- Assessing the Effects of Citizen Climate Literacy and Attitudes on Their ‘Greening’Behaviour in a Climate Change Hotspot Region of the Eastern Mediterranean
Climate change presents an urgent global challenge, manifesting in rising temperatures and extreme weather events with severe societal impacts. The Eastern Mediterranean, warming faster than…
- Arresting the ravages of time: Neoclassical architecture, with reference to some Neoclassical houses in Mytilene, Lesvos
This paper examines Neoclassical architecture, with special attention to some Neoclassical houses in Mytilene, Lesvos, Greece, with a view to articulating the spatio-temporal implications of…
- Long-Range Mineral Dust Transport Events in Mediterranean Countries
Mineral dust from desert areas accounts for a large portion of aerosols globally, estimated at 3–4 billion tons per year. Aerosols emitted from arid and…
- A Holistic Approach for Coastal–Watershed Management on Tourist Islands: A Case Study from Petra–Molyvos Coast, Lesvos Island (Greece)
Shoreline configurations are a complex outcome of the dynamic interplay between natural forces and human actions. This interaction shapes unique coastal morphologies and affects sediment…
- Scrutinizing the Statistical Distribution of a Composite Index of Soil Degradation as a Measure of Early Desertification Risk in Advanced Economies
Using descriptive and inferential techniques together with simplified metrics derived from the ecological discipline, we offer a long-term investigation of the Environmental Sensitive Area Index…
- The economic and environmental impact of fire preventive strategies in the Mediterranean region
Fire behaviour in the Mediterranean region has been altered by climate change. In the last decade, not only has the occurrence of fires increased but…
- Culinary Complexities in Turkey and Greece: On Food, Nation, and Identity in the Aegean
Relations between Greece and Turkey are often imagined in binary terms. A common question typifies such bilateral thinking: Is baklava Greek or Turkish? Popular discussions…
- Soil Degradation in the Mediterranean Region: Drivers and Future Trends
Soil sustains life and provides ecosystem services relevant for the environment, society, and the economy. However, soil is a finite resource and is vulnerable to…
- Optimizing energy-efficient building renovation: Integrating double-skin façades with solar systems in the Mediterranean landscape
According to the European Environment Agency, 85–95 % of today’s buildings will still be standing in 2050. As a result, there is an urgent need to…
- A systematic approach for assessing buildings with natural materials in the Mediterranean climate
Natural building materials, including bioaggregates and biocomposites, have been making a comeback in recent years, in an attempt to minimize the Embodied and Operational Energy…
- Protected areas, drought, and grazing regimes influence fire occurrence in a fire-prone Mediterranean region
Extreme fire seasons in the Mediterranean basin have received international attention due to the damage caused to people, livelihoods, and vulnerable ecosystems. There is a…
- Floating offshore wind potential for Mediterranean countries
Floating offshore wind is a promising renewable energy source for several Mediterranean Countries. The exploitation of this resource will contribute to reducing carbon dependence and…
- Technical and economic challenges for floating offshore wind deployment in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea
Offshore wind is nowadays already well developed in the North European countries. Ninety-nine percent of the offshore wind turbines are installed on fixed foundations in…
- The Other Side of Fire in a Changing Environment: Evidence from a Mediterranean Country
In forested ecosystems all over the world, usually, fire is the main disturbance, and due to global climate change, its effects are worsening in many…
