Coastal landscape and the Greek spatial planning: evidence from windpower in the South Aegean islands

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Georgios Tsilimigkas1, Maria Pafi2, Anestis Gourgiotis3
1Department of Geography, University of Aegean, Mytilene, Greece
2School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
3Ministry of Environment and Energy, Department of Spatial Planning, Athens, Greece

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This paper discusses issues about the coastal and the insular landscape integration in the Greek spatial planning framework. Case study area is the region of the South Aegean, where the proliferation of wind turbines is one of the principal factors of landscape change. The methodological approach adopted is mainly quantitative and is based on viewshed analysis. This paper is also demonstrates that zones with varying impact on landscape can be identified. It also emerges that the spatial planning framework in Greece promotes an ad hoc project-led instead of a plan-based approach to coastal and insular landscape management.

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