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Due to territorial occupation changes in land use have emerged as an issue of great relevance. Consequently, the evaluation of landuse changes has be come of immense importance, particularly in the environmental and socio economic systems. In this regard, in Spain, one of the regions that have suffered a more active dynamic in land uses has been th...
The island peripheral territories stand out as ecologically sensitive areas. Changes in land use can be associated with different human activities. In this case, the archipelago that makes up the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands in Spain was selected as a case study. It has ecologic values considered extremely high, but human activities...
Urban planning intends to promote urban living conditions through reasonable land use, always maintaining harmony between urban planning and nature. The cities are the focus of growth within states; their industrialization and growth in housing large populations worldwide have caused a disordered and chaotic development. The objective of planning i...
Through the requalification of buildings, the improvement of public spaces and the reorganization of motorized and pedestrian circulation, success is achieved, and thus the trend of decay of the urban fabric is reversed, transforming and returning urban centers to the people. The Strategic Plan for Urban Rehabilitation of Machico is an important doc...
As the main island of the Madeira Archipelago, Madeira is faced with a clear demand for more precise and specific planning policies, in order to respond to regional requests. Bearing in mind the urgency of this issue linked to the concept of sustainability, planning strategies must be based on and strengthened by several studies, with the most varie...
With the fall of the Communist Regimen in the Western Balkans Region, governance politics regarding urban and spatial planning processes led to significant changes in several territorial aspects. In this regard, several scientific studies and researches have put forward significant regional differences in urban development between cities of the Bal...
Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) is at an all-time high. From this perspective, the need to identify decisive factors to attain territorial success in terms of a sustainable development of border areas and regions through CBC projects is vital, so that the quality of life of the resident populations can improve in turn. Contextually, the main goal of...
Climate change has been recognized as one of the most serious environmental , social, and economic challenges facing the world today. Contextually, the Intermunicipal Plan for Climate Change Adaptation in Alentejo Central (PIAAC-AC) has already identified the tendencies and future scenarios of climate change in Alentejo Central until the end of the...
The city of Madrid is the capital of Spain, and the urban sprawl has been important and continuous over the years. There has been a spillover effect since the use of urban land has increased in the municipalities around the capital. Among other factors, the price of housing is increasingly high in Madrid. Thus, in the municipalities near the capita...
In recent years landscape changes have seriously affected our ecosystems. For this reason, it is important to facilitate the sustainable management of natural resources. From an ecological perspective, the border between two countries can be considered a barrier that can cause damage to the landscape. This work has been carried out to determine thi...
Portugal and Spain share one of the greatest European borderland areas. This fact has direct impacts on a large territory and consequently on the communities’ living in it. Still, even if the border areas represent an essential fraction of the territory, planning policies have not resulted in specific cooperation programs that could enable sharing g...
The main objective of this study was to analyze the flood propensity of the main water- course of Ribeira Brava drainage basin and, if necessary, to suggest two methodologies to mitigate the impacts, i.e., detention basin sizing and riverbed roughness coefficient adjustment. For the flood propensity assessment, geomorphological data obtained from t...
Esta obra inova por oferecer ao leitor diversos olhares sobre o tema ambiental unindo o direito ambiental às ciências da Terra. Destaca-se por incorporar a multi, a inter e a transdisciplinaridade necessárias para efetivação da legislação ambiental, a qual deve ser elaborada a partir do conhecimento e da assimilação dos conceitos das ciências da Te...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an innovative strategy to transform the socio- economic and environmental aspects of communities. Sustainable development provides the communities with a set of substantial challenges that are totally geospatial in concept and practice. Most of these challenges can be identified, examined, and visu...
Abandoned mining areas may constitute a possible source of heavy metal contamination, depending on the previously carried out mining activity. In fact, this activity can be a source of contamination and become a major risk factor for human health in the surrounding urban areas and agglomerations. Contextually, the main goal of this research was to...
Increases in the planet's temperature, related to the increase in atmospheric CO2, are generating models of climate change characterized by the increment of extreme climatic events-i.e. floods, droughts and heat-cold waves that increase in frequency and intensity. Moreover, researches carried out in recent decades have analysed the environmental al...
Portugal and Spain share one of the greatest European borderland areas. This fact has direct impacts on a large territory and consequently on the communities’ living in it. Still, even if the border areas represent an essential fraction of the territory, planning policies have not resulted in specific cooperation programs that could enable sharing...
Propuesta metodológica para la identificación de áreas mineras abandonadas con alto nivel de toxicidad potencial en Extremadura. La contaminación por metales pesados suscita una creciente preocupación en la sociedad, ya que cada vez son más numerosas las enfermedades asociadas a su toxicidad e incluso la muerte. Especialmente, una mayor inquietud s...
Climate change does not know borders, contributing to the fast deterioration of life. An effective approach to face climate change challenges is through cross-border cooperation, which could be the catalyst to stop the ecosystem degradation and develop the basis for a more sustainable development paradigm. In this regard, this chapter aims to asses...
Between 38°50′30”N/7° 04’35 W and 37°10′13”N/7°23′38”W has located the southernmost border of Europe, which stands apart from Portugal and Spain, which separates part of Portugal and Spain, making it one of the furthest from the central European area. A feature of this Spanish-Portuguese border stretch is that it is closely linked to the Guadiana R...
Antimony is a toxic element whose concentration in soil and water has been rising due to anthropogenic activities. This study focuses on its accumulation in leaves of Dittrichia viscosa growing in soils of an abandoned Sb mine, and the effect on oxidant/antioxidant systems and photosynthetic efficiency. The results showed leaves to have a high Sb a...
Although the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) has made a considerable contribution to increasing transport infrastructure and improving transport services, it still often seems that border regions have reduced accessibility compared to central regions. The Iberian border regions of Alto-Alentejo (Portugal) and Badajoz (Spain) were analyzed....
In abandoned mining areas, heavy metals may exist. Those heavy metals can cause physical consequences and death. Through the use of geographic information systems (GIS), the environmental diagnosis of vegetation potentially affected by the presence of very toxic heavy metals in abandoned mining areas in Extremadura was conducted. Initially, graphic...
In Iberian Peninsula territories there are many common projects of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in a form of Euro-cities agreements. Therefore , and considering the pursuit for more sustainable cities and societies, the green peri-urban surfaces located in those border territories could be use as tool to give an answer to those populations' envir...
The large number of borderlands existing in European territory contains many ventures of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC). Nonetheless, the management strategies related to such projects and the sustainable development they bring to the regions still raise many questions. Considering the little knowledge regarding the management and governance of bor...
Através de políticas públicas regionais é possível moldar profundamente os territórios, provocando impactos, por vezes significativos, em atividades como o turismo. Esta problemática é ainda mais evidente em regiões com uma base socioeconómica estritamente ligada ao turismo. Neste sentido, desenvolveu-se uma análise das perceções públicas através d...
Landscape is a dynamic mosaic of various structures interacting together. Neglecting or overusing one part of this mosaic may boost up or damage the development of others. For instance, overgrazing may increase soil erosion process which may clog a river/stream. In this regard land use changes, climate change and landscape management may lead to in...
In the last decades, there was a significant population growth in urban areas. In this regard, the European major cities are not an exception; in fact, they are even still more affected by that populational exodus and consequently for an urban growth. Therefore, and considering that the urban parks in the cities are not growing at the same pace, a...
Accessibility plays a major role in achieving sustainable transport, and therefore urban and regional sustainability. The urban public transport system promotes mobility and realizes a large part of urban movements. Moreover, improving accessibility in order to promote sustainable transport requires the application of new concepts and indicators as...
This article presents a valuation model of land for development in a sustainable way, based on the design and execution of urban planning. Using this method, one can obtain, at any given point in time, the added value progress of the urbanization process. For each year during the plan's execution, the value of land has been estimated. The free cash...
OTALEX C is a cross border project elaborated by several entities of the administrations, agencies, and Portuguese and Spanish enterprises. The aim is to develop joint cartography, in addition to the union of territorial and environmental data and their interexchange. SDI-OTALEX C has defined a method capable of assigning the degree of sustainabili...
The Spanish transportation and housing infrastructure plan has planned that in 2024 all provincial capitals in peninsular Spain are to be connected by high-speed rail lines. Nowadays, 35 stations are already operational. These stations and the roads to access them are very important, as these are the only access points for travelers to benefit from...
A study of the impact of an abandoned lead (Pb) mine (“Las Musas”), located in SW Spain, on the contamination of the surface soil and pastures in its vicinity revealed the presence of widely distributed, high levels of Pb contamination. The total Pb concentrations in soils sampled at distances from 3 to 998 m from the mine ranged between 129 and 10...
O Projeto Europeu tem sido alvo de diversas críticas e oscilações políticas que têm contribuído para uma degradação da coesão na União Europeia. Torna-se crucial analisar os fatores críticos para o sucesso da cooperação transfronteiriça, de modo a compreender este fenómeno e encontrar soluções para a temática Europeia, promovendo a articulação de m...
One of the most important parameters in sustainable urban land valuation is the risk premium. Correct assessment of the risk premium is essential for sustainable valuation. Generally, it is estimated that traditional financial models or historic rates do not take into account the specific risk factors of an investment project. In this paper, we pro...
It is taken for granted that new challenges require new approaches. Based on such principles, new methods and strategies allow spatial planning to still evolve as the specific case of the cooperation between sovereign territories. Euro-cities are one of those examples. To reach higher growth and development performances, cross-border cooperation pr...
Outcomes Site A • Mediterranean macrobioclimate, of oceanic hue • climatophilic terms-the domain of the Sanguisorbo hybridae-Querco suberis sigmetum-replaced by dominated holm oaks and cork oaks; remnants of the Pyro bourgaeanae-Querco rotundifoliae sigmetum-transformed into holm oaks • poorly maintained, showing obvious signs of overgrazing by cat...
Portugal and Spain share one of the greatest Europeans borderline areas. This fact has direct impacts on a large territory and consequently on the communities' living on it. Still, even if the border areas represent an important fraction of the territory, planning policies have not achieved to implement specific cooperation programs that could enab...
A proper determination of the risk premium is critical for the land estimation in a sustainable way. Usually, it is estimated financial models or historical rates-which do not consider the specific factors that influence the risk of the investment project on the land under assessment. Contextually, a sustainable model is proposed to determine the r...
Political commitment and transparency have been previously identified as critical factors for territorial success, as well as factors which allow the achievement of stronger cohesion and sustainable growth of cross‐border cooperation projects and strategies. The present study is aimed at a more thorough analysis of these factors. Throughout the ana...
The high-speed railway stations are the only access point to enjoy this rail service. Thus, its location and spatial distribution, and the roads to access them, acquires great importance. For this reason, taking into account the population of the Spanish peninsular municipalities, the degree of coverage offered by the 36 existing operating stations...
The high-speed railway stations are the only access point to enjoy this rail service. Thus, its location and spatial distribution, and the roads to access them, acquires great importance. For this reason, taking into account the population of the Spanish peninsular municipalities, the degree of coverage offered by the 36 existing operating stations...
Considering the complex dynamics, patterns, and particularities that peripheral and insular territories/regions present-e.g., as the fragility, they show to achieve a sustainable development and growth-a study that analyzes the land uses of this territories is seen as pivotal to identify barriers and opportunities for a long-term sustained developm...
The need to understand what land use is has motivated the development of programmes that aims to identify it and quantify it-CORINE Land Cover (CLC) in 1985. From this official and open geodatabase-through the using of geographic information system (GIS) tools-the amount of area established for each land use has been identified in all the 28 member...
Currently, we are living “strange/changing times”, mainly, for populations from developed countries. Those challenges are caused by internal and external factors that are taking place inside and outside the borders of developed countries. Still, as new challenges arise, men have found new solutions to overcome existing difficulties. This might be t...
Accessibility in Serbia is defined through the Strategy for Improving the Position of Persons with Disabilities. Commitment activities started in 2010–2012, through the project “No Obstacles” developed by the Centre for the Development of an Inclusive Society (CRID) and the Accessibility Audit Association in Serbia (AAAS) with the support of the No...
Mediterranean landscapes present a large amount of biodiversity and ecosystems leading to their unique identity. In fact, it is increasingly acknowledged that these ecosystems provide a large range of benefits, not only for the area where they are located but also for their surroundings. Benefits that may vary from aesthetical values to socioeconom...
En 2024 se ha planificado en el Plan de Infraestructuras Transporte y Vivienda, que todas las capitales de provincia en la España Peninsular estén conectadas mediante líneas ferroviarias de alta velocidad. En la actualidad se están emprendiendo obras y existen operativas 35 estaciones. La ubicación de estas estaciones y las carreteras existentes pa...
Se ha realizado un transecto este-oeste (unos 250 km), desde la zona de la Villuercas en España hasta el distrito de Setubal en Portugal, próximo a la costa atlántica, en el que se han seleccionado 21 puntos de muestreo correspondientes a dehesas/"montados" de encinas y alcornoques. En cada punto se han inventariado 30 árboles (n total = 630). Como...
Outcomes Benefits and services provided by Caia River to Agricultural Landscapes • Cultivated crops • Reared animals and their outputs • Surface and ground water for non-drinking purpose • Fibers and other materials from plants, algae and animals • Plant and animal-based resource of energy • Hydrological cycle and water flow maintenance • Ventilati...
RESUMEN El proceso de desarrollo del planeamiento urbanístico en una ciudad produce cambios, no sólo en la estructura espacial del territorio, sino en la valoración del suelo. El valor económico de un área de suelo que el planeamiento municipal le otorgue un determinado aprovechamiento urbanístico, va aumentando conforme se va desarrollando dicho p...
Atualmente, um desenvolvimento e crescimento sustentável são, indiscutivelmente, uma das maiores preocupações e objetivos dos territórios periféricos. De facto, esta tipologia de crescimento já não é apenas um desejo, mas sim uma necessidade territorial, a fim de
melhorar a qualidade de vida das populações e ainda para garantir um futuro às geraçõe...
The urban planning development process in urban territories has multiple consequences, not only in spatial structure but also in land valuation patterns. The economic value of land encompassed in municipal planning-which is associated with a certain urbanized use-increases as the planning processes evolve over these lands. For economic land valuati...
ABSTRACT Civilization is a continuous evolving reality fostering to reformulate planning methodologies and spatial planning in order to adapt old methods to current needs. It requires an unavoidable presence of the empirical process, with tools and indicators that can, in territorial management and local intervention, contribute to the implementati...
Natural disasters are an increasing reality through all over the globe. In fact, scientific studies and researchers put forward has established a strong relationship among those events and Climate Changes. In this regard, landslide incidents are not an exception. Representing a major concerning, regarding citizens’ safety in urban areas. Through a...
Spatial and urban planning processes regarding border cooperation have reached unprecedented levels in recent decades, not only due to their potential for territorial inte- gration, i.e., infrastructure construction and planning activities worldwide. Bearing in mind the European project, for a united and strong network of nations, this scenario is...
Border interactions have reached unprecedented levels in recent decades, not only due to their potential for territorial integration but also considering their role in supranational processes, such as infrastructure construction and planning activities all over the world. These interactions gained increasingly more emphasis when we know that in sev...
Nowadays, Cross-Border Cooperation projects and strategies, as well as sustainability principles, are a key element for every political speech, round tables or summits. However, how are they being applied on the field? Citizens of border areas are increasing their life standards? Studies carried out on Iberian territories verifies the unsustainabil...
Between 1981 and 2001 health competencies in Spain passed from the Central Government to the Autonomous Communities (AC). Those issues conducted to a not heterogeneous health services in continental Spain. This is undoubtedly aggravated high-tech health equipment provision, as in the case of hemodynamics rooms that perform primary balloon percutane...
In 2007 it was created the first cross-border Spatial Data Infrastructure between Portugal and Spain (IDE-OTALEX - www.ideotalex.eu), called Territorial and Environmental Observatory of Alentejo and Extremadura, which in 2011 included the Centro region of Portugal. Thus, the Territorial Observatory Alentejo-Extremadura-Center (OTALEX C) emerged, en...
Unfortunately, derelict landscapes and terrain vague, at an urban scale, are still a well-established reality across developed countries. If a tour is carried out, particularly, withinEuropean territories it is possible to verify that a significant amount of those derelict landscapes is located in border areas or in transition spaces. A possible an...
Accessibility is pivotal to achieve more sustainable transport and consequently urban and regional sustainability. The work deals with sustainable accessibility in cross-border cooperation. Improving transport accessibility and connectivity to foster a sustainable transport requires the implementation of innovative indicators and concepts of access...
EUROACE is the name given to the Euro-region covering Alentejo and Centro in Portugal and Extremadura in Spain, since the biophysical perspective, it is mainly characterized by the topography and climate of the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The evolution of these two variables have allowed developing a wide variety of soils and a considerable...
Nowadays, cross-border cooperation (CBC) is an undeniable reality in the space encompassed between European borders. This contributes to economical and social sustainable development, as well as to cohesion for trans boundary areas, which include administrative and territorial units from neighboring countries. A correct conceptual basis for the met...
Unbelievably, with almost two decades of XXI Century, and after all the scientific studies and researches put forward, globally, proving the fast deterioration of life as we know it – Climate Changes – main actors and political leaderships from the most developed countries and economies still denies climate changes as a reality. Living today in a g...
Based on recent developments ongoing within European boundaries, such as: recent political decisions regarding the terrorism phenomenon in Europe; intentions of implementing new geographic boundaries; the ongoing economic crises in Europe; or even the latest, Brexit; among others developments that conduct us to an urgent need of finding new strateg...
Based on recent developments ongoing within European boundaries, such as: recent political decisions regarding the terrorism phenomenon in Europe; intentions of implementing new geographic boundaries; the ongoing economic crises in Europe; or even the latest, Brexit; among others developments that conduct us to an urgent need of finding new strateg...
Back in 1960 the Seventh International Congress of Soil Science has proposed to develop a World Soil Mapping at a scale of 1: 1000000, with a purpose of getting a systematic inventory of soils, and also to allow a transfer of ex- periences between different countries and institutions. The mapping process has been coordinated by the European Soil Bu...
Border interactions have reached unprecedented levels in recent decades, not only due to their potential for territorial integration but also considering their role in supranational processes, such as landscape reclamation, infrastructure development and land use planning on European territory. In this scenario, successful examples related to the r...
This work aims to develop an alternative methodology that enables monitoring the environmental differential that agroecological management involves in order to consolidate feasible payments for environmental services generated by organic agriculture. For this purpose, LANDSAT images have been used, and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (ND...
Cross-border cooperation (CBC) projects and strategies, not only in Europe but also through the world, aims to analyse and increase cooperation on border regions as well as the efforts carried out to strengthen their potential synergies and common objectives for territorial development. However, there is still a gap of information about the perform...
Cross-border cooperation (CBC) projects and strategies, not only in Europe but also through the world, aims to analyse and increase cooperation on border regions as well as the efforts carried out to strengthen their potential synergies and common objectives for territorial development. However, there is still a gap of information about the perform...