The Geography of Greece : Managing Crises and Building Resilience / edited by Régis Darques, George Sidiropoulos, Kostas Kalabokidis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Darquesiropoulos, Régis, editor.

Sid, George, editor.

Kalabokidis, Kostas, editor.

Series:

World Regional Geography Book Series, 2363-9091

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Ecology.

Earth sciences.

Architecture.

Bioclimatology.

Regional Geography.

Environmental Sciences.

Earth Sciences.

Cities, Countries, Regions.

Climate Change Ecology.

Local Subjects:

Regional Geography.

Environmental Sciences.

Earth Sciences.

Cities, Countries, Regions.

Climate Change Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

During the last few years, Greece has become a subject of increasing attention worldwide. Once praised for its ability to innovate and reform during the EU integration process, applauded for its remarkable job in managing the 2004 Olympics, the country fell into a financial crisis of unprecedented magnitude in 2008. Much has been said on this matter, and amid the morass of information a staggering number of untruths have been disseminated. In fact, the challenges of vulnerability and the paradigms of adaptation go way beyond finance and economy in Greece. Mega-fires, earthquakes, landslides and floods, migrations, sociopolitical upheavals, and armed conflicts generate emergency situations repeatedly. Because of its bridging role between natural and social sciences, geography can provide insights into the entire breadth of hazardous and chaotic events driving adaptation and change. Against all these threats, Greece has developed an enhanced resilience capacity. The purpose of this book is to help unravel the complexities of a fascinating country beyond clichés. This book is intended for students, researchers, scholars, and engineers interested in geography, land planning, urban studies, and environmental management. The crises issue intended as a guideline allows widening the audience to include the media, governmental and non-governmental agencies, and the public at large.

Contents:

Chapter1-Foreword- Greece Beyond the Crises, an Enhanced Resilience

Part I. Into the Depths of Historical Geography: Chapter 2. The Geoarcheology of Greece. Shaping Landscapes vs. Crises and Resilience of the Past

Chapter 3. Building a Territory in the Midst of State Crises

Chapter 4. Mapping Hellenism. The Challenge of a Scale Game

Chapter 5. The Greek Orthodox Church. A Unique Cultural and Social Environment

Part II. Conflicts and Compromises: Chapter6. Border Areas and Land Confines. Litigations, Defense, and Development

Chapter7. Water Resources Management and Policy in Greece: Challenges and Options

Chapter8. The Black Sea & Eastern Mediterranean (BSEM) Region and BRI: Macro-historical Tendencies and Geopolitical Models of Analysis

Chapter9. Tossed by the Waves but Never Sinking”: Greece, from the 1826 Default to the Modern Debt Crisis and its Aftermaths

Part III. Greek Miracles: Resilience through Innovation: Chapter 10. Athens, an American City by the Mediterranean Sea

Chapter 11. Greek Tourism: A Story of Success

Chapter 12. The Greek Urban Fabric. A Societal Triumph

Chapter 13. Advances in Transport and Infrastructure Development

Part IV. Managing Local Specifics: Towards New Pathways: Chapter 14. Living in Greece Outside Cities: Rural-Urban Relationships

Chapter 15. Greek Cities and Formal Planning

Chapter16. Real Estate Property and Cadaster: The Impact of New Mapping Techniques on Land Management and Planning in Greece

Chapter 17. Administrative and Territorial Structure in Modern Greece

Part V. Adaptation to Changing Dynamics: Chapter 18. In the Greek Countryside: Towards Modernization, Specialization, or Abandonment?

Chapter 19. Traveling the Country: Transportation Challenges and Mobility Management

Chapter 20. The Athos Peninsula. A Living Example of Continuity Over Time

Chapter21. Coastal Hazards and Related Impacts in Greece

Part VI. Emergency Situations and Chaotic Events: Chapter22.Pyro-Geography of the Greek Landscape

Chapter 23. Disaster and Recovery. Greece's Major Territorial Upheavals

Chapter 24. The Wonderful Weather of Greece

Chapter 25. Active Tectonics and Seismicity in Greece

Part VII. Oncoming Challenges: Chapter 26. Aspects of Climate Change in Greece

Chapter 27. Greece, Demographic Changes and Challenges

Chapter 28. Biodiversity Conservation vs. Ecological Modernization in Post-Crisis Greece: Environmental Syndemics and the Biodiversity Degradation Syndrome

Chapter 29. Greece as a Central Actor Amid Geostrategic Antagonisms in the South-Eastern Mediterranean Complex

Chapter 30. Epilogue- Resilience Through Diachrony?. .

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783031298196