Using E - government Services for the Environmental Planning of Polycentric Urban Regions TED Workshop: e-Participation in Environmental Decision Making May 19 – 22, 2005 Helsinki and Conference Boat, Finland Elias A. Hadzilias IÉSEG School of Management - Université Catholique de Lille 3 rue de la Digue, 59800 Lille, FRANCE [email protected]
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Using E-government Services for the Environmental Planning of
Polycentric Urban Regions
TED Workshop:e-Participation in Environmental Decision Making
May 19 – 22, 2005 Helsinki and Conference Boat, Finland
Elias A. Hadzilias
IÉSEG School of Management - Université Catholique de Lille3 rue de la Digue, 59800 Lille, FRANCE
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Presentation outline
The AegeanArchipelago
Polycentricitydevelopment
E-Government
Proposedorganisation
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The Aegean Archipelago (A.A.)
The Aegean Archipelago is a group of islands dispersed over an area of 800 km from north to south and 600 km from east to west.
Being the most extensive and significant insular complex in Europe, it forms both the eastern border of Greece and the southeastern frontier of the European Union with Asia.
The multitude of islands, islets and rocky islets comprising the Archipelago, are actually the tops of the Aigaiis Continent, extending between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates.
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From the satellite…
Source - http://geodynamics.gsfc.nasa.gov/aegean/
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…and a closer look
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Some statistical data about A.A.
Population: 508.702 inhabitants (2001)
Regions: 2Prefectures: 5Communities: 12
Municipalities: 90
Counties: 14
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Environmental planning in A.A.
Environmental planning in 3 levels Environmental planning councils (semi-independent)
• 5 four-member councils• 5 three-member councils
Environmental planning units (Ministry of Aegean)• 5 major administrative centers (four-member units)• 8 minor administrative centers (two-member units)
Local administration • Municipalities• Counties
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Issues in planning activities
Difficulty of communication and coordination Administrative processes are highly dependent on
physical documents (weberian bureaucracy)
There is a human resources management issue due to the small size of the administrative centers
Transportation among the islands is mostly supported by sea, which sometimes is problematic
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Environmental planning councilsEnvironmental
planning units
Source - http://www.ypai.gr/
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Polycentricity
Polycentric development offers an alternative to monocentric development in which one city or metropolitan region dominates all the others.
The centres are linked in networks and complement each other functionally. Through this process they generate a greater “critical mass” than by operating in isolation and so increase their overall competitiveness.
Village
Smalltown
Pit
City
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Smalltown
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City
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