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Significance of local resources (historical significance, visitors’ traffic, aes-
thetics of the surrounding areas, planning of public interventions for bringing
out the local natural and cultural resources).
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Agricultural land (high productivity land, areas of low return, soil inclina-
tions).
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Financial return of RES units (produced energy) according with the running
and future energy selling prices.
Local consultations have been organized at three basic levels:
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Level 1 included the participation of the area’s residents, at start through
open information seminars and later with an e-voting application for the se-
lection of desired scenario. The website of the Municipality presented the al-
ternative scenarios with a description, rates and cartographic presentations.
The level of participation for the consultation was quite high.
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Level 2 included the participation of local actors in special meetings that
analyzed the scenarios in relation with their structure and technical char-
acteristics. The dialogue that took place at this level, brought out the signifi-
cance of local consultation with the area’s actors who hold a high perception
of their living space, who are interested in their living space and who have a
highly detailed knowledge of their space’s characteristics.
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Level 3 refers to the Municipal Council of Almyros, which received the con-
sultations’ proposal and discussed widely (in two official meetings) after the
presentation of scenarios and discussions on scenario selection.
The decision of the Municipal Council regarding the final choice of scenario,
adopted by the area, constitutes also an official choice of strategy on the rela-
tion of RES with the area’s landscape. According with this choice, the Action
Plan was developed, which described in detail the matrix of actions that have
