Decoupling analysis to assess the impact of land use patterns on carbon emissions: A case study in the Yellow River Delta efficient eco-economic zone, China

Q Wang, C Yang, M Wang, L Zhao, Y Zhao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigating how land use patterns impact on carbon emissions is crucial, as land use
change is a major cause of increased carbon emission. High Efficiency Eco-economic Zone …

Adaptive reuse for sustainable development and land use: A multivariate linear regression analysis estimating key determinants of public perceptions

I Vardopoulos - Heritage, 2023 - mdpi.com
Adaptive reuse is a rapidly expanding frontier study area across the world. Adaptive reuse
can have a significant influence in relation to contemporary trends in (peri-) urban …

Shaping sustainable cities: a long-term GIS-emanated spatial analysis of settlement growth and planning in a coastal Mediterranean European city

I Vardopoulos, S Ioannides, M Georgiou, I Voukkali… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
European cities have experienced rapid (and often conflicting) transformations that include,
inter alia, the environment, the economy, society, climate change, and access to affordable …

[HTML][HTML] What is happening in shrinking medium-sized cities? A correlational analysis and a multiple linear regression model on the case of Spain

LA Escudero-Gomez, JA Garcia-Gonzalez… - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
In Europe, urban shrinkage has emerged as a prominent and concerning phenomenon. It is
affecting an increasingly large number of cities, particularly small and medium-sized ones …

Measuring Circularity: Tools for monitoring a smooth transition to Circular Economy

I Papamichael, I Voukkali, P Loizia, M Stylianou… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
The linear economy of today's society conflicts with many environmental, social, and
economic challenges. Therefore, the implementation of the Circular Economy model is …

[HTML][HTML] Spatially Explicit Analysis of Landscape Structures, Urban Growth, and Economic Dynamics in Metropolitan Regions

I Vardopoulos, M Maialetti, D Scarpitta, L Salvati - Urban Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
Assuming that settlement morphologies and landscape structures are the result of economic
transformations, the present study illustrates a statistical framework investigating …

Urban buildings sustainable adaptive reuse into tourism accommodation establishments: a SOAR analysis

I Vardopoulos, K Giannopoulos, E Papaefthymiou… - Discover …, 2023 - Springer
This study, conducted as part of the 'RETOU'research project, aims to provide a holistic
understanding of adaptive reuse in the context of transforming heritage buildings into …

Conceptualizing the nexus between spatiotemporal shrinkage patterns of natural cities and driving mechanisms: Insights into urban shrinkage in Northeast China

X Chen, W Lang, Y Yuan, G Yan, X Hou - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban shrinkage has become an inevitable problem for the sustainable urban development.
For a long time, the administrative perspective has been the dominant perspective in urban …

[HTML][HTML] Early Desertification Risk in Advanced Economies: Summarizing Past, Present and Future Trends in Italy

M Maialetti, R Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, I Vardopoulos… - Earth, 2024 - mdpi.com
Being located in the middle of Southern Europe, and thus likely representing a particularly
dynamic member of Mediterranean Europe, Italy has experienced a sudden increase in …

Evaluating and simulating the impacts of land use patterns on carbon emissions in coal resource-based regions: A case study of shanxi province, China

K Wang, Z Li, Z Xu, J Wang, M Jia, L Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is essential for sustainable development worldwide to reduce carbon emissions (CE),
however, how land use patterns in coal resource-based regions (CRBRs) affect CE remains …