Of
the
thesis
entitled: Cyclades
Archipelago: Regenerating
the
Productive
and
Tourism Landscapes
Abstract:
Through
history
the
shifting dynamics
of
urban
and
regional
development
in
Greece’s
Cyclades
Archipelago shaped
its
overall
identity
and
its
islands’
social,
economic
and
political cohesion.
Nowadays
the
emerged
tourism
industry
constitutes
the
main
dynamic and
has affected
all
the
facets
of
the
communities’
existence.
In
particular, tourism
is
inscribed
by
globalization
processes
that
have
resulted
in
a monocultural
economy
and
a
“new
global
cultural
economy
of
space”1 discarding
the
(until
recent
years
well-preserved)
Cyclades’ identity.
Each island
of
the
Cyclades
Archipelago
has
experienced
these
impacts
to
different degrees
according
to
its
stage
of
tourist
resort
evolution2,
which in
turn
is
highly
associated
with
the
seasonality
of
the
island’s
landscape3, and
the
period
required
for
reaching that
more
developed
stage.
Departing
from
the
analysis of
the
tourism
landscape
and
the
globalization
processes
that
it
induces,
this
thesis proposes
a
diversified
economy
that
takes
advantage
of
the
islands
traditional production
while
it
transmits
the
intangible
cultural
heritage
to
the
global traveler through
a
slow
process
of
experiencing
culture.
It
suggests
a
network of
co-dependencies
in
Cyclades
between
its
productive
and
tourism
landscapes that
mutually
benefits
the
Cycladic
communities
and
the
visitors.
In
its conclusion,
this
thesis
is
about
regenerating
the Cyclades
communities,
while creating
enriching
experiences
for
global
travelers
via
their
constructive blend.
Endnotes:
1.
Theano Terkenli,
“Landscapes
of
tourism:
towards
a
global
cultural
economy
of
space?”, Tourism
Geographies 4,
no:
3 (2002):
227-254.
2. Πάρις Τσάρτας, “Σχεδίασμα των σταδίων ανάπτυξης του τουρισμού στο νομό Κυκλάδων“, Επιθεώρηση Κοινωνικών Ερευνών:
70
(1988):
191-210.
3.
Theano Terkenli,
“Human
Activity
in
Landscape
Seasonality:
The
Case
of
Tourism
in Crete”. Landscape
Research 30, no:
2
(2007):
221-239.
The examining committee is as follows:
Supervisor:
Val Rynnimeri, University of Waterloo
Committee Member:
Rick Haldenby, University of Waterloo
Ali Fard, University of Waterloo
External Reader:
Taymoore Balbaa, Ryerson University
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Thursday
September
14,
2017
2:00
PM
BRIDGE Center
for Architecture +
Design
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.