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Este trabalho insere-se no Projecto “Custos e Benefícios, à escala local, de uma Ocupação Dispersa”, desenvolvido pelas universidades de Aveiro e Évora, em parceria com a DGOTDU, e contém a descrição da Metodologia adoptada para delimitar e caracterizar a Ocupação Dispersa à escala local, e a análise comparativa dos resultados da sua aplicação a du...
Planning the territory presupposes an in-depth knowledge of it and, accordingly, gathering and systematizing information. Such gathering demands territorial delimitation referents. The latter are often administrative boundaries, but these do not always match the reality. In other cases, the territory is subdivided in a geo-referenced grid but avail...
There is an increasing urbanization of the world population, but the city has been taking new shapes,different from traditional compact and continuous forms. In the emergent city, mobility has transformed social and spatial relations, construction is intertwined with increasingly abandoned green spaces and the urban structure is fragmented and disp...
O tema deste artigo enquadra-se no �mbito do projecto ?Custos e Benef�cios, � escala local, de uma Ocupa��o Dispersa?. Esta investiga��o assenta a sua problem�tica na dispers�o e procura chegar a conclus�es e recomenda��es sobre o fen�meno do alastramento da dispers�o; e sobre cen�rios desej�veis de evolu��o da ocupa��o dispersa existente, no que r...
The study of urban dispersion on a local scale requires the adoption of operational concepts. This research uses the notion of "Base Land Unit" (BLU), which represents a functional and experiential reality. The current paper presents an explanation of this concept and a methodology to distinguish BLU of dispersed occupation from other types of Unit...
There is an increasing urbanization of the world population, but the city has been taking new shapes, different from traditional compact and continuous forms. In the emergent city, mobility has transformed social and spatial relations, construction is intertwined with increasingly abandoned green spaces and the urban structure is fragmented and dis...
Phone/fax numbers: 00 351 234372484 -00 351 234372500; serranogomes@ua.pt Urban dispersion (sprawl) is a reality, however unplanned it may be. Its supporters advocate contact with nature, space and intimacy; however, alleged disadvantages include land consumption, public infrastructure and mobility costs, and housing prices. The Research Project "C...