scholarly journals Health Security and the Refugee Crisis in Greece: The Refugee Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Papadimos ◽  
Scott Pappada ◽  
Michael Lyaker ◽  
James Papadimos ◽  
Andrew Casabianca
Keyword(s):  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Sea Islands ◽  
Health Security ◽  
Mass Migration ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Of Greece

The flight of refugees has been part of the human condition since the beginning of time. Recent events in the Middle East have caused a mass migration of refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Their primary destination has been Europe, more specifically, the affluent, better industrialized countries of central and northern Europe. However, the European law currently requires that refugees must be processed at the first port of entry to Europe. In most cases, this involves the eastern Aegean Sea islands of Greece. Here the refugee camps have become overcrowded and underfunded, and have little medical care and security. The Greek government has limited resources and the response for support from the more affluent European countries has been underwhelming. Here we summarize the lack of health security from the refugee perspective of those that are awaiting entry to Europe and are encamped in Greece.

Active faulting in the north-eastern Aegean Sea Islands

2013 ◽  
Vol 597-598 ◽  
pp. 106-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chatzipetros ◽  
A. Kiratzi ◽  
S. Sboras ◽  
N. Zouros ◽  
S. Pavlides
Keyword(s):  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Sea Islands ◽  
Active Faulting ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Eastern Aegean Sea

scholarly journals FLYING BEYOND BORDERS: INTERMODAL CONSIDERATIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY OF AEGEAN SEA ISLANDS, GREECE USING DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioulia Poulaki ◽  
Andreas Papatheodorou ◽  
Eleni Kitrinou ◽  
Alexandros Panagiotopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Utility Maximization ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Discrete Choice Analysis ◽  
Traffic Flows ◽  
Sea Islands ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Choice Analysis ◽  
Eastern Aegean

Accessibility is of major importance for tourism and trade development in Eastern Aegean Sea islands, Greece. In particular, the island of Chios is heavily dependent on Athens International Airport for both its inbound and outbound tourism. On the other hand, the International Airport of Izmir in Turkey, located much closer to the island, serves several European destinations. Crossing the borders in an intermodal transport context may lead to a substantial air travel alternative for Chios, thus improving its accessibility and potential for tourism development. A discrete choice analysis, based on primary data research regarding travel scenarios from Chios to ten main European airports-destinations, shows the potential for new traffic flows in addition to the existing ones. Airport utility maximization differences observed among various social groups is also noteworthy.

scholarly journals Morphotectonic Analysis along the Northern Margin of Samos Island, Related to the Seismic Activity of October 2020, Aegean Sea, Greece

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Paraskevi Nomikou ◽  
Dimitris Evangelidis ◽  
Dimitrios Papanikolaou ◽  
Danai Lampridou ◽  
Dimitris Litsas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fault Zone ◽  
Seismic Activity ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Active Tectonics ◽  
Normal Fault ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
The North ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Half Graben

On 30 October 2020, a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.0 occurred north of Samos Island at the Eastern Aegean Sea, whose earthquake mechanism corresponds to an E-W normal fault dipping to the north. During the aftershock period in December 2020, a hydrographic survey off the northern coastal margin of Samos Island was conducted onboard R/V NAFTILOS. The result was a detailed bathymetric map with 15 m grid interval and 50 m isobaths and a morphological slope map. The morphotectonic analysis showed the E-W fault zone running along the coastal zone with 30–50° of slope, forming a half-graben structure. Numerous landslides and canyons trending N-S, transversal to the main direction of the Samos coastline, are observed between 600 and 100 m water depth. The ENE-WSW oriented western Samos coastline forms the SE margin of the neighboring deeper Ikaria Basin. A hummocky relief was detected at the eastern margin of Samos Basin probably representing volcanic rocks. The active tectonics characterized by N-S extension is very different from the Neogene tectonics of Samos Island characterized by NE-SW compression. The mainshock and most of the aftershocks of the October 2020 seismic activity occur on the prolongation of the north dipping E-W fault zone at about 12 km depth.

scholarly journals Nisyros Volcanic Island: A Geosite through a Tailored GIS Story

Geosciences ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Varvara Antoniou ◽  
Paraskevi Nomikou ◽  
Dimitrios Panousis ◽  
Effrosyni Zafeirakopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Hot Springs ◽  
Volcanic Rocks ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Volcanic Island ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Available Information

The volcanic island of Nisyros (Greece) is here presented as it presents unique characteristics being a Quaternary volcano in the eastern Aegean Sea, composed of volcanic rocks, and featuring a central caldera that is surrounded by volcanic domes and thick lavas. Its history is strongly connected to the volcano impressing the visitors with steaming hydrothermal craters, intensive smell of sulfur and fumarolic gases, and hot springs. Due to its morphology and geographical position, its cultural and historical heritage has been unchanged in time, bequeath to the island plenty of churches, monasteries with hagiographic frescoes, castles, caves, and spas. To present the geodiversity, the cultural environment, and the biodiversity of this geosite, a relatively new geographic approach was used, ESRI Story Maps. Being web-based applications, they are widespread as an interactive responsive tool used for spatial data communication and dissemination, by combining thematic 2D and 3D webmaps, narrative text, and multimedia content. Such applications can be an ideal way for presenting the available information of places characterized as geosites or protected areas worldwide, providing quick access to the available information to a broader, non-technical audience, developing the interest, and possibly motivating the public to learn more or visit them.

A new record of Munida rugosa (J. C. Fabricius, 1775) (Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) from the eastern Aegean Sea, Turkey

Crustaceana ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 78 (10) ◽  
pp. 1265-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Suat Ateş ◽  
Ali İşmen ◽  
Uğur Özekinci ◽  
C. Çiğdem Erdemir Yiğin
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Eastern Aegean Sea

scholarly journals Different Test Forms and Numerous Apertures of Cibicidella variabilis (d’Orbigny) from The Turkish Coast of Eastern Aegean Sea

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Engin Meriç ◽  
Niyazi Avşar ◽  
M. Baki Yokeş ◽  
Fuat Şaroğlu ◽  
Erdoğan Ölmez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Eastern Aegean Sea

scholarly journals The 30 October 2020 Samos (Eastern Aegean Sea) Earthquake: effects of source rupture, path and local-site conditions on the observed and simulated ground motions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aybige Akinci ◽  
Daniele Cheloni ◽  
AHMET ANIL DINDAR
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Ground Motions ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Ground Shaking ◽  
Local Site ◽  
Eastern Aegean ◽  
Motion Characteristics ◽  
Eastern Aegean Sea

Abstract On 30 October 2020 a MW 7.0 earthquake occurred in the eastern Aegean Sea, between the Greek island of Samos and Turkey’s Aegean coast, causing considerable seismic damage and deaths, especially in the Turkish city of Izmir, approximately 70 km from the epicenter. In this study, we provide a detailed description of the Samos earthquake, starting from the fault rupture to the ground motion characteristics. We first use Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and Global Positioning System (GPS) data to constrain the source mechanisms. Then, we utilize this information to analyze the ground motion characteristics of the mainshock in terms of peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity (PGV), and spectral pseudo-accelerations. Modelling of geodetic data shows that the Samos earthquake ruptured a NNE-dipping normal fault located offshore north of Samos, with up to 2.5-3 m of slip and an estimated geodetic moment of 3.3 ⨯ 1019 Nm (MW 7.0). Although low PGA were induced by the earthquake, the ground shaking was strongly amplified in Izmir throughout the alluvial sediments. Structural damage observed in Izmir reveals the potential of seismic risk due to the local site effects. To better understand the earthquake characteristics, we generated and compared stochastic strong ground motions with the observed ground motion parameters as well as the ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs), exploring also the efficacy of the region-specific parameters which may be improved to better predict the expected ground shaking from future large earthquakes in the region.

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