EDITOR's DESK: Is Data The Solution?

Abstract

Welcome to the first special issue of the international journal Ekistics and the New Habitat: The problems and science of human settlements for 2021. Although this issue is appearing at the outset of 2022, delayed as it were by the impacts of the global pandemic, it contains articles that address ongoing concerns within the Mediterranean region. Firstly, I would like to thank our guest editor Prof. Dr George A. Giannopoulos and the contributors for their energy and patience, without which this issue would not have come to fruition. It is with delight, therefore, that we can now present this outstanding range of contributions to the readers.