Helen Briassoulis

Ôitle: Professor, Department Head
Scientific Field: Physical Geography
Telephone number: +30 22510 36401
Fax: +30 22510 36499
Office: University Hill, Mytilene 81100, Lesvos, Greece
Email: e.briassouli@aegean.gr

Studies:

Ph.D. in Regional Planning, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

M.U.P. (Urban Planning), Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA

Dipl. in Architecture (Lic.), School of Architecture, Nat. Technical Univ. of Athens, Greece

FELLOWSHIPS-SCHOLARSHIPS

I.K.Y. scholarships, 1971-74

NATO, fellowship, 1981-82

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CERL research assistantship, 1983-85

NATO, CCMS fellowship to participate in pilot study "Pollution Prevention Strategies for Sustainable Development", 1991-94

AWARDS

American Institute of Certified Planners Student Award, 1984

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece

Member of the Regional Science Association International

Member of the Association of Greek Urban and Regional Planners

POSITIONS HELD

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

"Special Regional Planning Study of the Islands Kos, Astypalea, Symi, Nisyros, Gyali, Kalymnos". ENVIREG programme. Principal consultants: Doxiades Associates, 1993.

"Study for the Unification of the Archaeological Places of the Center of Athens; Analysis of the Cognitive Structure of the Center of Athens" with J. Stefanou and D. Papaioannou, Ministry of Culture, October 1988.

"Evaluation of the Planned Housing Projects of Xanthi and Komotini" with K.Sophoulis and Y. Chatzikian, National Mortgage Bank of Greece, December 1988.

"Development of Shopping Centers in Greece as a Factor of Development", National Mortgage Bank of Greece, 1983-84.

PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Module coordinator , Module 4: "Development of a Desertification Policy Support Framework" of the research programme MEDACTION "Policies for Land Use to Combat Desertification". (Coordinator: Jan Rotmans, U. of Maastricht), Contract No.: ENVK2-CT-2000-00085 EC, DGXII, 2001-2003.

MEDALUS (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use). EEC/DG-XII. Responsible Scientist of the Greek team: Dr. C. Kosmas, Agricultural University of Athens (1996-1999).

"Operational Emergency Plan for the Municipality of Heraklion, Crete, for the Case of Earthquake Emergencies". Organization for Seismic Protection (OASP), 1995-96.

"Auditing and Safety Management for Safe Operation and Land Use Planning: A Cross-National Comparison and Validation Exercise", ), EEC, DG XII. Responsible Scientist of the Greek team: I.A. Papazoglou, NCSR Demokritos, Institute for Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection (1993-94).

Project manager of the project: "Development and application of a multicriteria evaluation methodology for regional planning and siting of major hazard plants with a focus on the southern countries of the EC". EEC/DG-XII, STEP programme (1991-1993).

SOCRATES (Safety Optimization Criteria for Risk and Tools for Emergencies and Siting), EEC, DG XII, STEP programme. Project Manager: I.A. Papazoglou, NCSR Demokritos, Institute for Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection (1991-94).

"Energy planning for Thrace (Greece) based on environmentally acceptable exploitation of local energy sources". EEC, DG-XVII. Scientific manager: Prof. S. Kyritsis, Agricultural University of Athens (1991-1992).

MEMBER OF COMMITTEES/WORKING GROUPS

Member of Working Group on the Socio-economic Dimensions of Desertification, National Committee on Desertification (1997 - )

COURSES TAUGHT

University of the Aegean, Department of Geography

• Introduction to Social Statistics (undergraduate)
• Social Statistics -- Hypothesis Testing (undergraduate)
• Multivariate Analysis and Time Series Analysis (undergraduate)
• Methods of demographic Annalysis (undergraduate)
• Methods of Regional Analysis (undergraduate & graduate)
• Research Methodology/Survey research (undergraduate & graduate)

University of the Aegean, Interdepartmental Program of Graduate Studies in "Planning, Management and Policy of Tourism", Department of Geography (Coordinator: Department of Business Administration of the U. of the Aegean, Chios)

• Methods in the Social Sciences
• Tourism Planning

Agricultural University of Athens, Program of Graduate Studies in "Environmental Management"

• Environmental Planning

University of Cincinnati

• Environmental Planning and Impact Assessment (graduate)
• Introduction to Land Use and Environmental Planning (grad/under)
• Seminar on Land Use and Environmental Planning (graduate)
• Quantitative Analysis I (Introduction to Statistics for Social Scientists (graduate)
• Quantitative Analysis II (Regression Analysis) (graduate)
• Methods in Urban Planning (Demographic, Economic and Evaluation Model (graduate)
• Methods of Research I (Introduction to Research, Survey Research) (undergrad)
• Methods of Research II (Demographic, Economic, Evaluation Models) (Undergrad)
• Theories of Urban Spatial Structure (grad/under)
• Methods of Economic Development Planning (graduate)
• Introduction to Research (graduate)
• Comparative Planning in Third World Countries (workshop)

Topics supervised:

1) Adaptive reuse of historic buildings in Lesvos;

2) Evaluation of the Industrial Areas Program in Greece

Advising graduate students for Master's thesis research

Southeastern College

• Statistics I and Statistics II

PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

1. "The institutional complexity of environmental policy and planning problems: The example of Mediterranean Desertification", Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2003, forthcoming).

2. " The ‘ commons ' – Resources of collective ownership and collective responsibility : Concepts, problems and the question of their management". Aeichoros (2003, forthcoming).

3. "Golf and tourism: The invisible sides of the moon". Geografies (2003, forthcoming). (in Greek)

4. "Crete: Endowed by nature, privileged by geography, threatened by tourism?". Journal of Sustainable Tourism , Vol. 11, No. 2&3 (2003, forthcoming).

5. "Sustainable tourism and the question of the commons". Annals of Tourism Research Vol. 29, No. 4 (2002).

6. "Sustainable development and its indicators: Through a (planner's) glass darkly". Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 44, No.3, 2001

7. "Policy-oriented integrated analysis of land use change: An analysis of data needs". Environmental Management , Vol. 26, No. 2 (2001).

8. (with J. Papazoglou and G. Bonanos) "Risk Informed Decision Making in Land Use Planning" Journal of Risk Research 3(1): 69-92 (2000).

9. "Tourism and biodiversity: Impacts and issues", European Nature , No.3: 3, November 1999.

10. " Who plans whose sustainability? Alternative roles for planners". Journal of Environmental Planning and Management , Vol. 42, No.6, 1999.

11. "Sustainable development and the informal sector: An uneasy relationship?", Journal of Environment and Development , Vol. 8, No.3, 1999.

12. "The socio-economic drivers of land use change in the island of Lesvos, Greece", Mediterraneo , No. 12/13 (1998).

13. "Evaluation: Teaching, research, applications". Review of Administrative Science , 5: 137-149 (1998-99). (in Greek).

14. "How the others plan: Exploring the shape and forms of informal planning". Journal of Planning Education and Research , Vol. 17, No.2, 1998.

15. "Sustainability indicators: A critical review of the literature". TOPOS, 1997 (in Greek).

16. with M. Installe "An integrated, multistage, multicriteria methodology for siting hazardous wastes management facilities: Theoretical framework and illustrative application". Journal of Resource Management and Technology , Vol.23, No.3, 1996.

17. "Land development in the vicinity of hazardous facilities: A compromise assignment procedure". Environment and Planning B , Vol. 22, 1995.

18. "Environmental criteria in industrial facility siting decisions: An analysis". Environmental Management , Vol.19, N0. 2, 1995.

19. "Pollution prevention for sustainable development: The land use question". International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology , Vol.1, No. 2, 1994.

20. "Water Shortage in the Greater Athens Area: Assessing the Effectiveness of Recent Water Conservation Measures". Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management , November 1994.

21. "The Planning Uses of Fire: Reflections on the Greek Experience". Journal of Environmental Planning and Management , Vol.35, No.2, 1992.

22. "Methodological Issues in Input-Output Analysis Applied to Tourism Impact Studies". Annals of Tourism Research , Vol.18, No.4, 1991.

23. "Allocating Sulfur Dioxide Emission Reductions for Acid Deposition Control: An Assignment Problem Formulation". Energy and Environment , Vol.1, No.3, 1990.

24. "Theoretical Orientations in Environmental Planning: An Inquiry into Alternative Styles". Environmental Management , Vol.13, No.4, 1989.

25. "Impact Assessment of Acid Deposition Control Bills: An Evaluation of Selected Models". Journal of Environmental Management , March 1989.

26. "Environmental Negotiation: An Organizational Framework for Solving the Acid Deposition Control Puzzle". Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association , Vol. 37, No. 4, April 1987.

27. "Compromise Solutions to the Acid Deposition Control Problem: A Theoretical Model and Some Simulation Results". Environmental Management , Vol. 11, No.2, March 1987.

28. "Integrated Economic-Environmental-Policy Modeling at the Regional and Multiregional Levels: Methodological Characteristics and Issues", Growth and Change , Vol. 17, No.3, July 1986.

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

1. "The institutional complexity of policy making to combat desertification in Mediterranean Europe". Proceedings MEDRAP Workshop No. 3 on Degradation and Protection of Resources in the Northern Mediterranean: Social, Economic and Political Aspects. January 16-18, 2003, Montpellier, France .

2. "Sustainable tourism and the question of the commons: The case of the islands". Proceedings International Scientific Conference « Tourism in islands and special destinations », Chios, Greece 14-16 December 2000 ( on CD - rom ).

3. "Sustainable Development and its Indicators: Through a (Regional Planner's) Glass Darkly". Proceedings 6 th World Congress of the Regional Science Association "Regional Science in a Small World", Lugano, Switzerland, 16-20 May 2000 (on CD-rom).

4. with C. Kosmas and S. Gerontidis "Determinants of Land Use Change in the island of Lesvos, Greece" Proceedings of THE EARTH'S CHANGING LAND GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference on Global Change, Barcelona, Spain, 14-18 March 1998 (forthcoming).

5. "Sustainable Tourism Policies: The Implementation Toils". Proceedings , 1st International Scientific Congress "Tourism and Culture for Sustainable Development", Athens 19-21 Ì ay 1998 (on CD-rom).

6. "Data needs for intertemporal, integrated analysis of land use change at the local level". Proceedings , 1 st Data Requirements Workshop "Survey of needs, gaps and priorities on data for land use/land cover research". LUCC Report Series No.3. International Biosphere- Geosphere Programme/International Human Development Programme, Land Use and Cover Change, Barcelona, 11-14 November 1997.

7. "Sustainable Development Indicators: Decision Support Instruments in Environmental Planning and Management". Proceeedings of the International conference: "Protection and Restoration of the Environment III", Chania, Crete, Greece, 27- 30 August 1996.

8. "The environmental impacts of spatial policies: Methodological issues of assessment and evaluation". Proceedings, scientific conference "Regional Development, Planning and the Environment in the Context of United Europe". Pantion University, Athens, 1-16 December, 1995.

9. "Determining the uses of land in the vicinity of major hazard installations: An optimization algorithm"; coauthor: I.A. Papazoglou. Proceedings of the conference "Computer Support for Environmental Impact Assessment", October 6-8, 1993, Como, Italy. Elsevier Publishing Company.

10. "Tourism and the Environment: Planning Issues and Approaches", Proceedings , International Symposium on the Architecture of Tourism in the Mediterranean, Yildiz University, October 1991.

11. "Simulating the Regional Economic Impacts of Four Alternative Acid Deposition Control Options". Proceedings , 18th Modeling and Simulation Conference, April 1987, Pittsburgh, Pa.

12. with M.C.Romanos, "Recent Shifts in U.S. Resource and Environmental Policies". In Agostino Labella, ed. Techniche e modelli per la Programmazione Regionale , Istituto di Analisi dei Sistemi ed Informatica del Consiglio de Riserche e Franco Angeli, Rome, Italy, March 1987 (in Italian).

13. "Input-Output Analysis and Pollution Damage Costs: An Integration". Proceedings , 17th Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 1986.

DISSERTATIONS

· "An Integrated Modeling Approach to the Study of Impacts of Acid Deposition Control Regulations", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Il., 1985.

· "Evaluation of the Use of the Gravity Shopping Model from a Planning Viewpoint", Master's thesis, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, 1984.

DISCUSSIONS

Letter to the editor commenting on the paper "Influences of Context and Process on Project Planning Success" by Bryson, Bromiley and Jung. Journal of Planning Education and Research , Vol.10, No.3, 1991.

BOOKS AND BOOKS EDITOR

· Land Use Change: Theoretical and Modeling Approaches . Web Book of Regional Science , S. Loveridge, ed. Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University, June 2000. http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook/Briassoulis/contents.htm

· with Jan van der Straaten Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic, Cultural and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2 nd revised edition, 2000.

· with Jan van der Straaten Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1. "Crete: Endowed by nature, privileged by geography, threatened by tourism?". In, Bill Bramwell ( editor) Coastal Mass Tourism. Diversification and Sustainable Development in Southern Europe . Clevendon, UK., Channel View Publications.

2. "Factors affecting changes in land use and land cover" in Land Use and Land Cover, in UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK (electronic edition – http://www.eolss.net, forthcoming 2003 ).

3. "Land use changes and global aggregate impacts" in Land Use and Land Cover, in UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK (electronic edition -- http://www.eolss.net forthcoming 2003 ).

4. "Methodological Issues in Input-Output Analysis Applied to Tourism Impact Studies", Annals of Tourism Research , Vol.18, No.4, 1991. Reprinted in: The Economics of Tourism , Tisdell, C.A. (ed.)., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (2000).

5. "Sustainable development the formal or the informal way? The case of Southern Europe". In K. Eder and M. Kousis (eds.) "The Europeanization of Environmental Politics: Sustainable Development in Southern Europe", Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht The Netherlands (2000).

6. "Tourism Development Planning: Characteristic Approaches" in Tourism Development: Multi-disciplinary Approaches , P. Tsartas, editor, Exantas, Athens (2000) (in Greek).

7. with Jan van der Straaten, "Tourism and the environment: An overview", in H. Briassoulis and Jan van der Straaten, eds. Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic, and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2 nd , revised edition (2000) (revised chapter).

8. "Environmental Impacts of Tourism: A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation", in H. Briassoulis and Jan van der Straaten, eds. Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic, and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2 nd , revised edition (2000) (revised chapter).

9. "Sustainable tourism policy implementation: an ex ante critical examination", in H. Briassoulis and Jan van der Straaten Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic, Cultural and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2 nd , revised edition (2000).

10. "Environmental Criteria in Industrial Facility Siting", chapter 1 in Vol. 11, Advances in Environmental Control Technology , Gulf Publishing, Houston, USA (1996).

11. "Spatial policies and environmental quality in Greece: 1970-1992" with C. Sofoulis. In "Environmental Protection in Greece: 1970-1992", M. Skourtos and C. Sofoulis, eds. Athens, Greece: Gutenberg, 1995 (in Greek).

12. "EIA in Greece" with Z. Nivolianitou in Environmental Impact Assessment; Practice in the E.C. , P.Wathern and S. Russell, eds. Belhaven Press (1995).

13. "The environmental internalities oftourism: Theoretical analysis and policy implications". In Sustainable Tourism , P. Nijkamp and H. Coccossis, eds., Avebury, 1995.

14. "Tourism in Greece", in W. Pompl and P. Lavery, eds. Tourism in Europe: Structures and Developments , CAB International, 1993.

15. with Jan van der Straaten, "Tourism and the environment: An overview", in H. Briassoulis and Jan van der Straaten, eds. Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic, and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.

16. "Environmental Impacts of Tourism: A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation", in H. Briassoulis and Jan van der Straaten, eds. Tourism and the Environment: Regional, Economic, and Policy Issues , Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.

BOOK REVIEWS

§ Book review «Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships: Practice and Sustainability» by Bramwell êáé Lane, eds. (Island Press 1999), in Environment and Planning C (2001).

§ Book review «Indicators for Sustainable Urban Development" by T. Deelstra êáé D. Boyd (eds.), (Institute for Sustainable Urban Development, 1998), in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (2001).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. H . Briassoulis in collaboration with M . Juntti êáé G . Wilson (2003). Mediterranean Desertification: Framing the Policy Context. European Commission, EUR 20731. Luxemburg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

2. Kosmas, C., J. Poesen and H. Briassoulis (1999) Key Indicators of Desertification at the ESA scale. In The MEDALUS project – Mediterranean desertification and land use; Manual on key indicators of desertification and mapping environmentally sensitive areas to desertification . C. Kosmas, M. Kirkby and N. Geeson, eds. Project report, EUR 18882, EU, DG XII, Brussels.

3. Kosmas, C., A. Ferrara, H. Briassoulis , and A. Imeson (1999) Methodology for Mapping Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) to desertification. In The MEDALUS project – Mediterranean desertification and land use; Manual on key indicators of desertification and mapping environmentally sensitive areas to desertification . C. Kosmas, M. Kirkby and N. Geeson, eds. Project report, EUR 18882, EU, DG XII, Brussels.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

1. with J. Stefanou "Introduction to the analysis of the Image of the city: from theory to praxis". technical report of the study: "Analysis of data for the unification of the archaeological sites of Athens in the center of Athens", Ministry of Culture, October 1988.

2. "Active Planning Programmes of Xanthi and Komotini". Main author: K. Sofoulis, Athens 1989.

3. "Energy planning of Thrace based on environmentally acceptable exploitation of local energy sources". Main authors: S. Kyritsis and L. Pyrgiotis, Commission of the European Communities, DG FOR ENERGY, September 1992.

4. Special Regional Planning Study of the islands Kos, Nisyros, Gyali, Symi, Kalymnos and Astypalea. Main contractor: Doxiades Associates, April 1993.

5. Development and Application of a Multicriteria Evaluation Methodology for Regional Planning and Siting of Major Hazard Plants with a Focus on the Southern regions of the EC. Commission of the European Communities, DG XII, STEP T90-0081 (TSTS).

6. SOCRATES (Safety Optimization Criteria for Risk and Tools for Emergencies and Siting). EEC, DG, Report author: J.A. Papazoglou and others, Division of Industrial Safety, Institute of Nuclea Technology and Radiation Protection, NCSR "Demokritos, 1995.

7. Auditing and Safety Management for Safe Operation and Land Use Planning: A Cross-National Comparison and Validation Exercise, EEC, DG XII. Report author: J.A. Papazoglou and others, Division of Industrial Safety, Institute of Nuclea Technology and Radiation Protection, NCSR "Demokritos, 1996.

OTHER REPORTS

1. "The social and economic dimensions of the phenomenon of desertification: The Greek experience. Contribution to the design of an action plan for Greece". Report submitted in the framework of my participation in the working group "Society and Economy" of the national Committee for Combating Desertification, May 1998.

2. "National action plan for combating desertification: proposed socio-economic measures and policies". Report submitted in the framework of my participation in the working group "Society and Economy" of the national Committee for Combtting Desertification, September 1998.

3. Final report of Workpackage 1: Study and analysis of the international experience on graduate studies in tourism. EPEAEK programme. Graduate Studies Programmes. Interdepartmental Graduate Studies Programme in Tourism Planning, Management and Policy, May 1999.

4. (with C. Kosmas) Driving Forces and Impacts of Rangeland Changes on Water Resources: The State of Research in Greece». MEDIAS, No. 13, March 2002 (National reports and studies. International Workshop on land use changes and cover in the Mediterranean region, Institute des Regions Arides, Medenine, Tunisia, 20-21 April, 2001.

PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW IN REFEREED JOURNALS

UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS

1. "An Approach to the Natural Landscape Planning; Methodological Framework and an Application ", September 1980.

2. "A Study for the Creation of a Regional Development Corpora­tion in the Aegean Islands Region", with M.C.Romanos, C.Chifos and P.Geor­giades, 1986.

REVIEWER

Environmental Management

Annals of Tourism Research

Journal of Environmental Management

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Review of Administrative Science (Greek)

Review of Social Research (Greek)

Texnika Chronika (Official Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece, Greek)

Geographies (Greek)

Aeichoros (Greek)

MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARDS

Environmental Management

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED

2003 Meeting of the Italian National Committee to Combat Desertification (Desertification: Actors, Research, Policies). Rome , 20 November 2003. ( Round table discussion. Topic discussed : Spatial planning for preventing, mitigating and monitoring desertification processes).

2003 EU-MEDIN Forum on Disaster Research "The Road to Harmonisation", 26-27 May 2003, Thessaloniki, Greece (Paper presented: ‘Desertification Control in Mediterranean Europe: The Challenges for Spatial Planning and the Call for Policy Integration)

2003 DESERTLINKS and MEDACTION Science Conference ‘Desertification: Our Future, Our Choice', 15-19 May 2003, Ericeira, Portugal (Paper presented: ‘A Desertification Policy Support Framework for the EU and the Four Annex IV EU Member States (Greece, Italy, Spain And Portugal)')

2003 Third MEDRAP Workshop on "Degradation and Protection of Resources in the Northern Mediterranean: Socio-Economic and Political Aspects", 16-18 January 2003, Montpellier, France (Paper presented: ‘ The Institutional Complexity of Policy Making to Combat Desertification in Mediterranean Europe')

2002 XVI AESOP CONGRESS " Planning in Border Regions", Volos, Greece, July 10-15. Paper presented : « Complex Environmental Policy and Planning Problems and Resource Regimes: The Case ïf Desertification ".

2000 International Scientific Conference "Tourism in Islands and Special Destinations", Chios 14-17 December 2000. Paper presented: "Sustainable tourism and the "tragedy of the commons": The case of the islands".

2000 6 th World Congress of the Regional Science Association "Regional Science in a Small World", Lugano,

Switzerland, 16-20 May 2000. Paper presented: "Sustainable Development and its Indicators: Through a (Regional Planner's) Glass Darkly".

1999 Invited speaker , Master ' s programme, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete , Chania, Crete. Topic:" Sustainable development: Hundreds of indicators in search of content ", November 23 1999.

1999 International Conference "Sustainable Development and Spatial organization of the European Territory: Prospects for the 21 st Century in the European Union, its Member States, The Balkans and Black Sea Countries". Athens, Greece, 13-16 May 1999. Paper presented: " Who plans whose sustainability? The planner's role in the sustainable becoming".

1998 Data Gathering and Compilation Workshop (International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme/International Human Development Programme, Land Use and Cover Change and IGBP-DIS. Barcelona, November 18-20, 1998. Paper presented: "Integrated socioeconomic-environmental model building at the local level: The data compilation toils in the case of Lesvos, Greece

1998 1st International Scientific Congress "Tourism and Culture for Sustainable Development", Athens, May 19-21, 1998. Paper presented: "Implementing Sustainable Tourism Development Policies: An Ex Ante Critical Examination".

1998 Workshop "Environmental Movements, Discourses and Policies in Southern Europe", Department of Sociology, University of Crete, 7-10 May, 1998. Paper presented: "Sustainable development the formal or the informal way? The case of Southern Europe".

1997 Scientific symposium: "Teaching and research for organizations and administration", Athens, December 8, 1998. Paper to be presented: "Evaluation: teaching, research, implementation".

1997 2 nd EC-LUCC Electronic Conference. "LUCC-related research in Europe". Organized by the European Union and LUCC. 21 November- 19 December 1997.

1997 Data Requirements Workshop (International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme/International Human Development Programme, Land Use and Cover Change and IGBP-DIS. Barcelona, November 11-14, 1997. Paper presented: "Data needs for intertemporal, integrated analysis of land use change at the local level".

1997 37th European Congress of the Regional Science Association, August 27-30, 1997, Rome, Italy. Paper presented: "Sustainable development and the Informal sector: An uneasy relationship?"

1997 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community. Paper presented: "Integrated analysis of land use change at the local/regional level: Methodological approach and case study of the island of Lesvos, Greece". 12-14 June 1997, Laxenburg, Austria.

1996 Scientific conference "Protection of the Environment III", August 27-30, 1996, Chania, Crete. Paper presented: "Sustainable Development Indicators: Decision Support Systems in Spatial Planning and Management".

1995 Scientific conference "Regional Development, Regional Panning and the Environment in the Framework of the United Europe", December 15-16, 1995, Athens, Pantion University. Paper presented: "The Environmental Impacts of Spatial Policies: Methodological and Practical Issues of Assessment and Evaluation".

1993 CSEIA 93 -- Computer Support for Environmental Impact Assessment of major hazard installations" (Coauthor: I.A. Papazoglou), October 6-8, Como, Italy Conference. Paper to be presented "Determining the uses of land in the vicinity.

1993 NATO-CCMS pilot study workshop and meeting: "Pollution Prevention: Techniques and Technologies". Paper presented: "Pollution Prevention for Sustainable Development: The Land Use Question". Graz, Austria, April 27-28, 1993.

1992 International Conference: "Tourism and the Environment: Policy, Planning and Management Issues", Mytilini, October 23-24, 1992. Paper presented: The Environmental Internalities of Tourism: Theoretical Analysis and Policy Implications".

1992 Workshop on "Tourism and the Environment: Evaluation Methodologies", Lisbon, Portugal, April 8-9, 1992. Invited speaker: "Tourism and the Environment: An Integrated Framework Evaluation Model".

1991 International Symposium on Architecture of Tourism in the Mediterranean, Instanbul, Turkey, 13-16 October 1991. Invited speaker: "Tourism and the Environment: Planning Issues and Approaches".

1991 11th Conference on Planning, Saving, Energy Alternatives and Use of Coal, Zaragoza, Spain, 7-9 October, 1991. Paper authored (with S. Kyritsis and L. Pyrgiotis): "Energy planning in Thrace (Greece) based on environmentally acceptable exploitation of local energy sources".

1991 31st European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Lisboa, Portugal. Papers: "The Planning Uses of Fire: A Case Study of Greece"; with Jan van der Straaten: "Environmental Deterioration in Tourism". Chairman of session "Analytical advances in Regional Science".

1990 30th European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Istabul, Turkey, August 28-31, 1990. Paper presented: "Environmental Impacts of Tourism: A Framework for Analysis and Evaluation". Chairman of session "Environmental Impacts of Tourism".

1990 Symposium "Studies in Urban and Regional Planning". Department of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens. January 23-24, 1990. Paper presented: "Studies in Urban and Regional Planning: Proposal for a program of studies".

1989 SEFITALIA 89 Conference (European Society for Engineering Education), Naples Italy, September 17-20, 1989. (Paper presented: "Defending the Environment: The role of the engineer revisited; implications for engineering education").

1987 27th European Congress of the Regional Science Association, Athens, Greece, August, 25-28, 1987. (Paper presented: "Multiregional Economic-Environmental Models in Environmental Policy Making: What is their Market Potential?")

1987 Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 23-25, 1987 (Paper presented: "Simulating the Regional Economic Impacts of Four Acid Deposition Control Options")

1987 Southern Regional Science Association Conference, Atlanta, Ga. March 26-28, 1987 (Paper presented: "Compromise Solutions to the Acid Deposition Control Problem: A Theoretical Model and Some Simulation Results"; paper discussed: "Regional Context of Backward Culture and regional Economic Development in a Rural Southern Community" by John Roper)

1986 Annual Conference of the American Geograhers Association, Minneapolis, Mn., May 3-7, (Paper presented: "Analysis of Impacts of Acid Deposition Control Policies by Means of an Integrated Economic- Environmental Model").

1986 17th Modeling and Simulation Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa. April 24-25, 1986 (Paper presented: "Input- Output Analysis and Pollution Damage Costs: An Integration).

1985 MidContinent Regional Science Association Conference, Duluth, Mn., June 6-8, 1985 (Paper presented: "Regional Economic Impacts of Acid Deposition Control Regulations: Partitioned Matrix Solution of an Interregional Input-Output Model").

PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH MEETINGS

Concerted Action on Mediterranean Desertification Thinktank 4: Human Dimensions of Mediterranean Desertification , Naples, Italy 24-26 July 1998.

COST 623-WG3 meeting, "Soil erosion data for prediction and control of land degradation", Brussels, 18-19 November 1999.

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES COMMITTEES

Member of the scientific committee of the Hellenic Demographic Conference "Population and Development in Greece", 19-20 November 1998, Commercial and Industrial Chamber of Greece.

Member of the scientific committee of the "Third International Symposium Remote Sensing of Urban Areas», July 2001.

Member of the scientific committee of the Conference «Less Favored Areas (LFA's) and development Strategies: Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions and Support Mechanisms », 20-23 November 2003.

Member of the scientific committee of the 1 st Pan-Hellenic Environmental Conference, 7-9 May 2004, Orestiada, Greece.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCE

• Environmental/Energy/Economic Planning and Policy Analysis
• Integrated Economic/Environmental/Energy Modeling
• Environmental Conflict Resolution, Mediation, and Negotiation
• Tourism and its Environmental Impacts
• Planning Theory and Decision Making
• Planning Methods (Demographic, Economic, Evaluation, Integrated Models)
• Multicriteria Analysis and Evaluation