CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
Onshore wind farm siting and energy carrying capacity in the municipality of Aristotle in Chalkidiki – Greece
Drepaniotis I., (Corresponding) Vagiona D.
Topic:
Spatial environmental planning
Wind power is one of the most environmentally friendly Renewable Energy Sources, as well as one of the rapidly growing and economically viable forms of renewable energy. Today's wind turbines can be considered as a mature and cost-effective technology with reasonable efficiency rates and high...Read more
Keywords:
onshore wind farm siting, GIS, energy carrying capacity
CARRYING CAPACITY ASSESSMENT OF THE SOUTH AEGEAN REGION, GREECE
(Corresponding) Vandarakis D., Malliouri D., Petrakis S., Kapsimalis V., Moraitis V., Hatiris G., Panagiotopoulos I.
Topic:
Spatial environmental planning
Since the early 1950’s Greece has been a top travel destination providing high-quality tourism services. This was amplified by the diverse landscape, extended sandy beaches, numerous archaeological sites, people’s mentality, safety, and adequate infrastructure. In particular, the south Aegean...Read more
Keywords:
Carrying Capacity Assessment, sustainable development, tourist industry assessment, South Aegean region
End-phase Rehabilitation Assessment of Boracay Island Using Microbial Parameters as Indicator of Water Quality
Rañada M., (Corresponding) Jaraula C.
Topic:
Pollution control and contaminated sites
The tourism-dependent Boracay island continued to accommodate tourists reaching a peak of >2 million in 2017 after nearly breaching through the island’s ecological threshold in 2012. Anthropogenic pressures resulting in poor water quality and disturbance of wetlands forced the authorities to...Read more
Keywords:
coliforms, wastewater, water quality, carrying capacity, anthropogenic disturbance
Environmental monitoring and sustainable planning for tourism in Balos lagoon in Western Crete
(Corresponding) Skiniti G., Lilli M., Skarakis N., Tournaki S., Nikolaidis N., Tsoutsos T.
Topic:
Environmental impacts of tourism and sustainable tourism development
Balos lagoon was used as the case study to test a new methodology developed under the CROSS-COASTAL-NET initiative, Development of a Cross-Border Network for the Promotion of Sustainable Coastal Tourism, which is underneath the Interreg Greece–Cyprus program. The project examines the regions of...Read more
Keywords:
Sustainable Tourism; Ecosystems monitoring and management; NATURA 2000; Carrying Capacity; environmental quality
