Spatial Planning for the Rescue of the Cycladic Identity in Paros
8 public debates on the occasion of the upcoming review of the General Urban Plan of Paros
24 February, 2 March, 9 March, 16 March, 30 and 31 March, 20 and 21 April 2024
Weekend 30/31 March
Yorgos Lialios presents important new data in his lecture on:
“Overertourism, Overconstruction and Climate Change: The Case of the Cyclades”
Yannis Spilanis conducts a workshop with the participation of institutions and the public, on the theme:
“What kind of Paros do we have? What kind of Paros do we want?”
- Yorgos Lialios is a distinguished journalist at Kathimerini. He has special studies in spatial planning and is actively involved with the issues of the Cyclades.
- Yannis Spilanis is an Economist – Regionalist, Professor at the University of the Aegean, Director of the Aegean Sustainable Tourism Observatory
Saturday 30/3
Tourism Growth or Sustainable Development?
A: Risks of urbanisation
- 11.30 a.m. -12.30 p.m. Lectures
Yorgos Lialios, Yannis Spilanis - 12.30 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Discussion with Local Bodies
- 1.00 p.m.- 2.30 p.m. “What kind of Paros do we have?”: Workshop. Yannis Spilanis.
Sunday 31/3
Tourism Growth or Sustainable Development?
B: Carrying capacity today and tomorrow
- 11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. “What kind of Paros do we want?”: Workshop. Yannis Spilanis
- 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Discussion
Yannis Spilanis, Yorgos Lialios - 2.00 p.m.- 2.30 p.m. Conclusions
We are waiting for residents, business people and permanent visitors to the island to discuss.
The aim of the meeting is for stakeholders to give their views on both issues separately. The first, “What Paros do we have?” refers to whether they are happy with their incomes, their employment, and the quality of life they have in winter and summer, and to identify what bothers them, what pleases them and why. It is crucial to answer the question honestly and to identify possible contradictions. For example: do entrepreneurs and workers finally make sufficient incomes? Are businesses viable and under what conditions? Are tourists happy and why? Not to “target” those who express them, but to see in a second phase what we want and can plan in the immediate future.
The second is “What kind of Paros do we want”. Based on what will have been heard in the first round of the consultation, participants are invited to answer the question of what they want, how they want it, and, of course, how it can be done or avoided. We will explore the role of the municipality and the role of the rest of us as organized groups and individual citizens with our different visions, interests, and aspirations.
The principle of the consultation is the submission of each participant’s opinion without personal confrontations and disagreements. Each one is invited to say (and write) what pleases them, what annoys them, and how they see their future through a series of choices and priorities. You and we know that not everything can be done—especially on an island—and therefore, we need choices that are not contradictory.
More in person. We hope that many of you will be there, many of you with a willingness to engage in constructive and organised consultation.
Yannis Spilanis
Video recording of the workshop
Saturday 30/3
Sunday 31/3
