[ΓΦ4500] Specific topics of Geography (5 ECTS credits)

Link to the english version of the official website which is still under construction... on 2024, May 31.

See on the website of EuroGeographics, an independent international not-for-profit organisation representing Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities: https://eurogeographics.org/member/hellenic-cadastre/ 

The Hellenic Cadastre INSPIRE Geoportal:  https://www.ktimanet.gr/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page 

Also a description in English from the Linkedin profile (!!!): The NATIONAL CADASTRE & MAPPING AGENCY S.A. company is a Legal Entity of Private Law and its mission is the study, development and operation of the Hellenic Cadastre. The company was founded with a joint decision of the Minister of Economy and Finance and the Minister of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (Decision 81706/6085/6-10-1995/Government Gazette 872Β/19-10-1995). NCMA S.A. operates according to the rules of private finance and the provisions of article 5 of Law 2229/1994, of the coded Law 2190/1920, of Law 2308/1995 and Law Ν.2664/1998, as these stand today. Furthermore, the company does not fall under the class of organizations and businesses of the broader state sector; regulations that concern companies directly or indirectly owned by the State do not apply to NCMA S.A.

Official EU's Commission website of INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe)

Greek website in English version (description only - no tools): Geospatial Data INSPIRE Geoportal of the "Hellenic Cadastre"

The Hellenic Cadastre INSPIRE Geoportal: https://www.ktimanet.gr/geoportal/catalog/main/home.page

geodata.gov.gr provides open geospatial data and services for Greece, serving as a national open data catalogue, an INSPIRE-conformant Spatial Data Infrastructure, as well as a powerful foundation for enabling value added services from open data. Unfortunately, the geodata.gov.gr service has been suspended [most probably in Spring 2018]: https://ellak.gr/2015/12/to-neo-geodata-gov-gr-anikto-logismiko-gia-anikta-geochorika-dedomena/  2018-12-04 OPERATING AGAIN !

(visit on 2024, May 31) Notice: This translation is generated by eTranslation, the European Commission’s automated translation service. You can learn more by clicking here.

available from http://espon-interstrat.eu/flyers.html > COUNTRY BROCHURES: Current context of integrated territorial development strategic planning

About the project ESPON INTERTSRAT (ended on 30 April 2012, see http://espon-interstrat.eu/integratedstrategies.html

Proceedings:  European spatial planning and landscape, No 99

Corporate Author: : Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (European Commission), European Commission

Subject: economic and social cohesion, EU regional policy, Greece , regional disparity , regional planning , town and country planning

"This report analyses Greek legislation in a number of sectors and identifies about 350 legal provisions which could be removed or amended to lift regulatory barriers to competition. The work undertaken in the project has involved the review of over 1 200 pieces of legislation in these sectors of the economy, using the OECD Competition Assessment Toolkit. The analysis of the legislation and of the Greek sectors has been complemented by research into international experience and consultation with stakeholders from the public and private sectors" Read more and read on line for free.

OECD (2017), OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Greece 2017, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264088276-en

About Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems. Based at Oxford Martin Programme on Global Development

(Wikipedia) "Our World in Data (OWID) is a scientific online publication that focuses on large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality.  It is a project of the Global Change Data Lab, a registered charity in England and Wales, and was founded by Max Roser, a social historian and development economist. The research team is based at the University of Oxford."

(Statens Serum Institute, DK.) "Our mission is to reinforce the EU's preparedness to respond to potential risk of all hazards by a continued operation of the EuroMOMO network which ensures quality checked, standardised weekly mortality monitoring." Greece is EuroMOMO networks' partner.

(Excerpt of history)"The overall objective of the original European Mortality Monitoring Project was to design a routine public health mortality monitoring system aimed at detecting and measuring, on a real-time basis, excess number of deaths related to influenza and other possible public health threats across participating European Countries. This objective was originally targeted in a (E.C.) DG Sanco supported project that ran from 2008-2011."

 "A private, non-profit, public-benefit research organisation. It was established in 1975 with the dual purpose of promoting research on current problems and prospects of the Greek economy and its sectors and of generating reliable information, analysis and proposals for action that are non produced elsewhere and can thus be of high value to policy makers in the context of economic policy making." 
"In that sense, IOBE holds a unique position in Greek society: it is the only politically independent, non-partisan body dealing with major issues of the economy, and it aspires to being pro-active, that is, it seeks to identify, at an early stage, economic issues that can become crucial in the future and to propose timely solutions for these."

Scenes of water | Water and the City | Water Flaneurs - Halandri

"A growing collection of interactive maps exploring water as a cultural resource at a time of climate change."

Hydro-Heritage Cities network that collaborates on adapting the know-how of the Urban Innovative Actions project Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. in diverse local contexts. Building on Chalandri’s integrated, participatory approach, the network draws inspiration from the revitalisation of a still-functioning Roman aqueduct, which was re-integrated into urban life. Hydro-Heritage Cities aims to test and refine this model as a prototype for regenerating cultural heritage sites linked to water in a sustainable, community-driven way, while also addressing climate change challenges and strengthening citizens' sense of belonging and ownership.

Hydro-Heritage Cities network that collaborates on adapting the know-how of the Urban Innovative Actions project Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. in diverse local contexts. Building on Chalandri’s integrated, participatory approach, the network draws inspiration from the revitalisation of a still-functioning Roman aqueduct, which was re-integrated into urban life. Hydro-Heritage Cities aims to test and refine this model as a prototype for regenerating cultural heritage sites linked to water in a sustainable, community-driven way, while also addressing climate change challenges and strengthening citizens' sense of belonging and ownership.

POULOPOULOU Maria (2015), Modern Greek Grammar Notes for Absolute Beginners. A User-friendly Grammar for Levels A1/A2, [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4393 

...a course provided for free by Kypros-Net in collaboration with the CyBC to teach the modern Greek language online

"The complete conjugations of around 1,000 modern Greek verbs for free. Each verb has been fully conjugated in all tenses and is representative of each type and model of every modern Greek verb."

With English subtitles. Available until We. 30.04/2025 23:59 - Directed byMarina Danezi

The documentary "SPLENDID CITY - Athens Urban Stories" highlights the unwritten story of the capital. Men and women, ordinary people and iconic personalities, restless artists and hard workers, young and not so young ones, authentic urban residents and internal emigrants, locals and refugees, share their stories, their various perspectives, their minor or major achievements and their special signs of communication in the common urban environment.

'Imagining Greece' is an evolving research-based exhibition that explores how social, political, and cultural forces have shaped Greece's image as a tourist destination.