TABLE OF CONTENTS Organizing Committee ....................................................................................................... iii Scientific Board ...................................................................................................................iv Forward ..............................................................................................................................vii Table of Contents.................................................................................................................ix KEYNOTE SPEECHES • Prof. Yannis Maniatis, University of Piraeus, Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change (June 2013- Jan 2015) ‘Integrated urban interventions for smart and friendly cities’.........................................................3 • Prof. Spyros Vougias, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Deputy-minister in Transportation and Communications twice (2001-2002 and 2010-2011), and deputy-minister in Public Order and Citizens Protection (2009-2010) ‘Alternative pedestrianization options for the Nikis coastal avenue in Thessaloniki, Greece’ ..........4 • Prof. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, the Associate Dean at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs ‘Addressing the challenges of urban landscapes: Twenty-first century dilemmas for urban Design’ .........................................................................................................................................5 • Prof. Taner Oc, Emeritus Professor of University of Nottingham, Honorary Professor of University College London, Editor of Journal of Urban Design ‘Ageing population and the city The British Experience’ ................................................................6 • Prof. Achille Ippolito, the Sapienza University of Rome, President of the Associazione culturale architetto Simonetta Bastelli ‘Landscape and sustainable design in urban open spaces’..............................................................8 • Prof. Francesco Lo Piccolo, University of Palermo, the AESOP President (2014-16). ‘The Forecasts of the Witches: the State of Exception in Planning Practices’ ...............................10 • Prof. Anna Geppert, Université de Paris, Secretary General of AESOP (2007-2011) ‘The « urban agenda » of the European Union: urban policy or fake?’.........................................11 • Dr Pierre Laconte, President, Foundation for the Urban Environment, Brussels, President of International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP 2006-2009) ‘Cities as changing systems’ ........................................................................................................12 • Prof. Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonia, National Technical University of Athens, 2nd Vice President of the Hellenic Icomos ‘Culture and heritage as pillars of urban sustainable development’..............................................13 • Prof. Kostas Moraitis, National Technical University of Athens ‘Multicultural place identity: Cross-border connectivity and multicultural cooperation or political conflict?’........................................................................................................................14 ix PRE-ORGANIZED SPECIAL SESSIONS Self-organization in urban change: concepts, instruments and practical implications organized by Willem Salet and Federico Savini, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands • Description of the session W. Salet, F. Savini........................................................................................................................19 • Contextualization of planning and law: Outcomes of research W. Salet and J. de Vries ...............................................................................................................20 • Simple planning rules for complex urban problems What can we learn from the case of Oosterwold (Almere) E. Buitelaar, N. Sorel, S. Moroni, S. Cozzolino.............................................................................21 • Self-organized Planning: alternative planning initiatives in Israel E. Eizenberg, S. Cohen.................................................................................................................22 • Changing spatialities of Istanbul: From a bottom-up informal development towards a State-led flexible urban transformation Z. Enlil, İ. Dinçer, C. Akyos, B. Can Çetin....................................................................................23 • Planning intervention and flexibility in the urban fringe: Barriers and drivers in post- industrial Sydhavn Copenhagen J.R. Hansen .................................................................................................................................24 • Is public law really a problem for effective development? How private contracts, land use plans and environmental zoning interact in urban projects F. Savini ......................................................................................................................................25 Multicultural region and city physiognomy: Cross-border collaboration and contested identity organized by Kostas Moraitis and Elena Konstantinidou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece • Description of the session K. Moraitis and E. Konstantinidou...............................................................................................29 • Trans-national cultural landscape branding in relation to multicultural space identity K. Moraitis ..................................................................................................................................31 • Place identity and Branding under special conditions of multiculturalism and confrontation E. Konstantinidou ........................................................................................................................32 • Urban identity through the attributes of the urban body network configuration E. Androutsopoulou .....................................................................................................................33 • Multicultural cities identity based on their historical path: The case of Nafpaktos I. Bekos........................................................................................................................................34 • Contested heritage. International cooperation for the bicommunal preservation and enhancement of the Aχειροποίητος monastery in Cyprus A. Camiz......................................................................................................................................35 • Inter-city branding; active and interactive dipole: Volos-Larissa; Constellation cities C. Galanos...................................................................................................................................36 • Immaterial matters in changing, resilient cities Y. Hadjichristou and M. Hadjisoteriou.........................................................................................37 • Adaptive Strategy _ Time Synergies _ Moutallos case study M. Hadjisoteriou, A. Petrou and E. Konstantinidou......................................................................38 • Crossing Cultures, Uniting Memory: Thrace as a Regional Branding Case Study P. Kontolaimos ............................................................................................................................39 x • A Greek pre-industrial heritage monument as Western cultural heritage I. Kourouni ..................................................................................................................................40 • Envisioning a post-conflict Tripoli. Inclusive urban strategy and action plan for Bab el Tebbeneh and Jebel Mohsen F. Micocci....................................................................................................................................41 • Monuments of different eras in the city of Aigio. Their contribution to the development of the city R. Mitoula, G. Malindretos, E. Georgitsoyanni and E. Markopoulou............................................42 • Multicultural References and ‘colonizing’ architecture: Investigating “Political Branding” K. Moraitis, M. Sioulas ................................................................................................................43 • Multi-cultural imprints on urban tissue. The homogeneous and heterogeneous approach of design K. Moretti....................................................................................................................................44 • “Ecosophic Gamification”: The city as a “Rhizomatic Playscape” S. Mouzakitis ...............................................................................................................................45 • Continuity in spatial experience over national barriers in Landscape Branding T. Petras......................................................................................................................................46 • Contested spaces S.Th. Rassia.................................................................................................................................47 • Multicultural Nicosia: Searching for a common cultural Identity in East Mediterranean Basin M. Sioulas....................................................................................................................................48 • The multicultural identity of the places of Ano Syros and Hermoupolis A. Vasilara, J. Stefanou................................................................................................................49