Disaster Risk Management and Spatial Planning: Evidence from the Fire-Stricken Area of Mati, Greece

Miranda Dandoulaki, Miltiades Lazoglou (), Nikos Pangas and Konstantinos Serraos
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Miranda Dandoulaki: Urban Planning Research Laboratory, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, 10682 Athens, Greece
Miltiades Lazoglou: Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of West Attica, 12244 Aigaleo, Greece
Nikos Pangas: Urban Planning Research Laboratory, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, 10682 Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Serraos: Urban Planning Research Laboratory, School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, 10682 Athens, Greece

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-24

Abstract: The debate over spatial planning highlights the need for more interdisciplinary, strategic, and collaborative methods to achieve broad policy goals such as resilience and sustainability. Risk-based planning is gaining importance due to the rising vulnerability of urban infrastructure. Incorporating disaster risk management into spatial planning requires a geographically based strategy for reducing catastrophe risk. This article outlines the role of spatial planning in the reconstruction of the Mati settlement in Attica, Greece, that was devastated by a forest fire in 2018. It presents a set of proposals that relate to the urban reorganization of the area and considers disaster risk reduction and disaster management, as well as sustainability issues relating to mobility, the management of the natural environment, and the recovery of the coastline as a public resource. The basis for this article is the contribution of the Urban Planning Research Laboratory of the National Technical University of Athens/School of Architecture to the preparation of the Special Urban Plan for the fire-stricken area of Mati, Attica, on behalf of the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Keywords: spatial planning; disaster risk management; reorganization; Mati area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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