Eighteen Greek academics have unveiled what they hope will be a landmark document for spatial planning in Greece.
Called the “Delphi Declaration on Spatial Planning,” it sets out 34 principles at a moment when urban planning, while technically active at every level, has lost its direction over the past 15 years, drifting toward what its authors call “made-to-order planning.”
The initiative – presented at a symposium in Delphi last month – was led by professors Anestis Gourgiotis and Georgia Gemenetzi of the University of Thessaly and drew academics from the National Technical University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of the Aegean.
“Planning as a concept is dying – it’s becoming a la carte,” Gourgiotis said. The declaration emphasizes public interest and institutional reform; organizers want it considered in a planned constitutional revision.
