The sudden and continuous changes in conditions that constitute our current socioeconomic reality made the need to redefine our development options more obvious. In the present study we are in search of regional development actions for a particular mountainous region, the new Municipality of Metsovo, based on the fact that a fundamental component in searching of the best development actions is envisioning an alternative future.

The purpose of this paper is to propose and investigate the financial viability of sustainable developmental activities in the area of Valia Calda, around the National Park of Pindos. Initially the characteristics of the concept of mountain tourism are analyzed, followed by a description of the study area. Then, three development schemes are presented accompanied by a feasibility study. Finally the impacts of the proposed actions on the area are assessed.

This year a new law, named “Callicrates”, rearranged the boundaries of all the Greek Municipalities. Despite of the theoretically stated intentions, “Callicrates” is an important potential threat to the future development and prosperity of mountain regions. Already at the margin of development, mountain areas will get even more marginalized under the implementation of the new law. In this paper, the spatial parameters of the newly founded Municiplity of Metsovo are studied. The current social and economic situation of the region is analyzed.

Measures of energy saving at the building of MIRC, in Metsovo are examined in this paper. The main aim of the paper is to highlight the particularly positive impacts of energy saving interventions on buildings found in mountainous settlements.

The present study aims at investigating an important economic sector of Metsovo Municipality, namely the potato cultivation at the Politses plateau, in Chrisovitsa. Towards this direction, a field survey was conducted by means of structured interviews from a representative sample of potato producers. The results prove that the potato cultivation in the area of interest constitutes an important economic activity for the local community.

Metsovo, Anilio and the surrounding area gather all the main natural generative causes that justify the area’s characterization as a landslide zone of high risk. The main responsible causes for the manifestation of landslides are: The impacts of surface and groundwaters, the gradient increase as well as the height of natural declivities and finally the load increase that different areas sustain. These causes appear frequently and the landslides are often and diachronically manifested as well, occasionally with important damages and destructions.