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Towards a contemporary research agenda for island branding: developments, challenges, and dynamics by Mitropoulou, Angeliki, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…This opinion paper aims at suggesting a research agenda for contemporary place branding by presenting developments, challenges and dynamics of the field based…”
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Sustainable local development on Aegean Islands: a meta-analysis of the literature by Karampela, Sofia, Papazoglou, Charoula, Kizos, Thanasis, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…Sustainable local development is central to debates on socioeconomic and environmental change. Although the meaning of sustainable local development is…”
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Accessibility of islands: towards a new geography based on transportation modes and choices by Karampela, Sofia, Kizos, Thanasis, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…Accessibility is a multifaceted concept that expresses the case of access between two points in space. For islands, accessibility is a key quality, since…”
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Evaluating the impact of agritourism on local development in small islands by Karampela, Sofia, Kizos, Thanasis, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…Tourism is an activity encompassing economy, society and nature. Besides mass tourism, many different forms of tourism activities and products have developed…”
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Accessibility of Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Aegean Islands (Greece) by Spilanis, Ioannis, Kizos, Thanasis, Petsioti, Paraskevi

“…Islands, especially smaller ones, are characterized by discontinuity of space and are considered as some of the least accessible areas. In this paper, we seek…”
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An exercise in decision support modelling for islands: a case study for a ‘typical’ Mediterranean island by Tsoukala, Anna, Spilanis, Ioannis, Banos-Gonzalez, Isabel, Martinez-Fernandez, Julia, Esteve-Selma, Miguel Angel, Tsirtsis, George

“…Decision support for island management must be based on quantitative tools able to integrate the natural, economic, and social environment, including the…”
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The European Regional Development Fund and Island Regions: An Evaluation of the 2000-06 and 2007-13 Programs by Armstrong, Harvey W, Giordano, Benito, Kizos, Thanasis, Macleod, Calum, Olsen, Lise Smed, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…This paper presents results from a regional policy evaluation study conducted for the European Commission. The study examined the impact of the European…”
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Sustainable tourism in Greek islands: the integration of activity-based environmental management with a destination environmental scorecard based on the adaptive resource management paradigm by Karatzoglou, Benjamin, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…Tourism is a major industry that can lead to economic gains as well as to degraded environment and social infrastructure. Tourism has the potential to destroy…”
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Nadine Smith, Anna Halton Janet Strachan . Transitioning to a green economy: Political economy of approaches in small states by Spilanis, Ioannis

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A Policy Tool for Island Transport Cost Inequality: Exploration of the Application of the Transport Equivalent Threshold on Greek Islands by Thanasis Kizos, Sofia Zafirelli, Ioannis Spilanis, Dimitris Kavroudakis

“…Many islands face accessibility problems that burden both the cost and the time of sea transport. In Greece, with more than 100 inhabited islands, the…”
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A policy tool for island transport cost inequality: Exploration of the application of the Transport Equivalent Threshold on Greek islands by Kizos, Thanasis, Zafirelli, Sofia, Spilanis, Ioannis, Kavroudakis, Dimitris

“…Many islands face accessibility problems that burden both the cost and the time of sea transport. In Greece, with more than 100 inhabited islands, the…”
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The effectiveness of European Regional Development Fund projects in Greece:  Views from planners, management staff and beneficiaries by Spilanis, Ioannis, Kizos, Thanasis, Giordano, Benito

“…The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is the most significant of the Structural Funds in terms of budget and range of thematic priorities. For the…”
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Measuring the Economic, Social and Environmental Performance of European Island Regions: Emerging Issues for European and Regional Policy by Spilanis, Ioannis, Kizos, Thanasis, Vaitis, Michail, Koukourouvli, Nikoletta

“…Islands in the European Union (EU) are very diverse, with many small or very small islands and are recognized as territories facing particular development…”
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Evaluating the impact of agritourism on local development in small islands by Sofia Karampela, Thanasis Kizos, Ioannis Spilanis

“…Tourism is an activity encompassing economy, society and nature. Besides mass tourism, many different forms of tourism activities and products have developed…”
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Sustainable local development on Aegean Islands: a meta-analysis of the literature by Karampela, Sofia, Papazoglou, Charoula, Kizos, Thanasis, Spilanis, Ioannis

“…Sustainable local development is central to debates on socioeconomic and environmental change. Although the meaning of sustainable local development is…”
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Accessibility of islands: towards a new geography based on transportation modes and choices by Sofia Karampela, Thanasis Kizos, Ioannis Spilanis

“…Accessibility is a multifaceted concept that expresses the case of access between two points in space. For islands, accessibility is a key quality, since…”
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Visitors’ perceptions on the management of an important nesting site for loggerhead sea turtle ( Caretta caretta L.): The case of Rethymno coastal area in Greece by Jones, Nikoleta, Panagiotidou, Kalliopi, Spilanis, Ioannis, Evangelinos, Konstantinos I., Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G.

“…Tourism has important impacts, both positive and negative, on the management of coastal areas with high biodiversity value. It is therefore important to…”
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An exercise in decision support modelling for islands: a case study for a ‘typical’ Mediterranean island by Anna Tsoukala, Ioannis Spilanis, Isabel Banos-González, Julia Martínez-Fernández, Miguel Angel Esteve-Selma, George Tsirtsis

“…Decision support for island management must be based on quantitative tools able to integrate the natural, economic, and social environment, including the…”
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Accessibility of Peripheral Regions: Evidence from Aegean Islands (Greece) by Ioannis Spilanis, Thanasis Kizos, Paraskevi Petsioti

“…Islands, especially smaller ones, are characterized by discontinuity of space and are considered as some of the least accessible areas. In this paper, we seek…”
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Collective action in the Greek agrifood sector: evidence from the North Aegean region by Vakoufaris, Hristos, Spilanis, Ioannis, Kizos, Thanasis

“…Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present the existing forms of collective action in the Greek agrifood sector and to focus on co-operatives, the…”
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