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MetroLab Magazine , 2022

M e tr o T a lkh o w to fe e d th e fu tu re m e tr o p o li s ? Contents Editorial Understanding... more M e tr o T a lkh o w to fe e d th e fu tu re m e tr o p o li s ? Contents Editorial Understanding Resilient Landscapes MetroTalk Workshops Learning from International Approaches Discussing the Resilience of Metropolitan Landscapes «There is this gap between what we want to achieve and what we do to achieve it» Forum Discussion

3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 07), 2007

Abstract The paper mainly looks at the digital dimension of intelligent cities. It starts from th... more Abstract The paper mainly looks at the digital dimension of intelligent cities. It starts from the concept of intelligent cities as territories that link human, collective and artificial intelligence, and describes four IT platforms that sustain the knowledge functions of these cities. The platforms facilitate operations in the fields of strategic intelligence, technology dissemination, new product development, and product promotion. These are fundamental innovation processes based on the skills of the population of the cities, the institutions involved in ...

This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban knowledge ecosystems. The introducto... more This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban
knowledge ecosystems. The introductory part sets the frame of this paper; the second part conducts a systematic literature review regarding the association of knowledge with urban development since the beginning of the millennium, placing emphasis on urban knowledge ecosystems. The third part explores the benefits of using digital services in the implementation an urban knowledge ecosystem. The fourth and last part of the main body of this paper examines the urban knowledge ecosystem at the medium-sized city of Thermi, Greece, where in recent years a series of digital services were put in operation. The final and conclusive part of this paper examines the integration of digital services within the urban realm, based on the experience of Thermi, and how this process can support the development of knowledge and innovation-led cities.

This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban knowledge ecosystems. The introductor... more This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban knowledge ecosystems. The introductory part sets the frame of this paper; the second part conducts a systematic literature review regarding the association of knowledge with urban development since the beginning of the millennium, placing emphasis on urban knowledge ecosystems. The third part explores the benefits of using digital services in the implementation an urban knowledge ecosystem. The fourth and last part of the main body of this paper examines the urban knowledge ecosystem at the medium-sized city of Thermi, Greece, where in recent years a series of digital services were put in operation. The final and conclusive part of this paper examines the integration of digital services within the urban realm, based on the experience of Thermi, and how this process can support the development of knowledge and innovation-led cities.

The paper discusses the integration of digital services in the physical and functional space of c... more The paper discusses the integration of digital services in the physical and functional space of cities, enhancing the performance of knowledge cities. The introductory part conducts a systematic literature review regarding the evolution of the “Knowledge Cities” term, since the beginning of the millennium. The second part of the paper explores the case of “Digital Thermi”, a digital city platform for the medium-sized city of Thermi in Greece. The platform, besides representing the digital aspect of the city, encompasses specific population groups (citizens, entrepreneurs, public administration), providing user-driven, targeted e-services. The final and conclusive part of the paper examines the integration of digital services within the urban spatiality, based on the outcomes of the Digital Thermi project, and how this process can support the development of knowledge and innovation-led cities.

This paper presents the field research on creative activities in a central urban district of the ... more This paper presents the field research on creative activities in a central urban district of the city of Thessaloniki, which was conducted by the NGO “Creativity Platform”. Thessaloniki is a medium-sized city that constitutes an interesting field for investigation regarding the development of the cultural and creative economy. It is a post-industrial city that has seen a large part of its productive fabric, both in the form of building stock and human resources, remain inactive. The gap formed by the decline of manufacturing and trade, has in turn been bridged by leisure industry businesses. However, this model is in question regarding its sustainability. The purpose of this research is to detect and highlight prospects for urban sustainable development in the context of the global economic crisis with creative economy as the main tool.

The paper confronts the spatial concentration of creative activities as an ecosystem, which claim... more The paper confronts the spatial concentration of creative activities as an ecosystem, which claims to enhance the dynamic evolution of creative interactions and evolutionary networks of collaboration between entities. Emergent creative ecosystems referred to the spontaneous phenomena, the bottom up development procedure happened in certain urban areas. These urban districts act evidently as stage complexes containing interactive parts, similar to definitive laws of a natural ecosystem. Its organisms do not exist independently but often form interactive groups. Sometimes, single urban species may have pervasive influence on several other entities of this network. The paper examines new key approaches for urban strategies derived from the emergence of creative dynamics, thought the case of Thessaloniki's Valaoritou area; a historic commercial and manufacturing urban district that, after faced the vast industrial decline, has emerged new characteristics. Entertainment activities, café, bars, restaurants have rapidly grew in the area, just after the first one opened. In parallel, there is a concentration of various artist workshops and creative art spaces, a fact that gives to the area a hybrid character.

Στη σημερινή κουλτούρα της γνώσης, το image making θεωρείται σημαντικός παράγοντας ανταγωνιστικότ... more Στη σημερινή κουλτούρα της γνώσης, το image making θεωρείται σημαντικός παράγοντας ανταγωνιστικότητας και για τις πόλεις. Οι "ευφυείς" πόλεις αποτελούν ένα νεωτερικό πεδίο έρευνας και εφαρμογών, το οποίο φέρνει σε επαφή τρεις επιστημονικούς τομείς: Τεχνολογία – Γνώση - Αστική ανάπτυξη. Η παρούσα εισήγηση διερευνά το ευρύτερο κοινωνικοοικονομικό πλαίσιο ανάπτυξης τους, προσδιορίζει τη θέση τους στο ευρύτερο σύστημα εργαλείων του branding τόπου, και καταγράφει γνωστά brands στο χώρο αυτό. Ο ανταγωνισμός για καινοτόμες εφαρμογές ευφυών πόλεων, οι οποίες θα συνοδεύονται από το "περιτύλιγμα" του πιο φανταχτερού brand, είναι εξαιρετικά μεγάλος, εξαιτίας της πολλά υποσχόμενης αγοράς που κρύβεται πίσω από αυτές: εκτιμάται πως έως το 2020 οι παγκόσμιες επενδύσεις σε υποδομές έξυπνων πόλεων θα αγγίξουν τα 108 δισ. δολάρια. Τα συμπεράσματα που προκύπτουν είναι διφορούμενα: κανένα brand δεν έχει διασφαλισμένη επιτυχία, καθώς οι ισορροπίες είναι λεπτές. Αδιαμφισβήτητα όμως, πρόκειται για ένα πεδίο που γεννά πολλά ερωτήματα σχετικά με τη χρήση των τεχνικών μάρκετινγκ στην προώθηση της αστικής ανάπτυξης.

At the duration of previous decades has been realized important research with regard to the resul... more At the duration of previous decades has been realized important research with regard to the results and the repercussions of tourism in local level. Even if the tourism is often represented as industry of low impact, the researchers have begun to recognize the tourism as a factor of environmental change and taking into consideration the heterogeneous nature of the tourism phenomenon and organizational and functional structures of tourist destinations, especially the coastal areas, it is obvious that it is enough difficult to delimit with precision the tourism sector, as a single total of competences, that they are distinguished easily by the remainder policies of tourist destinations, and to record the spatial changes in the tourism.

The contemporary urban development strategies in the rhetoric framework of sustainability introdu... more The contemporary urban development strategies in the rhetoric framework of sustainability introduce a turn of interest for the small scale public spaces at the neighborhood level. Comprehending the importance of neighborhood as a basic urban cell, a lot of urban programs seek to the diffusion of public space in this basic city level shaping the way of the public space meets with the private. Strategies for public space, such as the pocket parks, the community gardens, the woonerfs and the living streets initiatives, aim to blur the limits between public and private space.

Books by Paraskevi Tarani

SOS CLIMATE WATERFRONTS - THESSALONIKI FALL 2019, 2022

Ecosystem functions offer a robust framework for managing complex environmental challenges associ... more Ecosystem functions offer a robust framework for managing complex environmental challenges associated with modern metropolises. The comprehensive urban ecosystem approach, face certain urban areas, such as urban waterfronts, as valuable natural resources interrelated to the entire urban environment, aiming to provide strategic solutions for enhancement of integrated ecosystem services. This paper argues that we should consider ecosystem functions within the city as dynamic, hybrid, and living ecosystems lying between the city and the nature. This approach provides new key aspects for policymakers and planners, particularly as urban sustainability, resilience, and environmental crisis, increasingly reshape cities and elevate consideration of these topics.
The paper highlights the economic contributions of Thermaikos Gulf ecosystem goods and services to the city’s welfare and recommends actions and investments required to ensure that they are valued and integrated into metropolitan policy decision-making.

MetroLab Magazine , 2022

M e tr o T a lkh o w to fe e d th e fu tu re m e tr o p o li s ? Contents Editorial Understanding... more M e tr o T a lkh o w to fe e d th e fu tu re m e tr o p o li s ? Contents Editorial Understanding Resilient Landscapes MetroTalk Workshops Learning from International Approaches Discussing the Resilience of Metropolitan Landscapes «There is this gap between what we want to achieve and what we do to achieve it» Forum Discussion

3rd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 07), 2007

Abstract The paper mainly looks at the digital dimension of intelligent cities. It starts from th... more Abstract The paper mainly looks at the digital dimension of intelligent cities. It starts from the concept of intelligent cities as territories that link human, collective and artificial intelligence, and describes four IT platforms that sustain the knowledge functions of these cities. The platforms facilitate operations in the fields of strategic intelligence, technology dissemination, new product development, and product promotion. These are fundamental innovation processes based on the skills of the population of the cities, the institutions involved in ...

This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban knowledge ecosystems. The introducto... more This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban
knowledge ecosystems. The introductory part sets the frame of this paper; the second part conducts a systematic literature review regarding the association of knowledge with urban development since the beginning of the millennium, placing emphasis on urban knowledge ecosystems. The third part explores the benefits of using digital services in the implementation an urban knowledge ecosystem. The fourth and last part of the main body of this paper examines the urban knowledge ecosystem at the medium-sized city of Thermi, Greece, where in recent years a series of digital services were put in operation. The final and conclusive part of this paper examines the integration of digital services within the urban realm, based on the experience of Thermi, and how this process can support the development of knowledge and innovation-led cities.

This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban knowledge ecosystems. The introductor... more This paper discusses the way digital services advance urban knowledge ecosystems. The introductory part sets the frame of this paper; the second part conducts a systematic literature review regarding the association of knowledge with urban development since the beginning of the millennium, placing emphasis on urban knowledge ecosystems. The third part explores the benefits of using digital services in the implementation an urban knowledge ecosystem. The fourth and last part of the main body of this paper examines the urban knowledge ecosystem at the medium-sized city of Thermi, Greece, where in recent years a series of digital services were put in operation. The final and conclusive part of this paper examines the integration of digital services within the urban realm, based on the experience of Thermi, and how this process can support the development of knowledge and innovation-led cities.

The paper discusses the integration of digital services in the physical and functional space of c... more The paper discusses the integration of digital services in the physical and functional space of cities, enhancing the performance of knowledge cities. The introductory part conducts a systematic literature review regarding the evolution of the “Knowledge Cities” term, since the beginning of the millennium. The second part of the paper explores the case of “Digital Thermi”, a digital city platform for the medium-sized city of Thermi in Greece. The platform, besides representing the digital aspect of the city, encompasses specific population groups (citizens, entrepreneurs, public administration), providing user-driven, targeted e-services. The final and conclusive part of the paper examines the integration of digital services within the urban spatiality, based on the outcomes of the Digital Thermi project, and how this process can support the development of knowledge and innovation-led cities.

This paper presents the field research on creative activities in a central urban district of the ... more This paper presents the field research on creative activities in a central urban district of the city of Thessaloniki, which was conducted by the NGO “Creativity Platform”. Thessaloniki is a medium-sized city that constitutes an interesting field for investigation regarding the development of the cultural and creative economy. It is a post-industrial city that has seen a large part of its productive fabric, both in the form of building stock and human resources, remain inactive. The gap formed by the decline of manufacturing and trade, has in turn been bridged by leisure industry businesses. However, this model is in question regarding its sustainability. The purpose of this research is to detect and highlight prospects for urban sustainable development in the context of the global economic crisis with creative economy as the main tool.

The paper confronts the spatial concentration of creative activities as an ecosystem, which claim... more The paper confronts the spatial concentration of creative activities as an ecosystem, which claims to enhance the dynamic evolution of creative interactions and evolutionary networks of collaboration between entities. Emergent creative ecosystems referred to the spontaneous phenomena, the bottom up development procedure happened in certain urban areas. These urban districts act evidently as stage complexes containing interactive parts, similar to definitive laws of a natural ecosystem. Its organisms do not exist independently but often form interactive groups. Sometimes, single urban species may have pervasive influence on several other entities of this network. The paper examines new key approaches for urban strategies derived from the emergence of creative dynamics, thought the case of Thessaloniki's Valaoritou area; a historic commercial and manufacturing urban district that, after faced the vast industrial decline, has emerged new characteristics. Entertainment activities, café, bars, restaurants have rapidly grew in the area, just after the first one opened. In parallel, there is a concentration of various artist workshops and creative art spaces, a fact that gives to the area a hybrid character.

Στη σημερινή κουλτούρα της γνώσης, το image making θεωρείται σημαντικός παράγοντας ανταγωνιστικότ... more Στη σημερινή κουλτούρα της γνώσης, το image making θεωρείται σημαντικός παράγοντας ανταγωνιστικότητας και για τις πόλεις. Οι "ευφυείς" πόλεις αποτελούν ένα νεωτερικό πεδίο έρευνας και εφαρμογών, το οποίο φέρνει σε επαφή τρεις επιστημονικούς τομείς: Τεχνολογία – Γνώση - Αστική ανάπτυξη. Η παρούσα εισήγηση διερευνά το ευρύτερο κοινωνικοοικονομικό πλαίσιο ανάπτυξης τους, προσδιορίζει τη θέση τους στο ευρύτερο σύστημα εργαλείων του branding τόπου, και καταγράφει γνωστά brands στο χώρο αυτό. Ο ανταγωνισμός για καινοτόμες εφαρμογές ευφυών πόλεων, οι οποίες θα συνοδεύονται από το "περιτύλιγμα" του πιο φανταχτερού brand, είναι εξαιρετικά μεγάλος, εξαιτίας της πολλά υποσχόμενης αγοράς που κρύβεται πίσω από αυτές: εκτιμάται πως έως το 2020 οι παγκόσμιες επενδύσεις σε υποδομές έξυπνων πόλεων θα αγγίξουν τα 108 δισ. δολάρια. Τα συμπεράσματα που προκύπτουν είναι διφορούμενα: κανένα brand δεν έχει διασφαλισμένη επιτυχία, καθώς οι ισορροπίες είναι λεπτές. Αδιαμφισβήτητα όμως, πρόκειται για ένα πεδίο που γεννά πολλά ερωτήματα σχετικά με τη χρήση των τεχνικών μάρκετινγκ στην προώθηση της αστικής ανάπτυξης.

At the duration of previous decades has been realized important research with regard to the resul... more At the duration of previous decades has been realized important research with regard to the results and the repercussions of tourism in local level. Even if the tourism is often represented as industry of low impact, the researchers have begun to recognize the tourism as a factor of environmental change and taking into consideration the heterogeneous nature of the tourism phenomenon and organizational and functional structures of tourist destinations, especially the coastal areas, it is obvious that it is enough difficult to delimit with precision the tourism sector, as a single total of competences, that they are distinguished easily by the remainder policies of tourist destinations, and to record the spatial changes in the tourism.

The contemporary urban development strategies in the rhetoric framework of sustainability introdu... more The contemporary urban development strategies in the rhetoric framework of sustainability introduce a turn of interest for the small scale public spaces at the neighborhood level. Comprehending the importance of neighborhood as a basic urban cell, a lot of urban programs seek to the diffusion of public space in this basic city level shaping the way of the public space meets with the private. Strategies for public space, such as the pocket parks, the community gardens, the woonerfs and the living streets initiatives, aim to blur the limits between public and private space.

SOS CLIMATE WATERFRONTS - THESSALONIKI FALL 2019, 2022

Ecosystem functions offer a robust framework for managing complex environmental challenges associ... more Ecosystem functions offer a robust framework for managing complex environmental challenges associated with modern metropolises. The comprehensive urban ecosystem approach, face certain urban areas, such as urban waterfronts, as valuable natural resources interrelated to the entire urban environment, aiming to provide strategic solutions for enhancement of integrated ecosystem services. This paper argues that we should consider ecosystem functions within the city as dynamic, hybrid, and living ecosystems lying between the city and the nature. This approach provides new key aspects for policymakers and planners, particularly as urban sustainability, resilience, and environmental crisis, increasingly reshape cities and elevate consideration of these topics.
The paper highlights the economic contributions of Thermaikos Gulf ecosystem goods and services to the city’s welfare and recommends actions and investments required to ensure that they are valued and integrated into metropolitan policy decision-making.