RSI Editorial Board 2020

The Board of the Regional Science Inquiry

HELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL SCIENTISTS H.A.R.S. - 2020 Hon. Managing Editor PROFESSOR ELIAS CARAYANNIS Department Information Systems & Technology [H.A.R.S. is a Think Tank of groups of people with EMERITUS PROFESSOR PETER NIJKAMP multidisciplinary work in the fields of Regional Science, Management, School of Business, The George Free University Faculty of Economics and Business Washington University, Washington, USA which occurs with the selfless contribution of Administration, Department of Spatial Economics participants who offer their work to the global scientific Amsterdam, the Netherlands PROFESSOR THEODORE PELAGIDIS community] Department of Maritime Studies Hon. Managing Editor University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece President and Chair, Journals Management Committee EMERITUS PROFESSOR NIKOLAOS KONSOLAS PROFESSOR MOH’D AHMAD AL-NIMR (RSI) Department of Economic and Regional Development Mechanical Engineering Department School of Sciences of Economy and Public Jordan University of Science and Technology, Professor Christos Ap. Ladias Administration, of Social and Irbid – Jordan Editor-in-Chief Political Sciences, Athens, Greece Dr CHARALAMBOS LOUCA Legal Committee Editors-Authors Head of Business Department, Director of Research Department, Editor of The Cyprus Journal of Sciences, Georgios-Stavros Kourtis, President of the Bod of the PROFESSOR PANAGIOTIS LIARGOVAS American College, Nicosia, Cyprus Panteion University, Honorary President of the Court of Department of Economics Audit, Professor Sophia Adam, Assistant Professor University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Greece PROFESSOR VASILIOS KOUGEAS Panagiotis Kribas, Dr Angelika Kallia, Dr Evaggelos Department of Public Administration, Mallios, Fotios Makris, Ioannis Kourtis, Sophia Kouti PROFESSOR GEORGE KARRAS Panteion University, Athens, Greece Department of Economics Advisors University of Illinois, Chicago, USA PROFESSOR PANTELIS SKAYANNIS Department of Planning and Regional Development Professor Georgios Korres, Dr Apostolos Parpairis, RECTOR-PROFESSOR PARIS TSARTAS University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Dr Nikolaos Chasanagas, Dr Sotirios Milionis, Esaias Department of Business Administration Papaioannou, Dimitrios Kouzas, Artemisia Georgiadou- University of the Aegean, Mitilene, Greece ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MARIA MICHALIDIS Kupraiou, Dr Athina Bayba-Wallace, Antigoni Prapa, Department Management and MIS, Olga Mporonilo, Sophia Aftousmi, Andreas Papaderos, RECTOR-PROFESSOR NIKOLAOS GEORGOPOULOS School of Business, University of Nicosia Nikiforos Chatzigakis, Professor Ismini Kriari, Elina Department of Business Administration Nicosia, Cyprus Kypraiou University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece PROFESSOR GEORGE CHIOTIS Chief Executive PROFESSOR KIRAN PRASAD Department of Economic Sciences Athens University Professor and Head, Dept. of Communication of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece Vilelmini Psarrianou and Journalism, Sri Padmavati Mahila University, Tirupati – 517 502., A.P., India EMERITUS PROFESSOR DIMITRIOS DIONISIOU Department of Senior Mathematics Conference Co-ordinator Hellenic Air Force Academy, Dekelia, Greece PROFESSOR JOSE ANTONIO PORFIRIO Dr Stylianos Alexiadis Departamento de Ciencias Sociais de Gestao PROFESSOR YUZARU MIYATA , Lisboa, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering International Relations Coordinators Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan PROFESSOR PAOLO MALANIMA Dr Dr Aikaterini Kokkinou, Antonia Obaidou Department of Economic History and Economics PROFESSOR DANIELA L. CONSTANTIN Magna Graecia University in Catanzaro,Catanzaro, Italy Director of the Research Centre for Macroeconomic Students Observer and Regional Forecasting (PROMAR), Bucharest PROFESSOR RADOVAN STOJANOVIC University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Eleonora Stavrakaki, Irene Nomikou, Christina Faculty of Electrical Engineering Triantafyllou, Loukia Delivelioti, Georgios Roussaris, , Podrorica, Montenegro PROFESSOR NIKOLAOS KYRIAZIS Irene Tzola Department of Economic Sciences

PROFESSOR RUDIGER HAMM University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Website Administrators Department of Business Administration and Economics Niederrhein, University of Applied PROFESSOR VIRON KOTZAMANIS Dimitrios Kouzas, Vilelmini Psarrianou, Sciences, Krefeld, Germany Department of Sociology University of Thessaly, Apostolos Ladias Volos, Greece

PROFESSOR SERAFEIM POLYZOS Secretariat Department of Planning and Regional Development, PROFESSOR MIRA VUKCEVIC School of Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos Faculty of Metallurgy and Chemical Technology Dr Chrisa Balomenou, Chrisoula Kouza, Victor Atoun, Greece University of Montenegro, Podrorica, Montenegro Iosif Atoun, Maria Rigaki, Konstantina Mantzavinou, Konstantina Georgiou, Nikolaos Alampanos, Elektra ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DANIEL FELSENSTEIN PROFESSOR FATMIR MEMAJ Katsiantoni, Dora Kyriazopoulou, Anna Maria Giallousi Department of Geography, Faculty of Economics , De Boorder, Eleni Koursari, Eleni Hinopoulou, Aggeliki Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel Tirana, Albania Koursari, Elena Stournara, Dimitrios Ladias, Maria PROFESSOR GEORGE KORRES PROFESSOR DIMITRIOS SKIADAS Oikonomou, Socratis Chitas, Maria Karagianni, Nikolaos Department of Geography Department of International and European Studies Motsios, Apostolos Tsapalas, Victoria Frizi, Leonardos University of the Aegean, Mitilene, Greece University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece Tsaousis, Apostolos Ladias,Vasiliki Petrou, Nikoleta Yiesil, Kyriakos Katsaros, Filippos Rountzos, Katerina PROFESSOR MINAS AGGELIDIS Dr. ANNE MARGARIAN Kotsiopoulou, Nilos Kotsiopoulos, Dimitra Tsetsoni, Department of Architecture, National Technical Institute of Rural Studies, Federal Research Institute Maria Kousantaki, Chaim Kapetas, Aggela Trikili, Eleni University of Athens, Athens, Greece for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Braunschweig, Germany Zioga, Sophia Trikali, Irini Nomikou, Despina Faridi, PROFESSOR JOSE VARGAS HERNANDEZ Anastasia Pnevmatikou, Maria Rammou, Athanasia Departmentt de Mercadotecnia y Negocios PROFESSOR FRANCISCO DINIZ Kanari, Jetmira Amalia Jancaj, Loukia Delivelioti, Internacionales, Universidad de Guadalajara, University Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Daniela Gaga, Maria Avgenaki, Evanthia Michalaki, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (UTAD), Portugal Christina Triantafillou, Sofia Aftousmi, Foteini Strati, Sofia Kouti, Olga Boronilo, Androniki Pseftoudi, Antigoni Prapa, Anastasia Christopoulou, Irene Stathopoulou

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OLGA GIOTI-PAPADAKI LECTURER ALEXANDROS MANDHLA PROFESSOR GARYFALLOS ARAMPATZIS School of Sciences of Economy and Public RAS Department of Economics, University Department of Forestry and Management of the Administration, Panteion University of Social and Of Surrey, United Kingdom Environment and Natural Resources Political Sciences Athens, Greece Democritus University of Thrace ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GEORGE P. MALINDRETOS Orestiada, Greece ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LAMBROS BABALIOUTAS Harokopion University, Kallithea, Greece Department of Public Administration, PROFESSOR KONSTANTINOS SOUTSAS Panteion University, Athens, Greece RESEARCH FELLOW PARK JONG - SOON Department of Forestry and Management of the Development Institute of Local Government Environment and Natural Resources RESEARSHER Dr NIKOLAOS KARACHALIS of South Korea, Jangan-gu, Suwon City, South Korea Democritus University of Thrace Regional Development Institute Orestiada, Greece of Panteion University, Athens, Greece RESEARCHER, Dr. Dr. AIKATERINI KOKKINOU Department of Geography University the Aegean, PROFESSOR EFSTATHIOS TSACHALIDIS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DARCIN AKIN Mitiline, Greece Department of Forestry and Management of the Department of City and Regional Planning Environment and Natural Resources Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze,Turkey PROFESSOR ANDREW FIELDSEND Democritus University of Thrace Studies in Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary Orestiada, Greece ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JAN SUCHACEK Department of Regional and Environmental Economics Dr MICHAEL ALDERSON Dr. AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Director Project Development Department of Economics, Czech Republic University of Szent Istvan, Budapest, Hungary Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 14623-5604, USA. PROFESSOR MIHAIL XLETSOS Dr PEDRO RAMOS Department of Economic Sciences Facudade de Economia,Universidade Dr. HAMID BELADI University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Department of Economics, University of Texas at San Antonio, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ANASTASIA STRATIGEA Dr NIKOLAOS HASANAGAS San Antonio, USA Department of Geography and Regional Planning Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle National Technical University of Athens, Athens Greece University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Dr. YANSUIY LIU College of Resources Science and Technology, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VASILIOS AVDIKOS Dr DIMITRIOS TSIOTAS Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China Department of Economic and Regional Development, Department of Planning and Regional Development, Panteion University, Athens, Greece University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, Volos, Greece STAVROS RODOKANAKIS Department of Social and Policy Sciences ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HELEN THEODOROPOULOU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PANAGIOTIS STAIKOURAS University of Bath Clarerton Down, Department of Home Economics Ecology, Department of Business Administration Bath, United Kingdom Harokopion University, Kallithea, Greece University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece PROFESSOR PETROS KOTSIOPOULOS EMERITUS PROFESSOR KONSTANTINOS TSAMADIAS Dr CRISTINA LINCARU Department of Senior Mathematics Department of Home Economics Ecology, National Scientific Research Institut for Labor and Social Hellenic Air Force Academy, Dekelia, Greece Harokopion University, Kallithea, Greece Protection, Bucharest, Romania PROFESSOR GEORGE TSOBANOGLOU PROFESSOR PANTELIS SKLIAS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HIROYUKI SHIBUSAWA Department of Sociology Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering University of the Aegean, Mitiline, Greece University of Peloponnese, Korinthos, Greece Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan PROFESSOR ALBERT QARRI ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MARIUSZ SOKOLOWICZ ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS Vlora University, Vlora, Albania Department of Regional Economics and Environment Department of Accounting and Finance, Athens University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece RESEARCHER Dr CARMEN BIZZARRI Department of Human science ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JOAO MARQUES ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ZACHAROULA ANDREOPOULOU European University of Rome, Rome,Italy Faculty of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle Department of Social and Political Sciences University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal PROFESSOR GEORGE POLICHRONOPOULOS School of Business Administration and ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ALEXANDROS APOSTOLAKIS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GEORGIOS SIDIROPOULOS Economics, Technological Educational Institute Department of Sciences, Technological Department of Geography University of the Aegean, of Athens, Athens, Greece Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece Mitilini, Greece

Dr MICHEL DUQUESNOY Dr PRODROMOS PRODROMIDIS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELENI PAPADOPOULOU Universidad de los Lagos, CEDER Centre for Planning and Economic Research and Athens School of Urban-Regional Planning & Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, University of Economics and Business KEPE, Development Engineering, Aristotle University ICSHu-AAHA, Chili of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Athens, Greece

LECTURER ASPASIA EFTHIMIADOU PROFESSOR VASILIKI ARTINOPOULOU ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GEORGE VOSKOPOULOS University of Macedonia Master Program of Environmental Studies Department of Sociology, Panteion University Open , Nicosia, Cyprus of Social and Political Sciences, Athens Thessaloniki, Greece

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELECTRA PITOSKA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GEORGIOS XANTHOS LECTURER VENI ARAKELIAN Technological Institute of Florina, Florina, Greece Department of Sciences, Technological Department of Economic and Regional

Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece Development,Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece PROFESSOR EVIS KUSHI Faculty of Economy, University of Elbasan, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR EMMANUEL CHRISTOFAKIS Elbasan, Albania Department of Business Administration ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR VASSILIS KEFIS Department of Public Administration University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece LECTURER MANTHOS DELIS Panteion University, Athens, Greece Faculty of Finance. City University London Dr STILIANOS ALEXIADIS London, United Kindgom RSI Journal PROFESSOR GEORGIOS DOUNIAS University of the Aegean, School of Business, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ELENI GAKI LECTURER MAARUF ALI Department of Financial & Management Engineering, Department of Business Administration Department of Computer Science & Electronic Chios University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece Engineering Oxford Brookes University, PROFESSOR IOANNIS LIRITZIS Oxford, United Kingdom ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AMALIA KOTSAKI University of the Aegean, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Rhodes Department of Architectural Engineering ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR LABROS SDROLIAS Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece Department of Business Administration, School of ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ELIAS PLASKOVITIS Business Administration and Economics, Technological PROFESSOR STELLA KYVELOU—CHIOTINI Education Institute of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Department of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University, Athens, Greece School of Sciences of Economy and Public

Administration, Department of Economic and Regional Dr. NETA ARSENI POLO Development, Panteion University, Athens, Greece Department of Economics University “Eqrem Cabej”, Gjirokaster, Albania

LECTURER ROSA AISA Department of Economic Analysis , Zaragoza, Spain

Dr GEORGIOS-ALEXANDROS SGOUROS National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Dr BULENT ACMA Department of Economics, Anadolu University, Unit of Southeastern Anatolia, Eskisehir, Turkey

PROFESSOR DRITA KRUJA Faculty of Economics Shkodra University, Shkodra, Albania

Dr LAMARA HADJOU , Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

Dr ADRIANUS AMHEKA State of Kupang, Penfui, Kupang, Indonesia

Dr KHACHATRYAN NUNE Head of the scientific research unit University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

Dr ANDREW FIELDSEND Research Institut of Agriculture Economics, Budapest, Hungary

Dr FUNDA YIRMIBESOGLU Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture Office Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

PROFESSOR MAHAMMAD REZA POURMOHAMMADI Department of Geography, University of Tabriz, Iran

Critical Surveys Editors

Lecturer Aspasia Efthimiadou, Dr Sotirios Milionis, Dr Georgios-Alexandros Sgouros, Dr Stavros Ntegiannakis, Dr Anastasia Biska, Dr Christos Genitsaropoulos, Dr Loukas Tzachilas, Maria Goula

Book Review Editors

Dr Dr Katerina Kokkinou, Dr Stilianos Alexiadis, Dr Elias Grammatikogiannis, Dr Maria Mavragani, Dimitrios Kouzas, Vilelmini Psarrianou, Antonia Obaintou, Helga Stefansson, Dr Nikolaos Hasanagas, Maria karagianni

Copy Editors

Professor Georgios Korres, Assistant Professor Panagiotis Krimpas, Dr Stylianos Alexiadis, Dimitirios Kouzas, Antonia Obaintou, Dr Thomas Georgiadis Researcher, Panteion University.

Publisher-Manager

Dr Christos Ap. Ladias

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