Researcher – Expert Talks
Research interests lie upon the investigation of the extent low carbon and spatial quality can be delivered in regional projects and the way visual representations and pictorial forms such as drawings, diagrams and images contribute to the decision making and the design process and change the way we conceptualize regions and their landscape potential. The way policies and decision-making impact on strategic spatial scale is examined and several proposals have been made.
Findings of the research have been resulted to a PhD thesis with title ‘The role of low carbon, spatial design and drawings in landscape-based regional strategies’ and presented to various scientific conferences and professional development events. Parts of this research have also been displayed at the ‘A landscape way of …seeing low carbon’ exhibition held at Birmingham City University (Part I) and the International Convention Centre (ICC) Birmingham (Part II). The second phase of the exhibition took place during the Climate-KIC, EIT Innovation Festival 2015 and was presented in an international audience. The research is well accepted by academia and professionals resulting to a Technical Note (TIN) by the Landscape Institute and the involvement to the local authorities guide for climate change, a policy document published by the TCPA in December 2018. Book contributions feature part of this research with publication dates in 2019/2020. The ongoing pan European ‘SATURN’ EIT Climate-KIC and the UK wide West Midlands National Park projects examine and integrate part of this research to both policy documents and design elements in spatial planning.
Book
Book Chapters
Nikologianni, A. (2019). ‘Low carbon design in large scale public schemes - Βιοκλιματικόςσχεδιασμόςσεδημόσιαέργαμεγάληςκλίμακας’ in K.N. and N.P (Eds.) Public Space+ ΔημόσιοςΧώρος+. Thessaloniki, Greece (in Greek). IANOS – TEE/TKM. p. 254-256. ISBN: 978-618-5141-59-2
Technical Note
Policy Notes (as a contributor)
LI (2020). Climate and biodiversity action plan. Landscape Institute, London, UK (as an expert contributor)
LI, (2020) Greener Recovery; Delivering a sustainable recovery from COVID-19. Landscape Institute, London, UK (Nikologianni, A. as a member of the Policy and Communications Committee)
TCPA, (2018) Planning for Climate Change – A Guide for Local Authorities. London. (Nikologianni, A. as a contributor nominated by the LI)
Publications
- Nikologianni, A., Larkham, P.J., Moore, K. (2020) Built Environment and Landscape Design as tools for Resilient Cities. Athens Journal of Architecture, 7:1-20. https://doi.org/10.30958/aja.7-3-1
- Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P.J. (2020) Climate Emergency Adaptation and Sustainable Management Strategies in Rural and Agricultural Landscapes. Infrastructures, 5(11), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures5110097 (selected for front page of Journal Dec 2020)
- Nikologianni, A.; Betta, A.; Pianegonda, A.; Favargiotti, S.; Moore, K.; Grayson, N.; Morganti, E.; Berg, M.; Ternell, A.; Ciolli, M.; Angeli, M.; Nilsson, A.M.; Gretter, A. New Integrated Approaches to Climate Emergency Landscape Strategies: The Case of Pan-European SATURN Project. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8419. doi.org/10.3390/su12208419
- Nikologianni, A. (2019) Exploring the Future: Landscape architects and emerging professionals, Common Ground. IFLA World Congress, Oslo, 18-20 September 2019. ISBN 978-82-92265-23-9
- Nikologianni, A. (2019) Facing Climate Change. A Guide for Local Authorities. Impakter international magazine, https://impakter.com/guide-local-authorities/, January 2019, ISSN: 2515-9577
- Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P. (2018) Introducing alternative project frameworks through landscape design
- Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P. (2017) Effective ways to deliver sustainability in urban and regional landscape strategies
- Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P. (2017) Sustainable landscape design; key ideas for effective implementation
Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P. (2017) Landscape and the city; creating a sustainable development
- Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P. (2016) Understanding landscape; the process to a quality and sustainable space
- Nikologianni, A., Moore, K., Larkham, P. (2015) Identifying spatial quality in climate adaptation landscape projects
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