Biography

Michalis joined the CES in October 2010 as a PhD research student. His research primarily focuses on the impacts of tourism on water resources in the semi-arid island of Cyprus. Michalis holds a bachelor's degree in Physical Geography from Cambridge University, a maitrise in hydrology from Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France, and an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from Oxford University.

Michalis is supervised by Dr. Jonathan Chenoweth and Dr. Angela Druckman from CES and Dr. Graham Miller from the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Research Interests

Michalis is engaged in interdisciplinary research which aims to quantify direct and indirect water use by different types of tourists in Cyprus. In his PhD thesis, Michalis is exploring the use of environmental input-output analysis alongside detailed questionnaire data on tourism expenditure. The objectives of his research which link to various publications listed below are as follows:

1. Perform market segmentation for the Cyprus tourism market 
2. Estimate tourism yield for the different tourism markets (using Tourism Satellite Accounts and Input-Output Analysis)
3. Estimate tourism productivity of different tourism markets (using Environmental Input-Output analysis)
4. Explore the role of diet using disaggregated agricultural statistics and detailed expenditure from questionnaires.

Additional academic areas of interest are:  hydrology/water quality; Mediterranean climate and hydrology; Water resources management in the Mediterranean; sustainable tourism/water use efficiency in tourism; virtual water and water footprinting.

Research Collaborations

Non- academic

Tourism Concern & UK Travel Foundation - Creating a list of hotspot destinations with regards to the impact of tourism on water availability

Publications

Journal articles 

Hadjikakou, M., Chenoweth, J. & Miller, G. (2013), "Estimating the direct and indirect water use of tourism in the eastern Mediterranean”, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol.114, pp.548-556. (Journal Article)

Hadjikakou, M., Whitehead, P.G., Jin, L., Futter, M., Hadjinicolaou, P. & Shahgedanova, M. (2011), "Modelling nitrogen in the Yesilirmak River catchment in Northern Turkey: Impacts of future climate and environmental change and implications for nutrient management", Science of The Total Environment, vol. 409, no. 12, pp. 2404-2418. (Journal Article)

Chenoweth, J., Hadjinicolaou, P., Bruggeman, A., Lelieveld, J., Levin, Z., Lange, M.A., Xoplaki, E. & Hadjikakou, M. (2011), "Impact of climate change on the water resources of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East region: Modeled 21st century changes and implications", Water Resources Research, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. W06506. (Journal Article)

Book chapters

Hadjikakou, M., Miller, G. & Chenoweth, J. (2012), "Chapter 40: Water and Tourism" in The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment, eds. A. Holden & D.A. Fennell, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford.  (Book chapter)

Conferences

Hadjikakou, M. (2012), “Expenditure-based market segmentation and economic contribution of Cyprus inbound tourism”, International Conference on Tourism 2012: Setting the Agenda for Special Interest Tourism: Past, Present and Future, May 23-26, Archanes, Greece. (Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-9963-9799-1-2 edited by K.Andriotis).  Paper Awarded Young Scientist Award at ICOT 2012                                 (see http://www.surrey.ac.uk/shtm/news/2012/84208_michalis_hadjikakou_wins_icot_young_scientist_award.htm)

Hadjikakou, M. & Chenoweth, J. 2011, "Estimating the water footprint of Mediterranean tourism", Advancing the Social Science of Tourism, June 28 – July 1, Guildford. 

Consultancy Reports

Tapper, R., Hadjikakou, M., Noble, R. & Jenkinson, J. (2011) “The impact of the tourism industry on freshwater resources in countries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, North Africa and other regions”, London (UK): Tourism Concern and the Environment Business & Development Group.

Teaching

MSc teaching -'Hydrological Cycle' and 'Water Resources Management in the eastern Mediterranean' in Water Policy & Management Module 

(ENGM 524)

Departmental Duties

MSc Teaching in Water Policy & Management Module (ENGM 524).

Marking and assisting in various CES undergraduate and MSc Modules (Environment and Society, Life Cycle Assessment).

Affiliations

School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Member of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS)

Projects

Supervisor details

Dr J Chenoweth
Centre for Environmental Strategy
School of Engineering (D3)
University of Surrey
GUILDFORD
Surrey, UK
GU2 7XH

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/people/jonathan_chenoweth/

Dr Graham Miller
Head of School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH
UK

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/shtm/people/graham_miller/
 

Dr. Angela Druckman

Centre for Environmental Strategy
School of Engineering (D3)
University of Surrey
GUILDFORD
Surrey, UK
GU2 7XH

http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ces/people/angela_druckman/