Selected recent publications:

Chatzipavlis, A., Trogu, D., Ruju, A., Montes, J., Usai, A., Porta, M., Coco, G., De Muro, S., and Ciavola, P. (2026). Development and validation of an Early Warning System for coastal flooding operating on a Mediterranean urban beach, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 26, 1573–1601, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-1573-2026.

Daide F., Koutsovili E.I., Mliyeh M.M., Lahrach A., Monioudi I.N., Tzoraki O. (2026). Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Vegetation and Water Stress in the Trichonida Basin Using Remote Sensing and Climatic Drought Indicators, Limnological Review, 26(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/limnolrev26020022

Chalazas T., Chatzistratis D., Stamatiadou V., Monioudi I.N., Katsanevakis S., Velegrakis A.F. (2026). Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Face of Climate Change: A Geospatial Framework for Erosion and Flood Risk Assessment,  Water, 18(2), 284. https://doi.org/10.3390/w18020284.

Vousdoukas M.I., Patrotny D., Mentaschi L., Monioudi I.N., Feyen L. (2026) Coastal flood impacts and lost ecosystem services along Europe’s Outermost Regions and Overseas Countries and Territories,  Nature Communications, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66391-7.

Monioudi I.N., Velegrakis A.F., Polydoropoulou A., Chatzistratis D., Moschopoulos K., Bouhouras E, Papaioannou G., Chalazas Th., Vaggelas G.K., Chatzipavlis A.E., Nikolaou A., Thanopoulou H. (2025). Ranking port criticality under climate change: An assessment of Greece. Sustainability, 17(24), 11113. https://doi.org/10.3390/su172411113

Katsora C., Leivadiotis E., Papadopoulou N., Monioudi I., Kostopoulou E., Gaganis P., Psilovikos A., Tzoraki O. (2025). Flash Drought Assessment: Insights from a Selection of Mediterranean Islands, Greece. Hydrology, 12(11), 308, https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology12110308.

Gkaifyllia A., Tzoraki O., Monioudi I., Hasiotis T. (2025). Assessing the Evolution of Research on Mediterranean Coastal Cultural Heritage Under Climate Extremes and Crisis: A Systematic Literature Review (2000–2024). Heritage, 8(11), 491, https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage8110491.

Monioudi I.N., Vousdoukas M.I, Giardino A., Stocchino A., Mentaschi L., Feyen L. (2025). Impacts of sea level rise and adaptation across Asia and the Pacific, Scientific Reports, 15, 35742. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11517-6.

Monioudi I.N., Chatzistratis D., Moschopoulos K., Velegrakis A.F., Polydoropoulou A., Chalazas T., Bouhouras E., Papaioannou G., Karakikes I., Thanopoulou H. (2025). Exposure of Greek ports to marine flooding and extreme heat under Climate Change: An assessment, Water, 17, 1897. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17131897.

Christofi, D., Mettas, C., Evagorou, E., Stylianou, N., Eliades, M., Theocharidis, C., Chatzipavlis, A., Hasiotis, T., Hadjimitsis, D. (2025). A Review of Open Remote Sensing Data with GIS, AI, and UAV Support for Shoreline Detection and Coastal Erosion Monitoring. Applied Sciences, 15(9), 4771. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15094771

Polydoropoulou A., Velegrakis A., Papaioannou G., Karakikes I., Bouhouras E., Thanopoulou H., Chatzistratis D., Monioudi I., Moschopoulos K., Chatzipavlis A. (2025). A Composite Port Resilience Index Focused on Climate-Related Hazards: Results from Greek Ports’ Living-Labs, Maritime Transport Research, 9, 100136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.martra.2025.100136.

Chatzistratis, D., Velegrakis A.F., Chalazas Th., Alves B., Schiavon E., Monioudi I.N., Armaroli C. (2025). European Early Warning Systems for coastal floods: User needs, system availability and pertinent policy and legislation, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 126, 105602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105602

Chatzistratis, D., Chatzipavlis, A.E., Monioudi, I.N., Velegrakis, A.F., Andreadis, O.P., Psarros, F., & Petsimeris, I.T. (2025). Surf and Swash Zone Dynamics from High-Frequency Observations at a Microtidal Low-Energy Dissipative Beach. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13(5), 861. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13050861.

Evagorou E., Hasiotis T., Petsimeris I.T., Monioudi I.N, Andreadis O.P., Chatzipavlis A., Christofi D., Kountouri J., Stylianou N., Mettas C., et al. (2025). A Holistic High-Resolution Remote Sensing Approach for Mapping Coastal Geomorphology and Marine Habitats. Remote Sens., 17(8), 1437. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17081437.

Monioudi I.N., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzistratis D., Chalazas Th., Nikolaou A., Chatzipavlis A.E., Andreadis O.P., Efstratios N. Monioudis (2025). A Prioritization Framework for Adaptation Responses for Climate Change Induced Erosion in Island Beaches – The Case of Lesvos and Kos, Greece, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 13, 491. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13030491.

Wu J., Chen X., Dong J., Tan N., Liu X., Chatzipavlis A., Yu P.L.H, Velegrakis A. et al. (2025). Dissolved oxygen prediction in the Dianchi River basin with explainable artificial intelligence based on physical prior knowledge, Environmental Modelling & Software 188, 106412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106412

Karditsa, A., Roumpis, E., Markozanes, F., Lesioti, M., Monioudi, I., Poulos, S., Hatzaki, M., & Vaggelas, G. (2024). The Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Port of Heraklio: Operational Risk Assessment and Economic Implications. Technical Annals, 1(7). https://doi.org/10.12681/ta.40810.

Gkaifyllia, Α., Papasarafianou, S, Chatzipavlis, A.E., Đorđević, N., Monioudi I.N., Tzoraki, O., Hasiotis Th. (2025). Interaction between coastal socioeconomic and environmental activities for integrated management: case study East Mediterranean (Greece, Cyprus and Montenegro), Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41207-025-00776-4.

Asariotis R., Monioudi I.N., Mohos Naray V., Velegrakis A.F., Vousdoukas M.I., Mentaschi L., Feyen L. (2024). Climate change and seaports: hazards, impacts and policies and legislation for adaptation. Anthropocene Coasts 7, 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-024-00047-9.

Karditsa A., Niavis S., Paramana T., Monioudi I., Poulos S. and Hatzaki M. (2024). Is the insular coastal tourism of Western Greece at risk due to climate induced sea level rise?, Ocean and Coastal Management 251:107088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107088.

Kontopyrakis, K.E., Velegrakis, A.F., Monioudi I.N. Ćulibrk A. (2024) Prioritizing environmental policies in Greek coastal municipalities. Anthropocene Coasts 7, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-023-00035-5.

Chen S., Gu W., Shi B., Chen Y, Chatzipavlis A., Ding J., Zhang W., Chen Q,, et al. (2024). Sediment dynamic responses of coastal salt marsh to wind waves and swells in a semi-open tidal flat. Science of The Total Environment 954, 176562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176562

Chalazas T., Bove G., Chatzistratis D., Monioudi I.N., Velegrakis A. (2023). A system for the management of sandy shorelines under climate change: United States Virgin Islands (USVI), Ambio 53, 406–420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01946-w.

Monioudi I.N., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzistratis D., Vousdoukas M.I., Savva C., Wang D., Bove G., Mentaschi L., Paprotny D., Morales-Nápoles O., Chatzipavlis A.E., Hasiotis T., Manoutsoglou E. (2023). Climate change – induced hazards on touristic island beaches: Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Frontiers in Marine Science 10: 1188896. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1188896.

Quintano N., Chatzipavlis.A. (2023). Evidence of Mediterranean Monk Seal Predation on Loggerhead Sea Turtle in Lesvos Island, Greece. Examines Mar Biol Oceanogr. 5(3). EIMBO. 000612. https://doi.org/10.31031/EIMBO.2023.05.000612

Joumar, N., Nabih, S., Chatzipavlis, A., Velegrakis, A., Hasiotis, T., Tzoraki, O., Stitou El Messari, J. E., & Benaabidate, L. (2023). A Qualitative Assessment of River Plumes Coupling SWAT Model Simulations and a Beach Optical Monitoring System. Hydrology, 10(2), 38. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10020038

Monioudi I.N. and Velegrakis A.F. (2022). Beach Carrying Capacity at Touristic 3S Destinations: Its Significance, Projected Decreases and Adaptation Options under Climate Change, Journal of Tourism & Hospitality, 11:500. DOI: 10.35248/2167-0269.22.11.500.

Andreadis, O., Chatzipavlis, A., Hasiotis, T., Monioudi, I., Manoutsoglou, E., Velegrakis, A. (2021). Assessment of and Adaptation to Beach Erosion in Islands: An Integrated Approach, J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 9(8), 859. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9080859.

Wang D.D., Gao S., Zhao Y., Chatzipavls A., Chen Y., Gao J. and Zhao Y. (2021). An eco-parametric method to derive sedimentation rates for coastal saltmarshes. Science of the Total Environment, 770, 144756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144756

Chatzipavlis A.,Tsekouras G.E. Trygonis V., Velegrakis A.F., Tsimikas J., Rigos A., Hasiotis T., Salmas C., 2019. A novel backtracking search algorithm for optimizing a neuro-fuzzy network to model beach realignment. Neural Computing and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-018-3809-2

Monioudi I., N., Asariotis R., Becker A., Bhat C., Dowding-Gooden D. Esteban E., Mentaschi L., Nikolaou A., Nurse L., Phillips W., Satoh M., Smith D, Trotz U., Velegrakis A.F., Voukouvalas E., Vousdoukas M.I., Witkop R., 2018. Climate change impacts on critical international transportation assets of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS): The case of Jamaica and Saint Lucia. Regional Environmental Change, 18 (8), 2211–2225.

Manoutsoglou E., Hasiotis T., Kyriakoudi D., Velegrakis A. and Lowag J., 2018. Shallow soft sediment mounds at a semi-enclosed embayment: Gulf of Gera, Lesvos Island, Greece. Geo-Marine Letters, 38: 359-370, doi.org/10.1007/s00367-018-0539-5.

Tsatiris, A., Papadopoulos, V., Makri, D., Topouzelis, K., Manoutsoglou, E., Hasiotis, T., Katsanevakis S., 2018. Spatial distribution, abundance and habitat use of the endemic Mediterranean fan mussel Pinna nobilis in the Gera Gulf, Lesvos (Greece): comparison of design-based and model-based approaches. Mediterranean Marine Science, 19/3¨642-655, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms.14156.

Tzoraki O., I. Monioudi, A.F. Velegrakis, N.Moutafis, G.Pavlogeorgatos D. Kitsiou, 2017. Vulnerability and resilience of island beaches under Climate Change. Coastal Management 46 (2), 78-102.

Zarkogiannis S., Kontakiotis G., Vousdoukas M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Collins M.B., Antonarakou E., 2018. Scarping of artificially nourished mixed sand and gravel beaches: Sedimentlogical characteristics of Hayling Island beach, S.E England. Coastal Engineering 133, 1-12.

Tsekouras G.E. V. Trygonis, A.Maniatopoulos, A.Rigos, A. Chatzipavlis, J. Tsimikas, N. Mitianoudis, A.F. Velegrakis, 2018. A Hermite Neural Network Incorporating Artificial Bee Colony Optimization to Model Shoreline Realignment at a Reef-Fronted Beach. Neurocomputing 280, 32-45.

Monioudi I., Velegrakis A.F., Chatzipavlis A., et al., 2017. Assessment of island beach erosion due to sea level rise: The case of the Aegean Archipelago (Eastern Mediterranean. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science 17, 449–466.

Sini M, Katsanevakis S, Koukourouvli N, Gerovasileiou V, Dailianis T, Buhl-Mortensen L, Damalas D, Dendrinos P, Dimas X, Frantzis A, Gerakaris V, Giakoumi S, Gonzalez-Mirelis G, Hasiotis T, Issaris Y, Kavadas S, Koutsogiannopoulos DD, Koutsoubas D, Manoutsoglou E, Markantonatou V, Mazaris A, Poursanidis D, Papatheodorou G, Salomidi M, Topouzelis K, Zotou M., 2017. Assembling ecological pieces to reconstruct the conservation puzzle of the Aegean Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 347, doi 10.3389/fmars.2017.00347

Velegrakis, A.F., Trygonis, V., Chatzipavlis, A.E., Karambas, Th., Vousdoukas, M.I.,  Ghionis, G. Monioudi I.N., Hasiotis, Th.,  Andreadis, O. and Psarros, F., 2016. Shoreline variability of an urban beach fronted by a beachrock reef from video imagery. Natural Hazards, 83, Supplement 1, 201–222.

Hasiotis, T. and Katsanevakis, S., (2016). Deepest record of Caulerpa Cylindracea in the Mediterranean. In Dailianis et al., New Mediterranean Biodivesity Records (July 2016), p.616. Mediterranean Marine Science (collective article), 17/2: 608-626, doi: 10.12681/mms.1734.

Monioudi I.N., Karditsa A., Chatzipavlis A., Alexandrakis G., Andreadis O.P, Velegrakis A.F., Poulos S.E., Ghionis G., Petrakis S., Sifnioti D., Hasiotis T., Lipakis M., Kampanis N.and Marinos E., 2016. Assessment of the vulnerability of the eastern Cretan beaches (Greece) to sea level rise. Regional Environmental Change, 16 (7), 1951–1962.

Rigos A., Tsekouras G.E., Vousdoukas M.I., Chatzipavlis A. and Velegrakis A.F., 2016. A Chebyshev polynomial RBF neural network for automated shoreline extraction from coastal imagery. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 23 (2), 141-160.

Katsanevakis S., Levin N., Coll M., Giakoumi S., Shkedi D., Mackelworth P., Levy R., Velegrakis A.F., Koutsoubas D., Caric H., Brokovich E., Ozturk B. and Kark S., 2015. Marine conservation challenges in an era of economic crisis and geopolitical instability: The case of the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Policy, 51, 31-39.

Allenbach, K., Garonna, I., Herold, C., Monioudi, I., Giuliani, G., Lehmann, A.F. Velegrakis, 2015. Black Sea beach vulnerability to sea level rise. Environmental Science & Policy 46, 95–109. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.07.014.

Kontogianni, A.D., Damigos, D., Tourkolias C., Vousdoukas M.I., Velegrakis A.F., Zanou B. and Skourtos M., 2014. The social cost of coastal erosion: eliciting beach users’ willingness to pay for protecting European beaches from beachrock processes. Ocean & Coastal Management, 98, 167-175.

Vousdoukas, M.I., Kirupakaramoorthy T., de la Torre M., Wubbold F., Wagner W., Schimmels S., Oumeraci, H., 2014. The role of combined laser scanning and video techniques in monitoring wave-by-wave swash zone processes. Coastal Engineering, 83, 150-165.

Tzoraki O., N.P. Nikolaidis, V. Papadoulakis, Cooper D., Kassotaki E., 2013. Nutrient mitigation in a temporary river. Environmental Management and Assessment (in press).

Tzoraki O., Nikolaidis N.P., Keldjsem Thomas, Cooper David, C. Gambroudis, Francesc Gallart, Froebrich J., Querner E. 2013. Flood Generation and Classification of a semi-arid Intermittent Flow Watershed: Evrotas river. Intl. J. River Basin Management, 11, No. 1 (March 2013), pp. 1–16.

Tzoraki O., Kathitziotis N., Kontou A., Doerflinger G., 2013. Integrated Intermittent flow river basin and Coastal area Management: Kouris river, Cyprus, IWA, Water Science and Technology, (in press).

Becker A, M Acciaro, R Asariotis, E Cabrera, L Cretegny, P Crist, M Esteban, A Mather, S Messner, S Naruse, AKY Ng, S Rahmstorf, M Savonis, DW Song, V Stenek and AF Velegrakis, 2013. A note on climate change adaptation for seaports: A challenge for global ports, a challenge for global society. Climatic Change, 120, 683-695

Velegrakis A.F., 2013. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for International Transport Networks. Expert Group Report, Inland Transport Committee, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe 235 pp. (in press).

Peduzzi, P., Velegrakis, A.F., Estrella, M. And Chatenoux, B. 2013. Integrating the role of ecosytems in disaster risk and vulnerability assessments: Lessons from the Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Development Project (RiVAMP) in Negril Jamaica. In FG Renaud et al., (eds), The role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations University Press (ISBN 978-9280812213), 109-139.

Manoutsoglou E., T. Hasiotis and A. Velegrakis, (2013). Acoustic detection of benthic assemblages in a land-locked shallow marine environment: Gulf of Gera, Lesvos, Greece. 40th CIESM Congress, Marseilles-France, 28 Oct. to 1 Nov., Proceedings, paper ID: 6919-127374.

Baltas E., Tzoraki O. 2013. Water resources management on the island of Crete: Lessons learnt. Bookchapter on Free Flow, a UNESCO copyright publication for the 2013 United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation, (available online here)

Vousdoukas, M.I., A.F. Velegrakis, M. Paul, C. Dimitriadis, E. Makrykosta, D. Koutsoubas, 2012. Field observations and modeling of wave attenuation over colonized beachrocks. Continental Shelf Research, 48, 100-109.

Ferentinou, M., Hasiotis, T. and Sakellariou, M., 2012. “Application of computational intelligence tools for the analysis of marine geotechnical properties in the head of Zakynthos Canyon, Greece”. Computers & Geosciences, 40, pp. 166-174.

Vousdoukas, M.I. 2012. Erosion/accretion patterns and multiple beach cusp systems on a meso-tidal, steeply-sloping beach. Geomorphology, 141-142, 34-46.

Vousdoukas M.I., Ferreira, P.M., Almeida, L.P., Dodet, G., Andriolo, U., Psaros, F., Taborda, R., Silva, A.N., Ruano, A.E., Ferreira, O., 2011. Performance of intertidal topography video monitoring of a meso-tidal reflective beach in South Portugal. Ocean Dynamics, 61(10), 1521-1540.

Velegrakis, A.F., Ballay, A., Poulos, S., Radzevicius, R., Bellec, V., and Manso, F., 2010. European marine aggregates resources: Origins, usage, and mining techniques Journal of Coastal Research, SI 51, 1-14.