Marilena Papageorgiou

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue over the significant role of MSP in organizing and planning coastal and marine tourism activities and especially in ensuring: a) good environmental conditions for the tourism industry to prosper, b) quality of seascapes and coastal landscapes and other resources of importance to tourism, c) adaptation to climate change effects, d) spatial regulations so that coastal and Marine space is not overwhelmed by tourism facilities and activities and e) wise allocation of human uses in the coastal zone so as to avoid conflicts and create synergies among sectors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors contribute to the ongoing discussion regarding the future of spatial planning in Greece, in view of achieving economic stabilisation and achieving economic growth, while spatial planning is still on hold, leading to further entrepreneurial hesitancy and to a further delay in meeting the State's requisite economic goals.

TL;DR: In this paper, a five-step strategy for considering underwater cultural heritage (UCH) in the marine space (MSP) under a place-based approach is proposed, with the aim of improving the economic value of UCH sites and objects.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss key differences in the marine environment (compared to the land), which affect marine spatial planning and governance and is structured around the following key issues: (i) the public status of the sea, which involves a wide spectrum of stakeholders (among them the maritime regimes), (ii) the sovereign rights in the sea that are not separately defined by each state but by UNCLOS, (iii) the geopolitical constraints on proclaiming EEZs that reduce the area within which each coastal country can practice MSP, and (iv) the usually non-defined

TL;DR: In this article, a case study conducted in the Greek UNESCO sites, revealed that despite the fact that most of the monuments are subjects of multiple zoning, little is accomplished for their spatial protection, either because zoning and planning launched by the Ministry for the Environment is absent or taking too long to get approved or because zoning deriving from the Ministry of Culture is void of spatial regulations.