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The purpose of this synthetic work is to examine university students’ perception of children’s relevant factors for recycling behaviour aiming to improve their university curriculum. The main idea of this analysis was to focus on faculty of education students, as they will be the future environmental educators that will provide the basic environmental knowledge to students in preschool and primary education. A systematic review was performed to reveal potential factors influencing the recycling behaviour of children, and then a new survey was conducted through a questionnaire to evaluate the 320 university students’ perception of the Faculty of Education of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the factors affecting the preschool and primary school students towards recycling. The findings indicated that university students’ perception is in line with the bibliography and show that according to students, the family environment is the most important factor affecting children’s recycling behaviour.
Thomas M. Koutsos; Georgios C. Menexes; Evangelia I. Balampekou; Andreas Oikonomou. University students’ perception of the factors affecting preschool and primary students’ recycling behaviour as a tool to improve environmental education in the university curriculum (Percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de los factores que influyen sobre la conducta de reciclaje de los estudiantes de educación infantil y primaria como herramienta para mejorar la educación ambiental en el currículum universitario). PsyEcology 2021, 12, 125 -176.
AMA StyleThomas M. Koutsos, Georgios C. Menexes, Evangelia I. Balampekou, Andreas Oikonomou. University students’ perception of the factors affecting preschool and primary students’ recycling behaviour as a tool to improve environmental education in the university curriculum (Percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de los factores que influyen sobre la conducta de reciclaje de los estudiantes de educación infantil y primaria como herramienta para mejorar la educación ambiental en el currículum universitario). PsyEcology. 2021; 12 (2):125-176.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas M. Koutsos; Georgios C. Menexes; Evangelia I. Balampekou; Andreas Oikonomou. 2021. "University students’ perception of the factors affecting preschool and primary students’ recycling behaviour as a tool to improve environmental education in the university curriculum (Percepción de los estudiantes universitarios de los factores que influyen sobre la conducta de reciclaje de los estudiantes de educación infantil y primaria como herramienta para mejorar la educación ambiental en el currículum universitario)." PsyEcology 12, no. 2: 125-176.
Agricultural fields have natural within-field soil variations that can be extensive, are usually contiguous, and are not always traceable. As a result, in many cases, site-specific attention is required to adjust inputs and optimize crop performance. Researchers, such as agronomists, agricultural engineers, or economists and other scientists, have shown increased interest in performing yield monitor data analysis to improve farmers’ decision-making concerning the better management of the agronomic inputs in the fields, while following a much more sustainable approach. In this case, spatial analysis of crop yield data with the form of spatial autocorrelation analysis can be used as a practical sustainable approach to locate statistically significant low-production areas. The resulted insights can be used as prescription maps on the tractors to reduce overall inputs and farming costs. This aim of this work is to present the benefits of conducting spatial analysis of yield crop data as a sustainable approach. Current work proves that the implementation of this process is costless, easy to perform and provides a better understanding of the current agronomic needs for better decision-making within a short time, adopting a sustainable approach.
Thomas Koutsos; Georgios Menexes; Andreas Mamolos. The Use of Crop Yield Autocorrelation Data as a Sustainable Approach to Adjust Agronomic Inputs. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2362 .
AMA StyleThomas Koutsos, Georgios Menexes, Andreas Mamolos. The Use of Crop Yield Autocorrelation Data as a Sustainable Approach to Adjust Agronomic Inputs. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2362.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas Koutsos; Georgios Menexes; Andreas Mamolos. 2021. "The Use of Crop Yield Autocorrelation Data as a Sustainable Approach to Adjust Agronomic Inputs." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2362.
In this study, a methodological scheme is proposed for the combined use of Analyse Factorielle des Correspondances—AFC (or Correspondence Analysis) and the Ordinary Kriging method to display values of quantitative variables as supplementary points (or as “supplementary data”) onto the factorial maps (or planes) resulting from the application of AFC to a contingency table of two categorical variables. The proposed method can also be generalized in the case of Multiple Correspondence Analysis (Analyse des Correspondances Multiples). The kriging method is widely used as one of the most effective spatial interpolation techniques. The proposed methodological scheme is demonstrated using hypothetical data from a 5 \(\times \) 4 contingency table (sites\(\times \)crops). Fertilizer mean costs will be used as supplementary points or “supplementary data”. Also, a specific data coding scheme is proposed aiming at a better presentation and interpretation of the graphical results.
George Menexes; Thomas Koutsos. Correspondence Analysis and Kriging: Projection of Quantitative Information on the Factorial Maps. Data Science 2021, 159 -166.
AMA StyleGeorge Menexes, Thomas Koutsos. Correspondence Analysis and Kriging: Projection of Quantitative Information on the Factorial Maps. Data Science. 2021; ():159-166.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGeorge Menexes; Thomas Koutsos. 2021. "Correspondence Analysis and Kriging: Projection of Quantitative Information on the Factorial Maps." Data Science , no. : 159-166.
Systematic review has generally been accepted as an effective, more complete, repeatable, and less biased type literature review that can successfully lead to evidence-based conclusions. This study attempts to develop a framework for systematic review with guidelines on how to conduct an effective systematic review for agricultural research. Systematic reviews require more time and effort but they can be used to conduct a comprehensive literature review, identifying potentially eligible articles on primary agricultural research and answering certain focused questions. A systematic review is also conducted as an example to examine whether systematic reviews are used in agricultural sciences. It was found that in the last two decades about a third (N = 29 out of 89 or 32.5%) of the eligible studies, classified as reviews related to agricultural research, are available as free full-text from publisher, while only eighteen of them were finally eligible to be included in this systematic review.
Thomas M. Koutsos; Georgios C. Menexes; Christos A. Dordas. An efficient framework for conducting systematic literature reviews in agricultural sciences. Science of The Total Environment 2019, 682, 106 -117.
AMA StyleThomas M. Koutsos, Georgios C. Menexes, Christos A. Dordas. An efficient framework for conducting systematic literature reviews in agricultural sciences. Science of The Total Environment. 2019; 682 ():106-117.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas M. Koutsos; Georgios C. Menexes; Christos A. Dordas. 2019. "An efficient framework for conducting systematic literature reviews in agricultural sciences." Science of The Total Environment 682, no. : 106-117.
The disposal of olive mill wastewater (OMW) is a serious environmental issue for the Mediterranean countries. However, there is still no common European legislation on the management and the re-use of OMW in agriculture, in the frame of sustainable crop management and the standards for the safe OMW disposal and re-use are left to be set by each EU country, individually. This review paper presents the most effective and sustainable practices for OMW, (treatment, application and management), which can maximize the benefits of OMW on crops and soils, while minimizing the potential hazards for public health, thus promoting environmental sustainability. The findings of this synthetic work suggest that there is enough information and proven sustainable practices to go ahead with the initial formulation of a new consensual framework, environmentally acceptable, socially bearable and economically viable, that could hopefully help to set the standards for the re-use of olive mil wastewater and can lead to a common EU policy on the management and re-use of OMW.
T.M. Koutsos; Theocharis Chatzistathis; E.I. Balampekou. A new framework proposal, towards a common EU agricultural policy, with the best sustainable practices for the re-use of olive mill wastewater. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 622-623, 942 -953.
AMA StyleT.M. Koutsos, Theocharis Chatzistathis, E.I. Balampekou. A new framework proposal, towards a common EU agricultural policy, with the best sustainable practices for the re-use of olive mill wastewater. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 622-623 ():942-953.
Chicago/Turabian StyleT.M. Koutsos; Theocharis Chatzistathis; E.I. Balampekou. 2018. "A new framework proposal, towards a common EU agricultural policy, with the best sustainable practices for the re-use of olive mill wastewater." Science of The Total Environment 622-623, no. : 942-953.
Theocharis Chatzistathis; Thomas Koutsos. Olive mill wastewater as a source of organic matter, water and nutrients for restoration of degraded soils and for crops managed with sustainable systems. Agricultural Water Management 2017, 190, 55 -64.
AMA StyleTheocharis Chatzistathis, Thomas Koutsos. Olive mill wastewater as a source of organic matter, water and nutrients for restoration of degraded soils and for crops managed with sustainable systems. Agricultural Water Management. 2017; 190 ():55-64.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTheocharis Chatzistathis; Thomas Koutsos. 2017. "Olive mill wastewater as a source of organic matter, water and nutrients for restoration of degraded soils and for crops managed with sustainable systems." Agricultural Water Management 190, no. : 55-64.
A novel approach to assess and evaluate environmental impacts associated with a technical construction project is presented using the case study of a dam construction. The proposed methodology consists of a stepwise procedure that includes impact assessment, impact ranking, impact analysis, and mapping the final impact score using GIS as the decision-making support system. This approach could be very beneficial, especially when collection of in situ data may be time consuming or difficult to obtain. Our quick, low-cost, assessment of expected impacts could help managers obtain a preliminary visual image of the forthcoming impacts before a project’s construction.
Thomas Koutsos; Georgios C. Dimopoulos; Andreas P. Mamolos. A novel method for assessing and mapping multiple impacts due to a technical construction project. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 2015, 12, 25 -40.
AMA StyleThomas Koutsos, Georgios C. Dimopoulos, Andreas P. Mamolos. A novel method for assessing and mapping multiple impacts due to a technical construction project. Landscape and Ecological Engineering. 2015; 12 (1):25-40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas Koutsos; Georgios C. Dimopoulos; Andreas P. Mamolos. 2015. "A novel method for assessing and mapping multiple impacts due to a technical construction project." Landscape and Ecological Engineering 12, no. 1: 25-40.
A combination of agro-environmental indicators and energy analysis of a production system, such as vineyards located in Natura 2000 sites, for which little is known, may be a useful tool to decide best farm management practices with low greenhouse gas emissions. In randomly selected vineyards at six sites of Natura 2000 network in Cyprus, we evaluated the energy flow and the greenhouse gas emissions. Hierarchical cluster analysis using production coefficients and a topographic variable (altitude) was used to detect clusters of the studied vineyards. Three groups were revealed. Group 1 (eight vineyards) with the lowest energy inputs, followed by Group 2 (three vineyards) with intermediate inputs and Group 3 (three vineyards) with the highest energy inputs. Altitude, fertilizers, labour, fuel and transportation had the greatest contribution on cluster formation. Non-parametric comparisons concerning 28 indicators showed that ten indicators (total energy inputs, renewable and non-renewable energy inputs, fruit energy outputs, shoot energy outputs, total energy outputs, fruit production, CO2, CH4, and N2O) were significantly higher in high energy input vineyards (Group 3) and three (energy use for renewable inputs, energy productivity and energy fruit efficiency) in low energy input vineyards (Group 1). Five indicators (energy use for fuel, transportation and non-renewable inputs, and energy efficiency for (shoot + fruit) outputs and renewable energy inputs) were significantly lower in Group 3 and two (intensity and non-renewable energy consumption) in Group 1. Similarities and/or dissimilarities among vineyards in Natura 2000 sites were related to altitude, production coefficients and local farming practices. These mixed results stress the importance of taking both local management indicators and vineyard topography into consideration when developing future agri-environment schemes, and suggest that local–regional interactions may affect Natura 2000 sites services and functions. It is important that EU agricultural policies are complemented by national–regional interventions in order to regulate the fragile balance between Natura 2000 sites and agriculture, reducing non-renewable energy inputs as percent of total energy inputs.
Vassilios D. Litskas; Christodoulos S. Karaolis; George Menexes; Andreas P. Mamolos; Thomas Koutsos; Kiriaki L. Kalburtji. Variation of energy flow and greenhouse gas emissions in vineyards located in Natura 2000 sites. Ecological Indicators 2012, 27, 1 -7.
AMA StyleVassilios D. Litskas, Christodoulos S. Karaolis, George Menexes, Andreas P. Mamolos, Thomas Koutsos, Kiriaki L. Kalburtji. Variation of energy flow and greenhouse gas emissions in vineyards located in Natura 2000 sites. Ecological Indicators. 2012; 27 ():1-7.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVassilios D. Litskas; Christodoulos S. Karaolis; George Menexes; Andreas P. Mamolos; Thomas Koutsos; Kiriaki L. Kalburtji. 2012. "Variation of energy flow and greenhouse gas emissions in vineyards located in Natura 2000 sites." Ecological Indicators 27, no. : 1-7.
The main purpose of this study was the development of an impact evaluation model to effectively assess and map possible ecological impacts due to a dam construction on habitats and species from the nearest Natura 2000 sites. A new approach has been developed in order to assess and map possible impacts on habitats due to a dam construction at both construction and operation phase. This methodology includes procedures in order to assess impacts and by calculating evaluation scores. Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) evaluation scores were assigned to grouped habitat regions at construction and operation dam phase. The construction may affect the presence of the species Lutra at the site near the river but will have no effect at the area where the dam basin and the Natura 2000 site intersect. The other species are not expected to be affected from the dam construction. During the operation phase, the presence of water will influence species like Bombina in a very positive way. The dam operation itself will not have negative effects on the rest of habitats but due to the presence of water, factors like a possible increase on traffic and population may affect negatively the habitats especially near the village areas. The proposed methodology offers an alternative point of view on impact assessment and it is expected to serve as become a valuable tool for decision makers to evaluate potential impacts to threatened species and habitats due to a technical project at construction and operation phase.
Thomas M. Koutsos; Georgios C. Dimopoulos; Andreas P. Mamolos. Spatial evaluation model for assessing and mapping impacts on threatened species in regions adjacent to Natura 2000 sites due to dam construction. Ecological Engineering 2010, 36, 1017 -1027.
AMA StyleThomas M. Koutsos, Georgios C. Dimopoulos, Andreas P. Mamolos. Spatial evaluation model for assessing and mapping impacts on threatened species in regions adjacent to Natura 2000 sites due to dam construction. Ecological Engineering. 2010; 36 (8):1017-1027.
Chicago/Turabian StyleThomas M. Koutsos; Georgios C. Dimopoulos; Andreas P. Mamolos. 2010. "Spatial evaluation model for assessing and mapping impacts on threatened species in regions adjacent to Natura 2000 sites due to dam construction." Ecological Engineering 36, no. 8: 1017-1027.