- Smart Cities
- Urban Planning
- Sustainable Tourism
- +۶ مورد دیگر
Vasiliki (Valina) Geropanta serves as Assistant Professor of Urban Planning with New Technologies at the Technical University of Crete's Faculty of Architecture, driving innovation at the intersection of urban development, digital technologies, and cultural preservation to create inclusive, resilient urban ecosystems through evidence-based ICT methodologies. Her academic foundation includes: PhD in Smart City from Università degli studi di Roma, Sapienza, Italy MA in Housing & Urbanism from Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London, UK Master’s Degree of Architect-Engineer from the University of Patras Dr. Geropanta's research pioneers smart city transformation through vertical greening systems, urban biodiversity integration, and AR/VR applications for cultural heritage. Her work bridges urban health , social inclusion , and post-pandemic spatial reconfiguration , with fieldwork spanning Europe, South America, and Asia. She develops frameworks for 15-minute cities, superblocks, and data-driven public space design while examining the role of gaming in urban cognition. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals dominant themes in vertical urban ecosystems (32%), participatory smart city design (28%), and cultural heritage digitization (24%), with emerging focus on machine learning applications for urban health monitoring and climate-responsive architecture. She secured research and lecturing grants enabling collaborations across six continents including Cambridge, India, Korea, Peru, Qatar, Vietnam, Italy, and Lebanon. Dr. Geropanta co-edited two books, serves on editorial boards for four international journals, and reviews for major urban studies publications while leading Erasmus+ projects in smart tourism capacity building. Founder of Avrions (www.avrions.com), she coordinates knowledge exchange networks connecting urban practitioners, technologists, and policymakers to advance spatial innovation through her initiative's digital platforms and international workshops focused on ICT implementation in municipal governance.








