This chapter focuses on the politics of closed borders and deterrence that has been enforced since the Schengen Agreement 1985 but which has proliferated in the aftermath of the 2015 ‘refugee crisis’ >>> Iliadou, E. Border Harms and Everyday Violence, 23-44 (2023) Recent related articles in this category All articles in this category >>>
This chapter explores the legacies and memories of forced migration, borders and violence, focusing on Greece and Lesvos in particular. It begins by looking at the Greek Genocide (1914-1923) and the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922 >>> Iliadou, E Border Harms and Everyday Violence 45-71 (2023) Recent related articles in this category All articles in…
Tourism industry, one of the most dynamic industries worldwide is also one of the most vulnerable to crisis and disaster. This is mainly due to the fact that tourism is closely related and influenced by many external factors such as exchange rates, the political and economic environment, climate, and weather conditions. Tourism success is directly…
The following text provides an analysis of the current use of regional products in the tourism development of Lesvos (Greece). It is focusing on the strategies for regionalization of food … >>> Klein, A., Rein, H. TW Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft 6(1),107-12 (2014) Recent related articles in this category
PM2.5 concentrations in urban areas vary significantly spatially and seasonally. Measurements can be affected by multiply parameters such as anthropogenic activities, meteorological conditions as well as land use. In the present study one-year PM2.5 measurements from the network of low-cost sensors deployed at six Aegean Sea islands (Lemnos, Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, and Syros) were…
The process of integration of Lesbos in the Roman Empire relied both on war and diplomacy. The history of the cities of the biggest island of the northern Aegean, during the events that led to the consolidation of Roman dominion, from the time of Sulla to that of Augustus, makes them typical examples of the…
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of tourism activities on olive tree cultivation and the human population of the island of Lesbos. The presence or absence of … >>> Loumou, A., Giourga, C., Dimitrakopoulos, P., Koukoulas, S. Environmental Management 26, 363-70 (2000) Recent related articles in this category
Vatera is a Late Pliocene (~2 Ma) locality in the southern part of Lesvos Island, Greece, in which a mainland fauna of large vertebrates has been found and systematically excavated. The fauna is composed of the typical European mammals of that time: horses (Equus), giraffes (Mitilanotherium), gazelles (Gazella), antelopes (Gazellospira), oxes (Leptobos), raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes),…
After more than four months of hot and dry weather in much of Greece, olive farmers and olive oil producers cite rain as the most critical factor for a substantial olive oil crop in the country in the coming 2024/25 crop year. “The drought has hit olive farming throughout the Mediterranean,” said Yiorgos Kokkinos, the president…
Yusra Mardini has still not fully recovered from her ordeal on the crossing from Turkey to Greece nine years ago in a boat packed with asylum seekers. ‘I have worked a lot with myself in order to deal with and navigate through everything that has happened to me and how it has impacted not just…