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The Development Status and Prospects of a Medieval Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Case of Mesta, Chios

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The present paper treats the diachronic evolution of Mesta, a medieval settlement in Chios island, with the aim to investigate the circumstances under which the urban landscape managed to remain nearly intact until today. Scientists from different disciplines have studied the medieval settlements of Chios; however, very few have focused on the evolution of their urban landscape. This research is based on anthropogeographical and other urban-geographical characteristics of the settlement through the nineteenth and twentieth century, which are recorded with the use of computer-aided cartography (ArcGIS) and intends to (a) study the changes in the urban development of the settlement, (b) provide evidence to justify these changes, (c) study the current institutional framework on the protection and promotion of traditional settlements, (d) examine the initiative taken for the protection and promotion of this historical settlement and (e) introduce further suggestions for the protection, conservation and development of the settlement in modern reality.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100, Greece

    George Sidiropoulos

  2. School of Humanities, Studies in European Civilisation, Hellenic Open University, 3, Bizaniou st., Voula, 16673, Attica, Greece

    Dimitrios G. Ierapetritis

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Sidiropoulos, G., Ierapetritis, D.G. The Development Status and Prospects of a Medieval Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Case of Mesta, Chios. J Knowl Econ 7, 631–643 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-014-0236-1

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