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  • Aspects of resilience in the reconstruction of Kalamata (Greece) after the earthquake disaster of 1986 
    Dandulaki, Miranda (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    The paper discusses the case the reconstruction of Kalamata city, Greece, after the 1986 earthquake disaster, focussing on urban resilience during the phases of response, recovery and reconstruction. In doing so, it revisits ...
  • Coping with heat islands in the dense urban area of Athens, Greece – Five concepts and integrated needs of action 
    Greinke, Lena; Levin-Keitel, Meike; Othengrafen, Frank (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    Global climate change creates new challenges for urban and regional development all over the world. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive ...
  • Green Networks Exarchia 
    Badelt, Ole; Heuer, Philipp; M., Mamali; A., Kapiota; E., Ntouni (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    The phenomenon of urban heat islands (UHI) in Athens is well documented (LIVADA, S ANTAMOURIS and ASSIMAKOPOULOS 2007; MIHALAKAKOU , S ANTAMOURIS , P APANIKOLAOU , CARTALIS and T SANGRASSOULIS 2004). Studies range from ...
  • Inclusive Green for Tackling the UHI-Effect in Athens 
    Sedhom, Amel Ben; Jordan, Hanna; Papaevangelou, Eleni (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    The city of Athens is characterised by urbanisation and migratory waves. In relation to the changing climate with an overall increasing temperature and a significantly higher amount of extreme events, the city is especially ...
  • Lessons from local resilience planning in European cities: The case of the Smart Mature Resilience project 
    Latinos, Vasileios; Sarriegi, Jose (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    Urban resilience development at local level requires skills and methodologies that are often not at hand in city administrations. In order to enhance cities’ capacity to resist, absorb and recover from the effects of climate ...
  • Preface 
    Othengrafen, Frank; Serraos, Konstantinos (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    [no abstract]
  • Presuming a nature in the context of resilience 
    Chazapis, Antonis; Loukos, Dimitris (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    Over the last decades, the debate on climate change has brought back the everlasting discussion on the conceptualization of nature and the delimitation of our relationship with it. The emergence of „destruction“ has been ...
  • Resilience, Climate Change and Adaptation 
    Greinke, Lena; Levin-Keitel, Meike; Othengrafen, Frank (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    In Germany and other European countries, the sustainable development of cities and regions is steadily discussed in relation to the concept of resilience (BIRKMANN et al. 2013), especially with regard to the ongoing global ...
  • Tackling Climate Change and Urban Resilience in the City of Athens 
    Myrivili, Eleni; Christou, Anthi (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    The City of Athens, a venerable yet intricate city of near 700.000 residents, part of a 3.75 million people urban area, is for several years now facing severe challenges. Those include an ongoing socio-economic crisis, ...
  • The Victoria Square Neighbourhood: Enhancing Resilience by Social Networking 
    Busch, Christina; Johncock, Johanna; B., Shelagh-Katerina; K., Antonis (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    Athens is climatically characterised by a Mediterranean climate with mild and rainy winters and warm summers. In the summer the average temperature is 35°C, with many days exceeding 40°C. Athens is often struck by heat ...
  • Transforming Heat Islands into Neat Islands 
    Lamberg, Jonas; Snieg, Filip (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    The resilience of cities has become an important topic to be considered by authorities in planning (MYRIVILI 2017, oral). Nowadays, many cities need to face various problems caused by environment, such as earthquakes, heat ...
  • Understanding Good and Bad Resilience: The Case of Greek Cities in the Economic Crisis Era 
    Sapountzaki, Kalliopi (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    Government debt crisis and recession in Greece cause decline of the welfare state. This has been the result of the attempt of the Greek Government to reduce fiscal and macro-economic vulnerability to debt crisis through ...
  • Urban Resilience, Climate Change and Adaptation. Coping with Heat Islands in the Dense Urban Area of Athens, Greece 
    Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    [no abstract]
  • Wind of Change Empowering a community to tackle 
    Muhl, Charlotte; Engelke, Ina (Hannover : Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Umweltplanung, 2018)
    Athens is exposed to high heat stress that has negative effects on its residents. This paper presents an approach to tackle the problem by empowering the community and strengthening local solidarity. The area examined in ...

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