death instead of Life. Scholar: Tell me, which place you come from? MM: From America. Scholar: The United States? MM: Yes, The United States of America. Among which was Melanopos, son of Ithagienis, in turn the son of Krithonos. Now some scholars say that Homer’s tomb will eventually be found in Vrontados, others, in Volissos. Scholar: I do not heard [sic] about that. They say Homer, seven places, they will argue. MM: Yes, I understand. And what is your opinion? Melanopos, who had few worldly possessions, in Kyme married the daughter of Omyritos. Scholar: I cannot say. And from this marriage a girl was born, named Kritheida. MM: Some say that he was born in Ismir, then went to Ithaka, and only after- ward came to Chios. Scholar: They say so, but it’s not sure. When Melanopos and his wife died, Kleanax of Argos looked after their daughter. Many people have their opinion about the origin of Homerus.
    [Show full text]
  • Euroclassica Newsletter Number 28, January 2020
    Euroclassica Newsletter Number 28, January 2020 Contents EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE .................................................... 3 BANK ACCOUNT ................................................................. 4 DIRECTORS OF ACADEMIES ............................................. 4 ECCL – EUROPEAN CERTIFICATES FOR CLASSICS ....... 4 WEBSITE AND WEBMASTERS OF EUROCLASSICA ........ 5 EDITOR OF EUROCLASSICA NEWSLETTER .................... 5 PRESIDENT’S REPORT ....................................................... 6 FINANCIAL REPORT ........................................................... 9 MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ANTWERP, 30TH AUGUST 2019 ............................................................ 17 PROCÈS-VERBAL DE L’ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE, ANVERS, 30 AOÛT 2019 .................................................... 23 EVALUATION ECCL 2018-2019 ......................................... 29 REPORT ON ACADEMIA HOMERICA 2019 ...................... 31 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACADEMIA HOMERICA 2020, 10-19/20 JULY .................................................................... 33 ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SPLIT AND MOSTAR, 27TH -30TH AUGUST 2020 ................................................... 37 EUROCLASSICA – FEEDBACK FROM 2018 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN LONDON .................................................... 39 MEMBERS OF EUROCLASSICA AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ...... 41 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, COOPERATORS, AND CONTACTS ........................................................................ 44 2 Executive Committee Christian
    [Show full text]
  • 7Th International and 61St National Chian Convention of the Chios Societies of the Americas and Canada 1332 High St, Apt
    7th International and 61st National Chian Convention of the Chios Societies of the Americas and Canada 1332 High St, Apt. D Alameda, CA 94501 USA CHIOS, GREECE July 29 - August 3, 2015 TEL: 510 390-0727 www.chiossocieties.org FAX: 201-840-5567 CONVENTION ITINERARY Wednesday, July 29th – Homerion Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Chios • 5:30PM - 6:30PM …….………Delegate Registration • 7:00PM - 9:00PM …….………Commencement of Convention. Greetings of Delegation and Guests Wednesday, July 29th • 9:00PM ……………………….Welcome Party for Delegates with their families at the Chandris Hotel (by invitation) Thursday, July 30th • 9:45AM............................Excursion to Islands of Oinousses, (Tour, Cultural Presentation and Religious Ceremony) €30/person Friday, July 31st – Homerion Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Chios • 9:00AM - 9:30AM….……….. Delegate Registration • 9:30AM - 12:30PM…………...Convention Meetings • 5:00PM - 8:00PM…………….Invited Speakers, Presentations with open discussion • 8:30PM ………………………"Pittsburgh" directed by Arcadia Psalti - Theatrical Performance by Local Actors Company Saturday, August 1st • 10:00 AM……………………..Walkathon Fundraiser for Special Needs Children of Chios (Suggested Donation €10/person) (Walk Tour of Koraes Library, Archeological Museum, ending at Chios Fortress-Kastro) • 9:00PM ……………………….The Grand Banquet/Enosis Omogenon Dance at the Golden Sand Hotel, in Karfas €25/person Award Presentations and Recognition of Sponsors Sunday, August 2nd • 9:45AM.............................Divine Liturgy (Church Services)
    [Show full text]
  • The Chios Maritime Club in an Online Seminar /Webinar on the Blue Economy PRESS RELEASE
    The Chios Maritime Club in an online seminar /webinar on the Blue Economy PRESS RELEASE The Chios Maritime Club in the context of its participation in the European Blue Schools Program held last Wednesday the 10th of March a free online education webinar on the topic: Blue Economy and its importance for Secondary schools. The webinar was co-organized with Idec (https://idec.gr) through the GoToWebinar platform . The aim of the webinar was not only to inform about Blue Economy issues but also the perspective of entrepreneurship in coastal and island areas, which are affected – among others, by unemployment during the winter but also neglected as well as being subjected with environmental pollution. During the seminar, the “Guide for Teachers” was presented, which the co-organisers jointly developed and which includes theory and information on the Blue Economy, tables / graphics with associations and organisations that support same, as well as class plans and ideas for Projects inside and outside the classroom, so that teachers can involve students in them and raise the awareness on Blue Economy issues. This guide will soon be available through the project website ( http://www.blue-schools.eu/ ) in Greek too. At the same time, a reference was made by the project leader (Remi Bellia, Petra Patrimonia Corsica) to the European Competition that has just started with the vision to connect many coastal and island schools in order to gather innovative ideas and solutions related to the Blue Philosophy. The first speaker, Mrs. Suzana Laskaridis, spoke about the educational activities of the Ekaterini Laskaridis Foundation but also about the Cyclical Economy through the company Blue Cycle.
    [Show full text]
  • This Is a Test
    Cover: An offering to Aghios Nikolaos (1903) The area of Kardamyla, jewel of the northeastern part of Chios, constitutes a significant presence of the past and the present of the island through the centuries, linking itself to the history and the fate of Chios, as well as to the whole of the Eastern Aegean. Plains, mountains and sea agreeing with wisdom and especially beauty, along with picturesque architectural corners, impress the visitor. The people of Kardamyla, with characteristics and personalities all their own, taste the salt, the bitterness but also the uniqueness of the sea, feeling it is their own, today more than any other time in the past... “...the superior harbor of Kardamyla with its field and its river...” (photo of Kardamyla) Christoph Bondelmontius (1422): “... At quite a distance, exists the superior harbor of Kardamyla with its field and its river ...” Andre Thevet (1549) “... They mentioned many names of great men, but among them, they put at first class and at the top of the list in poetry, the name of Homer. With this, I was led by several Greeks to Kardamyla, a place quite solitary, at a distance of 5 leagues from the town, to the left of the shore, where all its inhabitants, fathers and sons, preserve its traditions according to the ancient history that they have, that this place was the true place where the library of the said sais sasaid said Homer existed....” John Covel (1677) “ ...Among the black wines there is a thick, tart one which is produced in Kardamyla, which is fairly strong and very good for the stomach.
    [Show full text]
  • Toward Understanding Tourist Landscape. a Comparative Study of Locals’ and Visitors’ Perception in Selected Destinations in Poland and Greece
    THEANO S. TERKENLI , EWA SKOWRONEK, ANDRZEJ TUCKI, NIKOLAOS KOUNELLIS QUAESTIONES GEOGRAPHICAE 38(3) • 2019 TOWARD UNDERSTANDING TOURIST LANDSCAPE. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LOCALS’ AND VISITORS’ PERCEPTION IN SELECTED DESTINATIONS IN POLAND AND GREECE THEANO S. TERKENLI 1, EWA SKOWRONEK 2, ANDRZEJ TUCKI 2, NIKOLAOS KOUNELLIS 3 1Department of Geography, University Hill, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece 2Department of Regional Geography and Tourism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 3Department of Administration, Business School, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece Manuscript received: January 18, 2019 Revised version: July 24, 2019 TERKENLI T. S., SKOWRONEK E., TUCKI A., KOUNELLIS N., 2019. Toward understanding tourist landscape. A comparative study of locals` and visitors` perception in selected destinations in Poland and Greece. Quaestiones Geographicae 38(3), Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań, pp. 81–93. 7 figs, 7 tables. ABSTRACT: This paper critically negotiates the concept of the tourist landscape and proceeds, through a comparative cross-cultural empirical study, to test its basic conceptual premises in one upland and one seaside tourist destination, in Central Europe and in the Mediterranean. The conceptualization and employment of the term ‘tourist landscape’, in the social sciences and beyond, has been mostly intuitive and lacking a rigorous and broad-based conceptualization and empirical verification, incorporating its viewers’/users’ perceptions. On the basis of a conceptual model of the tourist landscape, the paper assesses conceptions and perceptions of the ‘tourist landscape’ and its constituent ele- ments by tourists, locals, and tourism stakeholders in Zwierzyniec, Poland and Chios Island, Greece. KEY WORDS: tourist landscape, conceptualization, perception, Greece, Poland Corresponding author: Theano S.
    [Show full text]
  • Lessons from the Greek Population Resettlement
    Discussion Paper Series CDP 05/20 Mass Refugee Inflow and Long-run Prosperity: Lessons from the Greek Population Resettlement Elie Murard and Seyhun Orcan Sakalli Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration Department of Economics, University College London Drayton House, 30 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AX www.cream-migration.org Mass Refugee Inflow and Long-run Prosperity: Lessons from the Greek Population Resettlement∗ Elie Murardy & Seyhun Orcan Sakalliz November 2019 Abstract We investigate the long-term consequences of mass refugee inflow on economic develop- ment. After the Greco-Turkish war of 1919–1922, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox were forcibly resettled from Turkey to Greece, increasing the host population by more than 20% within a few months. To examine the long-term effects of this event, we build a novel geocoded dataset locating refugee settlements across the universe of more than four thousand Greek municipali- ties that existed in 1920. Using a battery of empirical strategies relying on different margins of spatial and temporal variation in the refugee inflow, we find that localities with a greater share of Greek refugees in 1923 display higher level of prosperity and industrialization sixty years after the event. These long-run benefits of refugees appear to be driven by the provision of new agricultural know-how and the transfer of technological knowledge in textile, which fostered growth through higher diversity in complementary skills. The economic gains of the resettle- ment were lower in places where refugees were clustered in separate enclaves and where their skills were less easily transferable due to local geographic conditions.
    [Show full text]