Legal reforms in land management aspects to support the construction and the continuing use of the Olympic infrastructure : an example of good practice in Greece
Potsiou, Chryssy and Gerasimos Apostolatos
The 2004 Olympic Games have left major legacies in land management in reformed legal procedures and land policy principles in Greece. These refer to all general infrastructure improvements, but mainly to the development of the new Olympic infrastructure which in the post-Olympic era should be used for a variety of athletic, cultural and trade activities. A serious land-use regulation and procedural reform took place during the preparation period prior to the Olympic Games 2004 in Greece. Due to that reform, and to the overall spirit of political cooperation and coordination in land-related activities and construction projects, Greece managed to organize one of the most successful Games in recent history. General Infrastructure projects whose construction had been pending for several decades were finished on time and most of the long standing problems were dealt with successfully. Despite the fact that all previous governments had tried to make it legally valid, to be prepared for the post-Olympic era, until recently land policy in Greece did not allow mixed land usee in such installations. Several Olympic installations had been planned to continue operations with identical land use (such as convention, athletic, tourist) after the Olympics, creating thus an oversupply in specific infrastructure, while other land uses (such as thematic parks, academies for applied arts, and commercial use) important to the Attica region and to the other Olympic cities either were not planned at all or they were included in the plans without specific scientific study.
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