Konstantinos Lalenis

Department of Planning and Regional Development

School of Engineering
University of Thessaly

Konstantinos Lalenis

Past Academic Staff

Urban Planning and Urban Governance

klalenis[at]uth[dot]gr

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Konstantinos Lalenis (M.Eng., PhD) is a Professor in the Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. His specialization is in Urban Planning and Urban Governance. He was awarded for Excellence in Teaching by AESOP, and for Academic Excellence by the Greek Ministry of Education. Current research interests include participation and governance issues, planning law and institutional frameworks, strategic planning, and in the use of blockchain technology in urban planning, within the frame of urban resilience.

Scientific conferences committees

Member of the Evaluation Committee of AESOP Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2013 – onwards.
Head of the Organization Committee of the Annual International Conference of the International Academic Forum on Planning, Law, and Property Rights, Volos, Greece, February 2015.

Scientific track coordinator (with Carolyn Loh) and reviewer for track 7 “Land Use Policy and Planning”, 5^th Joint AESOP-ACSP Congress, Dublin, Ireland, July 15-19, 2013.
Scientific track coordinator (with R. Alterman) and reviewer for track “Planning Law, Instruments, Practice”, AESOP 2012, 26^ο Annual Congress, “Planning to Achieve / Planning to Avoid”, Ankara, Turkey, July 11 – 15, 2012.
Member of scientific committee and reviewer in “Horo-graphies” journal, publication of the Department of Geoinformatics and Topography, Technological Institute of Serres, 2011.

Member of the International Committee of Referees for the Electronic Conference «People, Planning & Participation – Can ICT help?» of PICT (Planning Inclusion of Clients Through E-training) programme, organized by the Peter Jost Enterprise Centre, and Liverpool John Moores University for a «Leonardo da Vinci» programme, 2006.
Scientific coordinator (together with R. Alterman) and referee for the thematic part «Planning Laws, Planning Institutions and Property Rights» of AESOP 2002, Volos, Greece.

Editorial boards of scientific journals

Member of editorial board in Landscape and Urban Planning, Elsevier, December 2012 – December 2016.

Invitations for lectures at international conferences

Lalenis, K. (2020) Pandemic, Properties and Planning. Participation in film created by Sony Pellissery, Harvey Jacobs and Ben Davy, and under the auspices of International Scientific Forum of Planning, Law and Property Rights (PLPR). Available at https://youtu.be/cwS65jUw2v0.
Lalenis, K. (2019) Is land use planning more transparent and efficient when a property is registered on the blockchain? Inaugural PropTech and Blockchain discussion on land registration & recording of real property interests. RMIT Europe, Barcelona, Spain, 17-18 January 2019 (eng).
Kalergis, D. and Lalenis, K. (2019) Blockchain in the service of management of urban crises: automated and decentralized systems of civil protection. Inaugural PropTech and Blockchain discussion on land registration & recording of real property interests. RMIT Europe, Barcelona, Spain, 17-18 January 2019 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2018) Approaches to spatial and development planning of Troodos mountain. ESPON meeting, Nicosia, Cyprus, 18/10/2018 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2018) Urban Resilience. Round table Natural Disasters and Climate Change in 5^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 27-30 September 2018 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2017) Spatial planning and great infrastructure works in the Municipality and the broader area of Kavala, Greece: “Groundhog Day”. Presentation at the 2^nd Development Conference “The role of transportation networks and infrastructure in the development potential of the Municipality of Kavala”. Municipality of Kavala, Kavala, 13 May 2017 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2017) The system of spatial planning in Greece. Lecture after invitation at post graduate programmes “Planning and development of tourism and culture” and “Investments and regional development” of the Departments of Economics, and Planning and Regional Development of the University of Thessaly. Volos, May 2017 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2015) Integrated coastal zone management in Greece: Assessment – perspectives. Closing Conference A bridge over the implementation gap of coastal management in the Mediterranean. A focus on the legal – institutional level of “Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management”. ENPI CBCMED, Valencia, Spain, 24-26 November (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2015) Existing practices and impediment to implementation: The local and cross-national level. Closing Conference A bridge over the implementation gap of coastal management in the Mediterranean. A focus on the legal – institutional level of “Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management”. ENPI CBCMED, Valencia, Spain, 24-26 November (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2015) Spatial and development planning in the Municipality of Kavala, Greece: Hierarchizing priorities. Workshop Kavala: the Paths of Development. Municipality of Kavala, 18 April 2015 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2015) The MARE NOSTRUM experience. Conference Public Participation in Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) for the Integrated Management of the Coastal Area of the Municipality of Kavala, Greece. Coastal Zone Observatory, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED, Kavala, Greece, 16 January 2015 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2014) The MARE NOSTRUM experience: Practices and impediments in implementation of ICZM at the local and transborder level. Conference Public Participation in Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS) for the Integrated Management of the Coastal Area of River Evros, Greece, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 4 November 2014 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2014) The WP5 progress. Conference Results Oriented Monitoring, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED, Kavala, Greece, 8 October 2014 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2014) Planning and implementation capacity at the municipal and regional level. Workshop on Land Management, Task Force Greece. Athens, 11-12 June 2014 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2014) Public outcry as Greek government pushes for less controls on beach development. 11 June 2014. Available at http://marenostrumproject.eu/news-events/blog/public-outcry-as-greek-government-pushes-for-less-controls-on-beach-development (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2014) Planning traditions and the role of ‘experts’. Dialogues of the Research Group “City + Crisis”, Department of Planning and Development, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. Interview, Thessaloniki, 3 May 2014. Available at http://gkafkala.webpages.auth.gr/site/παραδόσεις-σχεδιασμού (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2014) Development, urban governance, and public participation in urban planning. Conference “Urban Sustainability as an alternative to Traffic Congestion”. Organized by the Municipal Organization “Dynamic Development Process”. Serres, March 2014 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2014) The WP5 progress. 1st Conference Cross Border Cooperation on ICZM. Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED. Alexandroupolis, Greece, 18-22 February 2014 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2013) Introduction to strategic planning for cities of small and medium size. Workshop Strategic Spatial Planning for small and medium sized cities. Organized by the Municipality of Kavala for STATUS project (Strategic Territorial Agendas for “Small and Middle-Sized Towns” Urban Systems”), SOUTH EAST EUROPE programme. Kavala, 3 December 2013 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2013) Legal and institutional framework of spatial and development planning in Greece. 1st Workshop, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED. Volos, Greece, 23-25 July 2013 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2013) WP5 methodology: Building MARE NOSTRUM’s case studies. 1st Workshop, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED. Volos, Greece, 23-25 July 2013. (eng).
Lalenis, K., Sylaios, G. and Papatheocharis, I. (2013) Integrated coastal zone management in Greece. Kick off meeting, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED. Haifa, Israel, 4-6 March 2013 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2013) Work Package 5: Existing practices and impediments to implementation: Municipal/Regional case studies. Kick off meeting, Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED. Haifa, Israel, 4-6 March 2013 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2010) Kavala, the future through planning of urban space. Conference Tobacco – Coexistence – Culture. Kavala, the Open City of tomorrow. Organized by the Tobacco Museum of Kavala and the Municipality of Kavala. Kavala, 30 October 2010 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2009) The European PLUREL research project: Tackling urban sprawl through sustainability. Conference Urban Environment and Energy Conservation in conditions of climate change. Organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Greek Company of Local Government and Development, and HELEXPO. Thessaloniki, POLIS exhibition, November 2009 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2009) Tools for enforcement of measures against illegal construction in Greece. Invited seminar in Land Use Enforcement Unit of Justice Department of Israel, January 2009 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2008) Urban networks and development: The case of the tripole Drama – Kavala – Xanthi. Conference Regional Planning and Development: The case of the tripole Drama – Kavala – Xanthi. Organized by the Municipality of Xanthi, Greece, April 2008 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2008) Professional perspectives of the graduates of the departments of planning and regional development in the public sector in Greece. Conference Studies and Professional Perspectives of the Graduates of the Department of Planning and Development of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Organized by Aristotelian University, Veroia, Greece, April 2008 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2008) Spatial planning: A public obligation or a private venture? Presentation after invitation of the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. Ljubljana, Slovenia, February (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2007) Financial dimensions of the urban green spaces. Presentation in the workshop Space Networks, Active Landscapes. Part of GreenKeys programme, INTERREG IIb Cadses, organized by the Municipality of Xanthi and the Democretion University of Thrace. Xanthi, December 2007 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2007) Urban networks as development factor: The case of the tripole Drama – Kavala – Xanthi. Conference Regional Planning and Development in the area of Kavala. Organized by the Municipality of Kavala, Greece, December 2007 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Skayannis, P. (2007) Cities and sustainable development: Riga, a rising sustainable city. Conference Sustainable Development of Cities, part of a “Leonardo da Vinci” programme, 1^st Bureau of Environmental Education, Prefecture of Magnesia, April 2007, Greece (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Perakis, K. (2006) Revision of the educational programme of the Department of Planning and Regional Development of the University of Thessaly. Conference Sailing in the Future with the Specialization of Geoinformatics and Topography, organized by the Technological Institute of Serres. Serres, Greece, December 2006 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2006) Management of spatial planning by municipalities. GNOMI Newspaper and Publications Conference Discovering the New Face of Alexandroupolis. Alexandroupolis, Greece, June 2006 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2003) The island of Agios Efstratios before and after the earthquakes of 20-2-1968. Foundation of Ithaca and Kefalonia, Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly and Department of Geography, Charokopeion University of Athens International Scientific Symposium Earthquakes and the Built Environment. Argostoli, Greece, June 2003 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2003) From public assemblies to public–private partnerships: A review of public participation procedures in urban planning in Greece during the last 20 years. Society of Sociologists of Cyprus International Conference Society and the City. Nicosia, March 2003. (gre).
Lalenis, K. (1997) Planning practice in middle sized cities in Greece: The case of Kavala. Department of Planning and Regional Development, University of Thessaly Conference Theory, Techniques, Practice, and Education in Urban Planning. Volos, Greece, June 1997 (gre).

Awards

SCHOLARSHIPS

1987, Scholarship “A. Anastasiadis” of Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, for research in public participation strategies in urban planning.
1986, Scholarship of the Government of Portugal (programme of educational exchanges) on research in transportation planning.
1986-1987, Scholarship, Aegean University of Greece, on research in the sector of the environment.
1978-1979, Bursary, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, Canada.

AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS

Selection of the proposal for Strategies of Sustainable Urban Development (described below inb.2 par. 3), as one of the two best submitted, from the Urban Laboratory of the European Commission, May 2017.
Second prize (and one of the three funded) in the competition for Strategies of Sustainable Urban Development, organized by the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace, December 2016 (see also above in (1)).
Award for Academic and Scientific Excellence, granted by the Ministry of Education of Greece, December 2012.
Award for Excellence in Teaching, granted by the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP), July 2010.
Second prize in the Pan-Hellenic competition organized by the Association of Greek Urban and Regional Planners for the best urban planning project. November 2008.
Second prize in the Pan-Hellenic competition organized by the Association of Greek Urban and Regional Planners for the best regional planning project. November 2008.
Second prize in the Pan-Hellenic architectural competition organized by the Municipality of Kavala, Greece for the redesign of the Faliron area of Kavala. Participation as Urban Planning Consultant. August 2008.

EMPLOYMENT IN EDUCATION

University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. May 2018 – onwards: Professor in Urban Planning and Urban Governance, in the Department of Planning and Regional Development.
Royal Melbourne Technological Institute, Melbourne, Australia, May – June 2016: Visiting Professor.
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. June 2001 – May 2018: Associate Professor (2013-2018), Assistant Professor (2007-2013), and Lecturer (2001-2007) in Urban Planning and Urban Governance, in the Department of Planning and Regional Development.
Technion University, Haifa, Israel, January 2009: Visiting Professor.
York University, Toronto, Canada, May – June 2009: Visiting Professor.
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. 1998 – 2001. Adjunct member of teaching staff in the Department of Planning and Regional Development.
Technological Institute of Serres, Greece. September 1996 – September 1998. Adjunct member of teaching staff in the Department of Structural Engineering. Also member of the Committee of Elaboration of Educational Module of the new Department of Geoinformatics and Topography. May 2000 – January 2001.
The Polytechnic of Central London, England. Fall Terms 1988 and 1989. External Teaching Fellow in the Department of Planning.
University of Toronto, Canada. Fall Terms 1978, 1979, 1980 and spring Term 1979. Teaching Assistant in the Departments of Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Forestry.
Ministry of Internal Affairs, Public Administration and Decentralization of Greece. April 2005. Lecturer in the Institute of Continuing Education, sector of Spatial, Economic and Environmental Planning.
Region of Thessaly, fall 2002. Lecturer in series of seminars of the Programme POLITEIA. Two sub-programmes in continuing education of employees of the regional services.
KEKANAM ltd. Volos, Greece, spring 1999. Lecturer in seminars in Programme of Continuing Education and Training.
Local Associations of Municipalities of the Prefectures of Drama, Kavala, and Xanthi, Greece. 1997 – 1998. Lecturer in seminar series in “Training and Education” programme for new scientists, employed by the municipalities of the three prefectures.
Technical Chamber of Greece. November 1992, November 1993. Regular member of examining committees for the acquisition of membership and official work permit of university graduates in Civil Engineering.
Technical Chamber of Greece. Fall 1996. Lecturer in seminars about the impact of transportation projects on the environment, financed by the Greek Ministry of Labour, and the European Union (programme against unemployment in Europe).

EMPLOYMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR

Private Consultant in Urban Planning, Transportation, and Regional Development. May 1995 – onwards.
Ministry of Urban, Regional and Environmental Planning, and Public Works of Greece. March 1986 – February 1995. Public employee in the Planning Department of the Prefecture of Kavala, Greece. Responsibilities included: studies of urban and regional planning, regional development, land use and transportation planning, preservation of historic sites, urban renewal projects, and organization of urban infrastructure. Also, pilot projects of public participation in planning.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Greece, Technical Division of Local Administration, Kavala, Greece. November 1984 – March 1986. Public employee – Transportation Engineer. Main responsibilities: development of the transportation infrastructure of local municipalities, transportation management at the local level, organization of public transit systems.
“P.I.L. Associates” Transportation Consultants, Toronto, Canada. March 1983 – May 1984. Transportation Engineer. Responsibilities included conduct of transportation planning and traffic regulation projects.
732 D.S.E., (Administration of Military Constructions), Xanthi, Greece. September 1981 – December 1982. Civil Engineer – Project Manager in military constructions (underground fuel tank systems and serving installations and transportation networks). The projects under responsibility were budgeted at $1,290,000 US (at 1981).

Evaluations, membership in steering and managing committees, and/or special consultant

1.COST (Action CA 18110)

“Underground Built Heritage as catalyzer for Community Valorisation”. K. Lalenis: regular member of the Greek Steering Committee. April 2019 – ..

2.Ministry of the Environment and Energy

«Elaboration of a legal framework for the environmental management of the areas of dense urban clusters». K. Lalenis: member of the appointed working team. January – June 2018.

3.Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change

«Elaboration of a legal network concerning Regional and Urban Reform”. K. Lalenis: member of the appointed working team. March 2013 – May 2013.

4.COST (Action TU 1306)

“Fostering knowledge about the relationship between Information and Communication Technologies and Public Spaces supported by strategies to improve their use and attractiveness (CYBERPARKS)”. K. Lalenis: regular member of the Greek Steering Committee. May 2014 – May 2018.

5.COST (Action TU 1002)

“Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice in Europe”. K. Lalenis: acting member of the Greek steering committee. October 2010 – February 2014.

6.Leonardo da Vinci:

“Sustainable Port Cities – Riga and Surroundings” Mobility Staff Exchange Project, EL/2006. K. Lalenis: Special consultant. Coordinator: Prefecture of magnesia, Greece. March 2007.

7.E.U. Research Projects (BUGS, GREENSCOM, GREENSPACE, RUROS, URGE):

«Greencluster projects». K. Lalenis: International Expert. November 2004, Utreht, The Netherlands.

8.European Commission, DG Research, FP5, Thematic Programme: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development::

“Large Urban Distressed Areas (LUDA) Project”, EVK 4 – CT 2002 – 00081, FP5. K. Lalenis: member of the Advisory and Steering Committee. Coordinator: Institute of Ecological and Regional Development, Dresden, Germany. February 2003 – June 2005.

9.Region of Thessaly, Structural Fund of Thessaly:

“Integrated Interventions of Urban Development in Small Scale Local Zones” in the Municipalities of Larissa, Volos, Trikala, Karditsa, Nea Ionia, and Tyrnavos. K. Lalenis: expert consultant – evaluator. April 2003 – December 2003.

10.European Commission (Directorate-General XII, Science, Research and Development):

Expert Evaluator for the Programme “Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development”, Key Action “City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage”. 1999 – 2002.

11.Programme THALIS of Metsoveion University of Technology:

Expert Evaluator of research proposals, Athens, Greece. Spring 2001.

12.LEADER programme:

Expert Evaluator of proposals for the island of Limnos, Greece. 1998.

Elaborations

The Green Fund, Greece:

“Urban Regeneration, re-use of structures, and business/development plan for the tobacco warehouses of Drama, Kavala, and Xanthi, Greece, with the use of Blockchain Technology”. K. Lalenis: Scientific Responsible and Principle Coordinator. Research funded by the Green Fund, Greece. Budget: 142.600,00 Euros. June 2020 -…

Organization of Port of Volos, Organization of Railways of Greece, Ministry of Transportation of Greece:

“Research on the feasibility and viability of the relocation of the commercial sector of the Port of Volos, and the organization of a system of combined transport for the region of Magnesia, Greece”. K. Lalenis: Scientific Responsible and Principle Coordinator. Research funded by the Organization of Port of Volos, the Organization of Railways of Greece, and the Ministry of Transportation of Greece. Budget: 150.000,00 Euros. April 2019 -…

Municipality of Larissa, Greece:

“Research on the parameters of urban resilience of the Municipality of Larissa”. K. Lalenis: Scientific Responsible and Principle Coordinator. Research funded by municipal funds of the Municipality of Larissa. Budget: 80.000,00 Euros. April 2019 -.

Region of Central Macedonia:

“Consultancy for Scientific, Research and Administrative-Technical Support for the Observatory of Sustainable Urban Development of Thessaloniki Urban Area”. K. Lalenis: Senior Expert, Scientific Advisor. Research funded by the Region of Central Macedonia – Thrace, Greece. Budget: 600.000,00 Euros. February 2020 -…

Office of the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Office of the Prefect of Troodos Area in Cyprus:

“Spatial and Development Planning of the Area of Troodos Mountain in Cyprus. An Innovative Approach”. K. Lalenis: Scientific Responsible for the sector of Spatial Planning. Lead Partner: Laboratory of Rural Development, University of Thessaly. Scientific Responsible and General Coordinator: D. Goussios. October 2017 – May 2019.

Region of East Macedonia & Thrace, and Municipality of Kavala, Greece:

“Strategy of Sustainable Urban Development of the Municipality of Kavala”. K. Lalenis: Scientific Responsible and Principle Coordinator. Competitive research, funded by Regional Structural Funds. Budget: 25.000 €. December 2015 – October 2016. 2^nd prize, and related regional funding for implementation: 8.000.000 €.

European Council, and Ministry of Planning and the Environment of Greece:

«Elaboration of: a) a text of Political Declaration with subject: ”Democracy and Space: the role of public participation in the sustainable spatial planning of Europe”, and b) a guide of public consultation and participation». K. Lalenis: Scientific Responsible and Coordinator. Subtask 5 of the Task of the Operational Programme “Environment” A.A. “Actions concerning education / information of the public and relevant public organizations, for the implementation of the environmental policy of the Ministry of Planning and the Environment of Greece (environment, climate change, energy, spatial planning, and urban environment) for the period 2012-2015”, for the Greek Presidency of the European Council (CEMAT). Budget: 24.000 €. April 2014 – September 2014.

European Union, ENPI CBCMED:

“Bridging the Implementation Gap: Facilitating Border ICZM Implementation by Lowering Legal – Institutional Barriers in the MSB (MARE NOSTRUM)” Priority 1 – Topic 3 – “Integrated Coastal Zone Management”. K. Lalenis: scientific coordinator from the Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD). Lead Partner: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Participation of 10 partners. Budgeted at 4.319.529,00 €. DPRD budget: 312.617,32 €. January 2013 – January 2016.

European Commission, TEMPUS IV:

“Leading and Managing Change in Higher Education (La MANCH)” TEMPUS Joint Projects, Action: “Governance Reform”. Scientific coordinator from DPRD: Pantoleon Skayannis, professor. Lead Partner: International University College, Bulgaria. Participation of 28 scientific partners. Budgeted at 930.724,52 €. DPRD budget: 42.243,60 €. November 2012 – November 2015.

European Commission, ΧΙΙ – DG Research:

“Peri-urban Land Use Relationships Strategies and Sustainability Impact Assessment Tools for urban-rural Linkages (PLUREL)” Integrated Project, Framework Programme 6 (FP 6) Priority 1.6.3: “Global Change and Ecosystems”. K. Lalenis: Scientific manager from the University of Thessaly. Lead Partner: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark. Participation of 31 research institutes. Budget: 10640319 Euros. Budget for the University of Thessaly: 96000 Euros. January 2007 – April 2011.

Municipality of Topeiros, Prefecture of Xanthi:

“Development Plan of the Municipality of Topeiros”. K. Lalenis: Scientific manager from DPRD. Budgeted at 30000 Euros. June 2008 – December 2009.

E.U. Community Initiative INTERREG IIIB CADSES:

“Urban Green as a Key for Sustainable Cities. GreenKeys”. K. Lalenis: Scientific manager from the University of Thessaly. Lead Partner: Municipality of Dresden, Germany. Participation of nine research institutes and twelve municipalities. Budget: 2000000 Euros. Budget of U. of Thessaly: 104000 Euros. March 2005 – April 2008.

Europe Aid, Asia Link, Co–operation Office:

“Urban EcoStudio” Curriculum Development Project on Urban Ecosystem Management. K. Lalenis: Representative of the University of Thessaly. Coordinator: University of Salzburg, Austria. February 2004 – February 2007.

Regional Development Fund of the Region of Thessaly:

“Organization of workshop for the urban dipoles of Thessaly”. Scientific responsible: St. Tsakiris, K. Lalenis, D. Economou. In the frame of INTERREG programme “Connected Cities”. Budget: 12000000 Euros. January 2006 – August 2006.

Ε.U. Community Initiative INTERREG CADSES:

“Regional Integration and Metropolitan Development in S.E. Europe. RIMED”. Lead Partner: University of Thessaly, scientific manager: G. Petrakos. K. Lalenis: contracted for the period 1/11/2004 – 30/6/2005.

Region of Thessaly:

“Strategic Plan of the City of Volos”. Lead Partner: University of Thessaly, scientific manager: G. Petrakos. K. Lalenis: contract for the period 1/10/2004 – 31/5/2005. Fee: 6000 Euros.

Municipality of Filippoi, Prefecture of Kavala, Greece:

“Improving urban and transportation parameters in the urban center of Krinides. Assessment by use of space syntax”. Scientific manager: K. Lalenis. Budget: 18000 Euros. January 2003 – August 2003.

Municipality of Thassos, Prefecture of Kavala, Greece:

“The influence of spatial factors in improving functionality of the urban center of Limenas, in Thassos”. Scientific manager: K. Lalenis. Budget: 5000000 drahmas. October 2001 – June 2003.

Institute of Commerce of the City of Farsala, Prefecture of Larissa:

“Pedestrianization of the city centre of Farsala”. Scientific manager: A. Gospodini. Budget: 1000000 drahmas. October 2001 – January 2002.

European Commission (Project Terra CZM Kavala) and the Prefecture of Kavala:

«Transportation Planning at the Prefecture of Kavala». ΙCZM-Sectoral Study 2. Scientific manager: K. Lalenis. Fee: 1500000 drahmas. Lead Partner of Terra programme: Euro consultants. (May 2000 – August 2000).

European Commission (Project Terra CZM Kavala) and the Prefecture of Kavala:

«Urban and Regional Planning at the Prefecture of Kavala: Present Reality – Outcomes Affecting the Coastal Zone of the Prefecture». ΙCZM-Sectoral Study 1. Scientific manager: K. Lalenis. Fee: 2000000 drahmas. Lead Partner of Terra programme: Euro consultants. March 2000 – August 2000.

Region of East Macedonia & Thrace:

«Feasibility Study for the Establishment of Technopolis of Thrace». Lead partner: University of Thessaly, scientific manager: F. Loukissas. Budget: 20000000 drahmas. March 2000 – May 2002.

Region of East Macedonia & Thrace, Municipality of Kavala, Greece:

«Development Strategy for the Municipality of Kavala». Lead partner: Panteion University of Greece. Scientific manager: P. Loukakis, local coordinator: K. Lalenis. Budget: 25000000 drahmas. February 1999 – March 2001.

Region of East Macedonia & Thrace:

«Local Development Plans for the New Local Authorities in the Prefectures of Drama, Kavala and Xanthi». Lead partner: Panteion University of Greece. Scientific manager: P. Loukakis, K. Lalenis: member of the project management team. Budget: 35000000 drahmas. December 1998 – June 2002.

European Commission & Prefecture of Kavala, Greece:

LIFE project about the spatial distribution of air polluters in the prefecture and the investigation of their characteristics, using biological methods. Lead partner: Panteion University of Greece. Scientific manager: P. Loukakis. May 1998 – December 2000.

General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece:

PENED 95: «Decision Support System for the Sustainable Development of the Island of Thassos, Greece». Participants: Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM) (represented by K. Lalenis), University of Aegean (represented by H. Coccosis). Budget: 3000 Euros. October 1996 – December 1998.

European Commission, EC-DG-VII-RTD:

«Road Infrastructure Maintenance Evaluation Study» (RIMES). Programme Transport RTD, Contract No. RO-97-SC 1085/1189. Participants: University of Birmingham, COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners, Scetaroute, Pavement Management Services Ltd., Finnish National Road Administration, Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM) (represented by K. Lalenis). Budgeted at 1.005.077 Euros. June 1996 – November 2002.

Books/Monographs

Lalenis, K., Bezante, C. and Papageorgiou, M. (2014) A handbook on territorial democracy and public participation in spatial planning. Official publication of the Council of Europe, 16th CEMAT, Directorate of Democratic Governance, Democratic Institutions and Governance Department. (English, Greek, French), in http://www.ypeka.gr/ LinkClick. aspx?fileticket=1CjQWO0K580%3d&tabid=322&language=el-GR.
De Jong, M., Lalenis, K. and Mamadouh, V., eds. (2002) The theory and practice of institutional transplantation: Experiences with the transfer of policy institutions. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. (eng).

Chapters in collective volumes

Arvanitidis, P., Lalenis, K., Artopoulos, G. and Pallares-Barbera, M. (2019) Exploring the concept of cyberpark: What the experts think. In Smaniotto-Costa, C., Suklje-Erjavec, I., Kenna, Th., de Lange, M., Ioannidis, K., Maksymiuk, G., de Waal, M. (eds.) CyberParks: The interface between people, places, and technology: New approaches and perspectives (Action TU 1306). Springer Open, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 11380, pp.50-68. (eng).
Lalenis, K., Yapicioglu, B. and Ivanova, P. (2019) CyberPark: A new medium of human associations, a component of urban resilience. In Smaniotto-Costa, C., Suklje-Erjavec, I., Kenna, Th., de Lange, M., Ioannidis, K., Maksymiuk, G., de Waal, M. (eds.) CyberParks: The interface between people, places, and technology: New approaches and perspectives (Action TU 1306). Springer Open, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 11380, pp.196-208. (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2017) A Greek perspective on nationalization of land: Kilt and fustanella: Same principle, different colours. In Gerber, J.-D., Hartman, T. and Hengstermann, A. (eds.) Instruments of land policy: Dealing with scarsity of land. Taylor & Francis / Routledge (eng).
Dalezios, N.R. and Lalenis, K. (2017) Environmental hazards concepts. In Dalezios, N.R. (ed.) Environmental hazards: Methodologies for risk assessment and management. Forthcoming, IWA Publishing (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2015) Tobacco era in Kavala, Greece: Shaping up urban identities. In Jacob, F. and Dworok, G. (eds.) Tabak und Gesellschaft: Vom braunen Gold zum sozialen Stigma. Nomos Publications, 406 S., Broschiert, Germany (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2014) Planning traditions and the role of experts. Thematic Agenda of the Initiative CITY AND CRISIS, from a series of 25 interviews of planning experts. Available at http://gkafkala.webpages.auth.gr/site/πολη κριση/ (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2010) The island of Agios Efstratios, before and after the earthquake of 20-2-1968: Redevelopment under conditions of extreme isolation. In Beriatos, I. and Delladetsimas, M. (eds.) Earthquakes and urban development: The effect of architectural, urban, and regional planning. Athens: Kritiki publications, pp. 147-182 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2009) Planning interventions and urban development in the island of Agios Efstratios, Greece, after the earthquake of 20-2-1968. In collective volume 25 texts about spatial planning and development. Volos: University of Thessaly Press, pp. 335-358 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2008) From public assemblies to public-private partnerships: A review of public participation procedures in urban planning in Greece during the last 25 years. In Gospodini, A. (ed.) Dialogs about spatial planning and fevelopment. Athens: Kritiki publications, pp. 199-234 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Beriatos, E. (2008) Housing the refugees: The Greek experience and its political pitfalls. In Psycharis, Y. and Skayannis, P. (eds.) The context, dynamics and planning of urban development: A collection of papers. Volos, University of Thessaly Press, pp. 273-286.
Lalenis, K. (2004) Securing public space in Greek cities: Legislation and implementations. In Economou, D., Sarigiannis, G.M. and Serraos, K. (eds.) City and space from the 20^th to the 21^st century. Athens: Metsoveion University, University of Thessaly, and SEPOH publication, pp. 273-286 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2003) Local development programs in the communities of Muslim minority of Northern Xanthi: Memories of underdevelopment? In Deffner, A., Konstantakopoulos, D. and Psycharis, Y. (eds.) Culture and regional economic development: Cultural, political and social perspectives. Volos: University of Thessaly Press, pp. 57-83 (eng).
Lemmas In Caves, R., ed. (2003) Encyclopaedia of the City. London: Routledge, pp. 122-124, 325-326, 353-354 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (1985) Construction of parking places in the centre of Kavala: A cost-benefit model of evaluating alternatives. In Ioannides, G. (ed.) Traffic flow analysis in the city of Kavala. Kavala: Municipality of Kavala publication, pp. 229-238. (gre).

Journals articles with reviews

Tsavdaroglou, Ch. and Lalenis, K. (forthcoming) The antagonism between the political extreme Right and refugees for the rights to the city. Dialectics between transnational common spaces versus nationalistic conflicts in the case of Thessaloniki, Greece. In Pineira-Mantinan M.J., Paradiso M., & Schnell I. (eds) (Re)Governing the Mediterranean cities. Springer Publishing (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Vezirianidou S. (forthcoming) Spatial Planning and related attempts for institutional reforms in Greece at the time of economic recession. An assessment of necessities and outcomes. AEIHOROS scientific journal, (gre).
Vezirianidou, S. and Lalenis, K. (forthcoming) The organization of Spatial Planning systems in the administrative reforms of the period 1994-2018 in Greece. AEIHOROS scientific journal, (gre).
Zamani, A., Lalenis, K., Papoutsoglou, G. and Economou, D. (2016) Production processes, inventory, and snalysis of the settlements of private urbanization. AEIHOROS scientific journal, no 25, pp. 20-51) (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2016) Gaps between legal-institutional frameworks and implementations in Mediterranean coastline management: Existing practices and impediments to implementation at the local level. AEIHOROS scientific journal, no 23, pp. 12-40 (gre).
Sylaios, G., Lalenis, K., Anastasiou, S., Papatheocharis, I. and. Kokkos, N. (2015) A tool for coastal setbacks demarcation over rough, impermeable shores: The test case of Kavala coastline (Northern Greece). Coastal Management, 43 (5), pp. 519-538 (eng).
Zamani, A., Karavokiros, G., Kotzmanis, B. and Lalenis, K. (2013) Post-occupancy evaluation of Olympic village settlement in Athens, Greece. Geographies, no 21, pp. 70-84 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Samourkasidou, E. (2012) Wakfs in Kavala, Greece: A legal, political and architectural heritage issue. International Journal of Architectural Research, 7, (2), pp. 206-220 (revised article, eng).[1]
Lalenis, K. (2012) Forest “swallowing” city: The adventures of master plan of the city of Kavala in the crossroads of Greek legal frameworks for spatial planning and forest protection. US – China Law Review, 9 (6), pp. 509-526 (eng).
Lalenis, K., Fragopoulos, I. Kiosses, I. and Kipouros, S. (2012) Ethno-cultural differentiation, social structures, and urban organization in the minority settlements of Thrace. Geographies, no 20, pp. 117-138 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Metaxas, T. (2012) Networking cities in Greece: The tri-pole Kavala, Drama, Xanthi in brief. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (MPRA), Paper No. 41190. Available at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/41190/ (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Theothoridou, L. (2012) University campuses and the city: Location, planning, and integration in city life: case studies of the University of Thessaly in Volos, and the Technological Institute of Kavala. AEIHOROS scientific journal, no 17, pp. 136-163 (gre).
Portokalidis, K. and Lalenis, K. (2011) Cities of ‘integrated ecosystems’ in the era of climate change: Utopia or realistic perspective? AEIHOROS scientific journal, no 16, pp. 4-29 (gre).
K Lalenis, K. and Sapounakis, A. (2010) From decay to opportunity: Planning Education as a means for reversing the impacts of economic crisis. CEBE Transactions, 7 (2), pp. 70-94 (eng).
Arvanitidis, P., Lalenis, K., Petrakos, G. and Psycharis, Y. (2009) Economic aspects of urban green space: A survey of perceptions and attitudes. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 11 (1/2/3), pp. 143-168 (Eng).
Economou, D., Lalenis, K. and Deffner, A. (2008) Urban dipoles of Thessaly. Nova Terra, Special Issue on the EU supported project “Connected Cities”, pp. 33-37 (eng). Available at http://connectedcities.eu/magazines/ nt_2008_april_cc.html.
Metaxas, T. and Lalenis, K. (2006) Strategic planning as a type of planning and as a tool for effective urban management. AEIHOROS scientific journal, 5 (1), pp. 4-37 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Syropoulou, A. (1996) A proposal for the evaluation of the alternative routes of the “Egnatia” transportation corridor in the area Strymonas – Kavala: The regional development factor. Topos, Review of Urban & Regional Studies, special issue, pp. 228-240 (gre).*
Lalenis, K. (1996) Transportation corridor of Razlong (Bulgaria) – Drama – Kavala (Greece): Transborder cooperation of the area. Technica Chronica, no. 2/96, pp.151- 166 (gre).

[1] See also par. IX.d.b -3.

Journals articles without reviews

Lalenis, K. (2015) Illegal construction in Greece: Historical phases, legislation, policies, and implementations. Atlantis Magazine by Polis, Platform for Urbanism, # 26.1, October 2015. Delft University, Delft, the Netherlands (eng).
Lalenis, K., Tosics, I. and Gertheis, A. (2008) The power of the public sector to influence land-use changes. PLUREL newsletter, no 4, September 2008. Available at http://www.plurel.net (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2007) Comments on the general framework of planning and sustainable development. Presentation in the General Assembly of the Technical Chamber of Greece-Sector of East Macedonia, 22 October 2007 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (1995) A decision making methodology concerning planning interventions in urban centres: The case of Music Palace and Convention Centre in Kavala, Greece. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), no 20, October 1995, pp. 52-58 (gre).

Lalenis, K. (1995) Sustainable development of urban space: Implementations, policies, perspectives. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), no 19, June 1995, pp. 54-59 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (1991) Technical principles of the construction of parking facilities. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), No 9/10, November 1991, pp. 69-76 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papazisis, E. (1988) Public participation strategies in planning. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), No. 1, May 1988, pp. 42-45 (gre).

Conference proceedings with reviews

Lalenis, K. and Ruchinskaya, T. (2018) Building urban resilience of public places in Volos, Greece: Perspectives and possibilities of related contribution of blockchain technology. IFoU 2018: Reframing urban Resilience Implementation: Aligning Sustainability and Resilience, Barcelona, Spain, 10-12 December 2018 (eng). Available at https://sciforum.net/ manuscripts/5931/manuscript.pdf.
Lalenis, K. and Yapicioglu, B. (2018) Teaching resilience for urban planners and architects. ICBR 2018: 8^th International Conference on Building Resilience, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-16 November 2018 (eng). In https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331716037_Teaching_resilience_for_urban_planners_and_architects.
Lalenis, K., Kalergis, D., Samourkasidou, E. and Polymenidis, Y. (2018) Urban cemeteries: Boundaries between the city of living and the city of dead. In Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” (CAUMME PAUMME 2018) International Symposium “Borders in Architecture”. Istanbul, Turkey, 22-23 November 2018 (eng). In https://bau.edu.tr/icerik/13807-caumme-2018-proceedings-book.
Tsavdaroglou, C. and Lalenis, K. (2018) The rights of the refugees to housing. Housing commons and location policies for reception camps in Athens and Thessaloniki. In 5^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 27-30 September 2018, pp. 1745-1756 (gre).
Vezyrianidou, S. and Lalenis, K. (2018) The administrative system of organization of spatial planning in Greece through Kallikratis reform. In 5^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 27-30 September 2018, pp. 1626-1636 (gre).
Lalenis, K., Kalergis, D., Samourkasidou, E. and Zigouri, F. (2018) Blockchain and urban management: Opportunities and perspectives towards a more democratic approach. In 5^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 27-30 September 2018, pp. 70-81 (gre).
Lalenis, K., Moschos, N. and Polymenidis, I. (2018) “Red Light” urban areas: Issues of urban planning and institutional framework in the zones of paid sex: Brothels in the Municipality of Volos. In 5^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 27-30 September 2018, pp. 1672-1683 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Polymenidis, I. (2018) “Interactions between the city of the living and the city of dead”. In 5^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 27-30 September 2018, pp. 299-312 (gre).
Vezyrianidou, S. and Lalenis, K. (2018) Land use planning as a development process in Greece. In 16^th Scientific Conference ERSA-GR “Local and regional development strategies: contemporary challenges”, Institute of Regional Development, Athens, Greece, 22-23 June 2018 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Vezirianidou S. (2018) Planning reforms in Greece in the period of economic recession. In 20^th Scientific Conference of the Association of Regional Planners of Greece “Region in crossroads: Meta-digital communities, new localism, and re-nationalization: Development perspectives”, Athens, Greece, 4-5 June 2018 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2016) Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in the Mediterranean basin: Local practices and impediments to implementation. In 9^th International Conference of Faculty of Architectural Research Unit (FARU). Sri Lanka, 8-11 September 2016, pp. 221-235 (eng).
Lalenis, K., Kapoula, A., Moschos, N. and Polymenidis, I. (2015) Locating/siting of the New Court House in Volos, Greece. In 4^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development, DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 24-27 September 2015 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I. (2015) Implementation gaps in integrated coastal zone management in Mediterranean coasts: Existing practices and impediments to implementation at the local level. In 4^th Panhellenic Conference in Planning and Regional Development. DPRD, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 24-27 September 2015. (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2014) City plans drawn on tobacco leafs: The evolution of urban identity of Kavala, Greece. In Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” (CAUMME) 2014 International Symposium “Architectural and Urban Research, Education and Practice in the Era of “Post Professionalism”. Girne, Cyprus, 23-25 October 2014, pp. 347-372 (eng).
Lalenis, K., Fragopoulos, I., Kiosses, I. and Kipouros, S. (2013) Ethnic minorities, state policies, and built space in Thrace, Greece: Aa comparative approach. In 6th International Interdisciplinary Symposium Encounter of Cultures. 1 December 2013, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, pp 321-331. Available at http://digitalnabiblioteka.tk/digitalna-biblioteka?task=view&id=118& catid=921 (gre).
Eftychiadou, O. and Lalenis, K. (2013) Suburbs in time of economic crisis: The case of the Municipality of Thermaikos in the greater Thessaloniki area, in Greece”. In International Conference on “Changing Cities: Spatial, morphological, formal & socio-economic dimensions”. Skiathos, 18-21 June 2013 (eng).
Zamani, A., Lalenis, K. and Oikonomou, D. (2012) The institution of private urbanization in Greece. In Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” (CAUMME) 2012 International Symposium “Global Impacts and Local Challenges”. Istanbul, Turkey, November 21-23 2012, pp. 324-337 (eng).
Portokalidis, K., Kalergis, D. and Lalenis, K. (2012) The process towards forming urban identities. In Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” (CAUMME) 2012 International Symposium “Global Impacts and Local Challenges”. Istanbul, Turkey, November 21-23 2012, pp. 105-122 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Samourkasidou, E. (2012) Wakfs in Kavala, Greece: A legal, political and architectural heritage issue. In Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East” (CAUMME) 2012 International Symposium “Global Impacts and Local Challenges”. Istanbul, Turkey, November 21-23, 2012, pp. 615-631 (eng).
Athanasopoulou, E. and Lalenis, K. (2012) The Greek city in the turbulence of generalized crisis: The example of the city of Patras, Greece. In 3^rd Panhellenic Congress of Planning and Regional Development. Volos, 27-30 September 2012 (gre).
Eftyhiadou, O. and Lalenis, K. (2012) Urban sprawl and peri-urban space: Transformations in the urban periphery of Thessaloniki, Greece. In 3^rd Panhellenic Congress of Planning and Regional Development. Volos, 27-30 September 2012 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Spanou, M. (2012) Urban settlements out of the map, communities without identity: Investigating the characteristics of Drosero, a Roma settlement in the outskirts of the city of Xanthi, Greece. In 3^rd Panhellenic Congress of Planning and Regional Development. Volos, 27-30 September 2012 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Kyriazis, A. (2012) Controversies of the legal framework and deadlocks of planning: Conflicts between urban environment and forest in the new General Development Plan of Kavala. In 3^rd Panhellenic Congress of Planning and Regional Development, Volos, 27-30 September 2012 (gre).
Zamani, Α., Karavokiros, G., Kotzamanis, B. and Lalenis, K. (2011) Post – occupancy evaluation of Olympic village settlement in Athens-Greece. In 17^th European Colloquium on Quantitative and Theoretical Geography (ecQTG). Athens, 2-5 September 2011, pp. 580-588 (eng).
Portokalidis, K. and Lalenis, K. (2010) ’Favonian’ movements as a parameter of sustainability in small and medium sized cities in Greece: The case of Alexandroupolis. In 5^th International Congress in Transportation Research (ICTR 2010). Volos 27 – 28 September 2010 (gre).
Zamani, A., Karavokiros, G., Kotzamanis, B. and Lalenis, K. (2010) The social identity of the post-Olympic use of the Olympic Village settlement in Athens, Greece. In ERSA 50^th Congress. Jönköping, Sweden, 19-23 August 2010 (eng).
Evangelidou, M., Zifou, M. and Lalenis, K. (2009) Planning of zones of productive activities: Chronic weaknesses, existing tendencies, apparent problems. In Kotzamanis, B., Koungolos, A., Beriatos, E., Economou, D. and Petrakos, G. (eds.) 2^nd Pan-Hellenic Congress of Urban and Regional Planning and Development. Volos, 24-27 September 2009. Volos, University of Thessaly Press, pp. 457-472 (gre).
Rogokou, I., Sapounakis, A. and Lalenis, K. (2009) The notion of “edges” according to Kevin Lynch, in determining behaviours of users of space. In Kotzamanis, B., Koungolos, A., Beriatos, E., Economou, D. and Petrakos, G. (eds.) 2^nd Pan-Hellenic Congress of Urban and Regional Planning and Development. Volos, 24-27 September 2009. Volos, University of Thessaly Press, pp. 539-546 (gre).
Smaniotto Costa, C., Suklje Erjavec, I., Mathey, J. and Lalenis, K. (2008) The GreenKeys approach to urban green space development. In Urban Green Spaces: A Key for Sustainable Cities. Sofia, Bulgaria, 17-18 April 2008, pp. 9-15 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2005) Conservation and management of built heritage in Greece: Dilemmas and perspectives on institutions and policies. In Workshops 6^th Mediterranean Meeting of Social and Political Research, Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies – the European University Institute, Thematic sector 11 “The Legal Tools for Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Countries”, Florence, Italy, 16-20 March 2005 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Liogkas, V. (2002) Reforming local administration in Greece towards decentralization and effective management of space: Where good intentions are not always enough! In Workshops 3rd Mediterranean Meeting of Social and Political Research, Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies – the European University Institute. Thematic sector 6 “Territorial Governance in the Mediterranean: New Paradigms?” Florence, Italy, 20-24 2002 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Syropoulou, A. (1995) Impact of the alternative routes of the “Egnatia” international transportation corridor on the regional development and the environment of South Balkans: The case of the area “Strymonas – Kavala. In 1st Panhellenic Colloquium on Highway Engineering. Larissa, Greece, 4-7 October 1995, pp.83-92 (gre).

Announcements in scientific conferences without proceedings

Tsavdaroglou, Ch. and Lalenis, K. (2019) The antagonism between the political extreme Right and refugees for the rights to the city. Dialectics between transnational common spaces versus nationalistic conflicts in the case of Thessaloniki, Greece. 8^th International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG), Uneven Development, Everywhere War and Radical Praxis in Permanent Crisis? Athens, April 19-22, 2019 (eng).
Kalergis, D. and Lalenis, K. (2019) Blockchains in the service of management of urban crises: automated and decentralized systems of civil protection. 8^th International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG), Uneven Development, Everywhere War and Radical Praxis in Permanent Crisis? Athens, April 19-22, 2019 (eng).
Polymenidis, I. and Lalenis, K. (2019) Necrogeography: Interactions between the city of living and the city of dead. 8^th International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG), Uneven Development, Everywhere War and Radical Praxis in Permanent Crisis? Athens, April 19-22, 2019 (eng).
Polymenidis, I. and Lalenis, K. (2019) “Red Lights” Issues of urban planning and institutional framework in zones of paid sex – work. 8^th International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG), Uneven Development, Everywhere War and Radical Praxis in Permanent Crisis? Athens, April 19-22, 2019 (eng).
Zigouri, F. and Lalenis, K. (2019) Public urban spaces: legal tools for acquisition, policies, and property rights. A comparative analysis in six European countries. 8^th International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG), Uneven Development, Everywhere War and Radical Praxis in Permanent Crisis? Athens, April 19-22, 2019 (eng).
Ruchinskaya, T. and Lalenis, K. (2019) Reinforcing Urban Resilience of Public Places in Volos (Greece): Contribution of Digital Tools. 8^th International Conference of Critical Geography (ICCG), Uneven Development, Everywhere War and Radical Praxis in Permanent Crisis? Athens, April 19-22, 2019 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Zigouri, F. (2018) Restrictions to land property rights, and compensations to land owners for the acquisition of public spaces in Greek cities. Jurisprudence of Greek Courts and the ECHR. AESOP 2018 “Making Space for Hope”. Gothenburg, Sweden 10-14 July 2018 (eng).
Leshinsky, R. and Lalenis, K. (2018) ProPTech & blockchain: Contemplating real property & land use planning issues. International Academic Forum, International symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. NoviSad, Serbia, 19-23 February 2018 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Yapicioglu, B. (2018) Parks to cyberparks: A transformation with legal and institutional challenges. International Academic Forum, International symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. NoviSad, Serbia, 19-23 February 2018 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Polymenidis, I. (2018) Necropolis: Interactions between the city of living and the city of dead. International Academic Forum, International symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. NoviSad, Serbia, 19-23 February 2018 (eng).
Arvanitidis, P. and Lalenis, K. (2018) Cyberpark: New concept, new challenge. International Academic Forum, International symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. NoviSad, Serbia, 19-23 February 2018 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Leshinski, R. (2017) Marine ports: A public amenity or a marketable asset? Understanding ownership, possession and obligations in the sale of ports in Greece and Australia. AESOP 2017 “Spaces of dialog for places of dignity”. Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14 July 2017 (eng).
Zygouri, F. and Lalenis, K. (2017) The antagonistic interests between public urban spaces and land property rights: A comparative approach in legal frameworks, planning tools, and policy implementations in five EU member states. AESOP 2017 “Spaces of dialog for places of dignity”. Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14 July 2017 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Yapicioglu, B. (2017) Spatial and legal dimensions for the reception of refugees on a national and supranational level: The case studies of EU and Greece. International Academic Forum, International symposium “Planning, Law, and Property Rights”. Hong Kong, 20-24 February 2017 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Vezyriannidou, S. (2016) Existing deficiencies and new initiatives in spatial planning in Greece: Seeking effectiveness in inter-level coordination. International Academic Forum, International symposium “Planning, Law, and Property Rights”. Bern, Switzerland, 17-19 February 2016 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2015) New legislation about illegal construction in Greece: The effect of economic crisis. AESOP 2015 “Definite space – fuzzy responsibility”. Prague, Czech Republic, 13-16 July 2015 (eng).
Galani, M. and Lalenis, K. (2015) LULUs (Locally Unwanted Land Uses) and NIMBY (Not in my Backyard) issues: Property, residence, and public participation. International Academic Forum, International symposium “Planning, Law, and Property Rights”. Volos, Greece, 25-27 February 2015 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2015) Wakfs in Greece: Complexities and disputes regarding a legal, political, and architectural heritage issue. International Academic Forum, International symposium “Planning, Law, and Property Rights”. Volos, Greece, 25-27 February 2015 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2014) Integrated coastal zone management in Greece: The legislative framework and its influence on policy making and implementation”. International Academic Forum, International symposium “Planning, Law, and Property Rights”. Haifa, Israel, 11-14 February 2014 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2013) From ‘urbanism’ to urban ecology: An examination of the impacts of the General Building Code and its amendments on the urban environment in Greece. 5^th Joint AESOP-ACSP Congress. Dublin, Ireland, July 15-19 2013 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Vyzikas, I. (2013) City plans drawn on tobacco leaves: The evolution of the urban identity of 2nd annual Athens-Kavala conference in Science and Technology Studies: TobaccoRoads:
Technology Transfer in the Tobacco Industry during the Early Twentieth Century. Kavala, Greece, 5-7 July 2013 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Kyriazis, A. (2012) Forest “swallowing” city: The adventures of Master Plan of the city of Kavala in the crossroads of Greek legal frameworks for spatial planning and forest protection. AESOP 26^ο Annual Congress: Planning to Achieve / Planning to Avoid”. Ankara, Turkey, July 11-15, 2012 (eng).
Metaxas, T. and Lalenis, K (2011) Networking cities in Greece: The case of the tri-Pole Kavala – Drama – Xanthi. 17^th European Colloquium on Quantitative and Theoretical Geography (ECQTG2011) Athens, Greece, 2-6 September 2011 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Kalergis, D. (2010) Spatial panning systems in E.U. and North America: Still members of an extended family? Closing event of PLUREL project: Peri-Urban Land Use Relationships – Strategies and Sustainability Assessment Tools for Urban – Rural Linkages: Managing the Urban Rural Interface. Copenhagen, Denmark,19-22 October 2010 (eng).
Lalenis (2010): “Spatial plans and their promulgation: a Greek case of reversing legal hierarchies”. 24^ο ΑESOP Congress, Helsinki, Finland, July 2010. (eng).
Lalenis, K. Portokalidis, K. and Zygouri, F. (2010) Compact city: How does the Greek planning institutional framework deal with this urban pattern? A theoretical analysis. 24^ο ΑESOP Congress. Helsinki, Finland, July 2010 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2010) Corruption in planning and land development in Greece: The growth of a Lernaean Hydra. International Conference Towards a Just Metropolis: From Crises to Possibilities.C. Berkeley, California, June 16-20 2010 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2010) The evolution of planning in the E.U.: Losing national styles and traditions to Europeanization? International Conference Towards a Just Metropolis: From Crises to Possibilities.C. Berkeley, California, June 16-20 2010 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Zygouri, F. (2010) “Legalization” for sale: Recent policies and legal tools concerning illegal “semi-hypaethral” spaces of residential constructions in Greece. International Academic Forum, International symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. Dortmund, Germany, 10-12 February 2010 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Theothoridou, L. (2009) Location, planning and integration of university compounds/campuses in Greek cities: The cases of the University of Thessaly and the Technological Institute of Kavala. 1^st Panhellenic Congress “Local communities and universities: Coexistence for sustainable development”. Rhodes, 25-26 September 2009 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2009) Planning and regulation for controversial land uses in the urban web: Frameworks, policies, and processes for the red light districts in Greek cities. 23^rd ΑESOP Congress. Liverpool, UK, 15-18 Ιουλίου 2009 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Zygouri, F. (2009) Coastal areas in Greece: The legislative framework concerning their development and/or protection, and the Influence of social, political and economic factors. International Academic Forum, International Symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. Aalborg, Denmark, February 2009 (eng).
Lalenis, k. (2008) Corruption in planning and land development in Greece: Tales of a contemporary Lernaean Hydra. 4^th Joined Congress, ACSP – AESOP. Chicago, U.S.A., 6-11 July 2008 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2008) Spatial planning: A public obligation or a private venture? A Greek approach towards balancing the issues. International Academic Forum, International Symposium Planning, Law, and Property Rights. Warsaw, Poland, 13-15 February 2008 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2007) Typology of E.U. national governance and spatial planning systems. Scientific event in the framework of PLUREL project: Peri-Urban Land Use Relationships – Strategies and Sustainability Assessment Tools for Urban – Rural Linkages. Leipzing, Germany, 11 October 2007 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2007) Transfer of building ratio in Greece: Legal adventures of a much promising planning tool. AESOP. Naples, Italy, 11-14 July 2007 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Zygouri, F. (2007) Public urban spaces and property rights: Complicities and incompatibilities concerning constitutional provisions, legal framework and policy arrangements in Greece. International Academic Forum, Inaugural Symposium, Planning, Law, and Property Rights. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 7-8 February 2007 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Beriatos, E. (2006) Housing the refugees: The Greek experience and its political pitfalls. 46^th ERSA Congress. Volos, Greece, 30 August-3 September 2006 (eng).
Arvanitidis, P., Lalenis, K., Petrakos, G. and Psycharis, Y. (2006) The economic aspect of urban green space: The citizens´views. 46^th ERSA Congress. Volos, Greece, 30 August-3 September 2006 (eng).
Lalenis, Κ., Fragopoulos, Ι., Kipouros, S. and Kiosses, Y. (2005) Place identity, and reflections of socio-cultural characteristics of ethnic minorities on the built environment: A case study of the Muslim communities in Thrace, Greece. AESOP. Vienna, Αυστρία, 13-18 July 2005 (Eng).
Lalenis, K. (2005) The legal tools for conservation and management of built heritage in Greece: Reflections of the antagonism of institutions. AESOP. Vienna, Austria, 13-18 July 2005 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2004) Property obligations regarding urban space, and constitutional and legal controversies in Greece. AESOP. Grenoble, France, 1-3 July 2004 (eng).
De Jong, M., Lalenis, K. and Mamadouh, V. (2003) The theory and practice of institutional transplantation. 3^rd Joint ACSP-AESOP Congress. Leuven, Belgium, 8-12 July 2003 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Kalliakoudas, T. (2002) Legal instruments for securing urban public space in Greece: An analysis of outcomes and effectiveness. AESOP 2002 Planning in Border Regions. Volos, Greece, 10-14 July 2002 (eng).
Poulios, C. and Lalenis, K. (2002) The legal framework to combat illegal construction in Greek cities: A discussion about conditions, outcomes, effectiveness, and perspectives”. AESOP 2002 Planning in Border Regions. Volos, Greece, 10-14 July 2002 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2001) “Planning by decree”: Incompatibilities of planning laws and planning policies in Greece, during the 20^th century: Analysis, perspectives. World Congress WPSC 2001: Planning at the Turn of the Century. Shanghai, China, 11-15 July 2001 (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2000) Local administration and urban planning in Greece at the turn of the century: Developments, conflicts, and perspectives. AESOP Planning at a Turning Point. Brno, Czech Republic, 18-23 July 2000 (eng).

Conference proceedings without reviews

Lalenis (2016) European coastal planning must deal with refugee crisis issue. Interview / on line presentation, Mare Nostrum Project «Bridging the legal – institutional gap in Mediterranean Coastline Managenment», Blog post. Available at http://marenostrumproject.eu /news-events/blog/european-coastal-planning-must-deal-with-refugee-crisis-issue. 28 February 2016 (eng).
Lalenis, K. and Samourkasidou, E. (2010) Urban conditions and particularities of spatial planning in the mountainous communities of the Prefecture of Xanthi, Greece. Invited speaker in 2^nd Regional Development Congress of the Prefecture of Xanthi. Xanthi, 15-17 January 2010, pp. 227-235 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2005) Old port and the city of Kavala: Seafront regeneration. In The port of Kavala yesterday, today, tomorrow. Organized by the Region of East Macedonia and Thrace, the Organization of the Port of Kavala, The Chamber of Commerce of Kavala, and the Cultural Organization of Kavala. Kavala, 13 April 2005 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Kalliakoudas, T. (2003) Comparison of institutional frameworks and policies for securing free urban space in European cities. In Aesthetics of Cities and Intervention Policies: Contribution to the Revitalization of Urban Space. Organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Planning and Public Works of Greece. Athens, 13-14 October 2003 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (2000) Urban planning implementations in the region of East Macedonia and Thrace 1949-1974: Chronicles of isolation. In 2^nd Congress of the Society of History of Cities and City Planning “Urban Planning in Greece from 1949 to 1974”. Volos, Greece, 3-4 December 1999, pp. 215-239 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (1995) Urban management and participation processes: The opportunity provided by the “urban reconstruction operation” and the inability of Greek planners to respond. In International Research Congress “Educational Background, Professional Qualifications, and Needs for Continuous Education of Urban Managers”. Organized by UN Habitat, and the Ministry of the Environment, Planning and Public Works of Greece (eng).

Other work

Self – contained Volumes of Research Programmes

Mare Nostrum Project: Bridging the Legal – Institutional Gap in Mediterranean Coastline Management, ENPI CBCMED

1.a: Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I., eds. (2014) Second report: Existing practices and impediments to implementation: The local and cross-national level. Mare Nostrum Project, Haifa, Israel (439 pages), (eng).

Chapters by K. Lalenis

– Lalenis, K.: Introduction, Executive summary (pp. 1-23).

– Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I.: Identification of local ICZM case studies and data collection (pp. 23-33).

– Lalenis, K. and Papatheocharis, I.: Analysis & evaluation of local knowledge & practices (pp. 335-419).

1.b: Lalenis, K. (2015) Coastline preservation in Greece: Introduction to the legal and institutional structure. Scientific volume Mare Nostrum Project. Available at http://www.marenostrumproject.eu (eng).

1.c: Lalenis, K., Papatheocharis, I. and Sylaios, S. (2015) ICZM implementation practices at the local level in the Mediterranean: The case study of illegal constructions in Evros Delta protected zone in Greece. Scientific volume Mare Nostrum Project. Available at http://www.marenostrumproject.eu (eng).

Lalenis, K., Kalergis, D., Tosics, I., Szemzo, H., Illes, D. and Gertheis, A. (2010) National spatial planning policies and governance typology. Volume FP 6 PLUREL project (Peri-urban land use relationships – strategies and sustainability assessment tools for urban – rural linkages) Integrated project, deliverable report 2.2.1 (269 pages, eng.).
Lalenis, K. et al (2008) GreenKeys at your city: A guide for urban green quality. European Union Community Initiative INTERREG III B CADSES and the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, GreenKeys. Smaniotto Costa, C. et al., eds., Ljubljana: Korotan (105 pages eng).
Lalenis, K. (2000) Urban and regional planning at the Prefecture of Kavala: Present reality, outcomes affecting the coastal zone of the Prefecture. Kavala: Prefecture of Kavala publication, from ΙCZM-Sectoral Study 1. Project Terra (48 pages, eng & gre).
Lalenis, K. and Tyrologos, K. (2000) Transportation planning at the Prefecture of Kavala. Kavala: Prefecture of Kavala publication, from ΙCZM-Sectoral Study 2. Project Terra (36 pages, eng & gre).

Didactical Notes

Urban Planning Studio II (General Development Plans) (2001-2013) Teaching notes. Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD), University of Thessaly (400 pages).
Urban Planning Studio Ι (City Plans) (2001-2006) Teaching notes. Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD), University of Thessaly (250 pages).
Special Issues in Urban Planning (2003) Teaching notes. Department of Planning and Regional Development (DPRD), University of Thessaly (320 pages).

Other Publications

Lalenis, K. (2015) Illegal construction in Greece: Historical phases, legislation, policies, and implementations. Atlantis Magazine by Polis, Platform for Urbanism, # 26.1, October 2015. Delft University, Delft, the Netherlands (eng).
Lalenis, , Tosics, I. and Gertheis, A. (2008) The power of the public sector to influence land-use changes. PLUREL newsletter, no 4, September 2008. Available at http://www.plurel.net (eng).
Lalenis, K. (2007) Comments on the general framework of planning and sustainable development. Presentation in the General Assembly of the Technical Chamber of Greece-Sector of East Macedonia, 22 October 2007 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (1995) A decision making methodology concerning planning interventions in urban centres: The case of Music Palace and Convention Centre in Kavala, Greece. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), no 20, October 1995, pp. 52-58 (gre).
Lalenis, K. (1995) Sustainable development of urban space: Implementations, policies, perspectives. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), no 19, June 1995, pp. 54-59 (gre).

Lalenis, K. (1991) Technical principles of the construction of parking facilities. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), No 9/10, November 1991, pp. 69-76 (gre).
Lalenis, K. and Papazisis, E. (1988) Public participation strategies in planning. Journal of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE-AM), No. 1, May 1988, pp. 42-45 (gre).

Book reviews

Reviewer of the book “Εvaluation in Integrated Land-Use Management: Towards a Place-Based Evaluation for Infrastructure and Spatial Projects», editors J. Woltjer, E. Alexander, A. Hull, M. Ruth, Ashgate, Jan. 2014.
Reviewer of “Integrated Land-Use Management: Towards a Place-Based Evaluation for Infrastructure and Spatial Projects”, volume, Ashgate, 2014.
Reviewer of «Urban Nexus in Central and Southeast Europe», volume, Z. Nedovic – Budic, B. Stojkov editors, Ashgate, summer 2012.

Reviewer of «Sustainability Impact Assessment of land use changes», book, Marta Perez-Soba, Paul Tabbush and Katharina Helming editors, SENSOR consortium, Springer, January 2008.