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The process of decline in historic city centres has been inseparable from the decline in the resident population, significantly among families with greater purchasing power. Statistical data on population and housing show that the... more
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      Urban Regeneration, Urban Studies, Housing Policy, Affordable Housing
A literatura que analisa a evolução da governação das áreas metropolitanas europeias refere a existência de sinais de alguma convergência nas transformações nos modelos de organização político-administrativa das grandes cidades europeias,... more
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      Governance, Lisbon (Portugal), Capital Cities
Vários estudos, relatórios e documentos de planeamento publicados na última década têm apontado tendências de reconfiguração territorial na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (AML). Partindo do pressuposto que os dados obtidos através dos... more
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      Lisbon (Portugal), Urban Regions
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      Metropolitan Governance, European Cities
The process of decline in historic city centres has been inseparable from the decline in the resident population, significantly among families with greater purchasing power. Statistical data on population and housing show that the... more
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      Urban Regeneration, Urban Studies, Housing Policy, Affordable Housing
The process of decline in historic city centres has been inseparable from the decline in the resident population, significantly among families with greater purchasing power. Statistical data on population and housing show that the... more
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This presentation critically analyses the legal and institutional framework set up by the Portuguese government in 2004 to boost ‘urban requalification’ – the Urban Requalification Societies (SRUs) – and its implementation in the city of... more
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      Urban Regeneration, Portugal, Urban Renewal, Porto
This paper critically analyses the legal and institutional framework set up by the Portuguese government in 2004 to boost ‘urban requalification’ – the Urban Rehabiliation Societies (SRUs) – and its implementation in the city of Porto.... more
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      Portugal, Public Private Partnerships, Urban Renewal, Porto
Presentation of PhD thesis at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas/Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 10th March 2010.
Jury members: Regina Salvador, Luís Batista, João Seixas, Fernando Condesso, James Simmie, Antonio Vázquez-Barquero
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      Regional competitiveness, Metropolitan Governance
This paper examines the role of ‘urban rehabilitation societies’, a legal and institutional framework launched by the Portuguese government in 2004 and implemented locally ever since. The paper discusses how this model has provided an... more
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      Governance, Affordable Housing, Portugal, Public policies
Operations of urban renewal that focus upon issues of physical refurbishment are often presented as a contribution to social inclusion, via the improvement of housing and neighbourhood conditions. However, when the upgrading of the... more
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The context of crisis and austerity has provided a legitimate alibi for the inscription of neoliberal narratives grounded in the virtues of the market in Portugal. In 2004 the state enacted a new model of ‘urban requalification’, enabling... more
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      Housing, Neoliberalism, Urban Policy, Portugal
Entre os países fundadores da EFTA, Portugal tinha o nível de desenvolvimento mais baixo: o acordo de adesão na Convenção de Estocolmo integrou um anexo (Anexo G) que teve em conta a especificidade da economia portuguesa, protegendo as... more
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      Urban Geography, Economic Geography, Urban Politics, Urban Planning
The weight of civil construction in the Portuguese Economy is overwhelming (8,9% of total employment, in 2004), namely in the mainland inner regions. This peculiar trace of the Portuguese productive structure results from a long term... more
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      Economic Geography, Cultural Patrimony
We should consider that, if mankind was “born” in the African savanna, it was in the Middle East agrarian communities that it became “civilized”. Thus, as mentioned by O. Spengler, world history is largely the history of cities. Far from... more
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      Urban Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Sociology, Cities (Sociology)
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Lisboa (“Ulisses”) e Barcelona (“Hércules”) são duas cidades-metrópoles que, se por um lado, não são diretamente comparáveis, por outro, partilham algumas características comuns: têm uma dimensão demográfica semelhante; ambas são cidades... more
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      Urban Geography, Economic Geography, Local Government and Local Development, Barcelona
In the aftermath of EU accession, transport infrastructures in Portugal were seen not only as the symbol of modernity and a pre-condition for competitiveness, but also as a means (i) to promote territorial and social cohesion, (ii) ensure... more
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      Regional development, European Structural Funds, Transport Infrastructure
The weight of civil construction in Portuguese employment is overwhelming (10,8% in 2005), namely in the mainland inner regions. This peculiar trace of the Portuguese productive structure is a result of a long term period that started in... more
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      Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage, Territorial Marketing, Cultural Clusters