José Manuel Naranjo Gómez

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  • Professor at University of Extremadura

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Climate-induced hydrological risks and deteriorating infrastructure present major challenges for small river basins in border regions, particularly in non-EU countries with limited institutional capacity and funding. These issues are especially acute in post-socialist contexts, where outdated hydrotechnical systems no longer meet current environmen...
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The sustainable development of Madeira Island necessitates the implementation of more precise and targeted planning strategies to address its regional challenges. Given the urgency of this issue within the context of sustainability, planning approaches must be grounded in and reinforced by a comprehensive array of thematic studies to fully grasp th...
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The ongoing railway reforms in Ukraine are crucial for the country’s integration into the European Union’s transportation network. A major challenge lies in the difference in track gauge widths: Ukraine predominantly uses a 1520 mm gauge, while European countries utilize a 1435 mm gauge. This 85 mm difference presents significant logistical and ope...
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This article investigates the challenges of maintaining the Machico Cable-Stayed Bridge in a marine environment, focusing on its implications for urban mobility. The primary problem addressed is the impact of harsh marine conditions on the structural integrity of the bridge, which poses significant challenges for ongoing maintenance and safety. The...
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Border Cooperation in Borderlands signifies the collaborative efforts and alignment of initiatives among neighboring countries or geographically interconnected regions. It encompasses joint ventures across economic, political, social, and environmental spheres. Within sustainable development studies, Land Use (LU) dynamics are of paramount interest...
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Borderlands present intricate landscapes that require nuanced comprehension and delicate governance frameworks. These areas have witnessed unprecedented interaction and collaboration in recent years, propelled by their potential for regional integration and growing global significance. This trend is notably observed in initiatives like infrastructu...
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This preprint examines the impact of the Madeira Airport expansion on sustainable tourism in Machico, a city on the southeastern coast of Madeira, Portugal. The study investigates the socio-economic and environmental effects of the expansion, emphasizing the importance of balancing economic growth with environmental protection and social well-being...
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El suelo y el paisaje son recursos limitados y no renovables. En España durante el S. XXI, se ha producido un aumento de construcciones en el medio rural, sin seguir ningún tipo de criterio a la hora de construir, provocando en la mayoría de los casos un gran impacto visual en zonas de especial relevancia paisajística. Una vez se ha realizado la co...
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En los últimos años se ha producido un aumento de las construcciones en el medio rural. En la legislación de usos del suelo Autonómica y Nacional, solo se puede construir en suelo rustico o rural con fines agrarios y con unas medidas establecidas en función del tamaño de la explotación agrícola. Pero la realidad es que en los últimos años se ha pro...
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This study intends to verify how the alteration of the landscape configuration, represented by different metrics of configuration and diversity, is related to the intensity of human disturbance. The objectives of the study are: (1) to quantify the change in land use/land cover (LULC) patterns and the degree of human disturbance in Serbia between 20...
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One example of cross-border cooperation is between the two neighboring Balkan countries of Slovenia and Croatia. Recently, the quality and intensity of this cooperation have been significantly affected by the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. In this context, this article examines the quality of balanced cross-border cooperation between Croatia...
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This article presents a detailed analysis of the local housing strategies (ELH) in the Municipality of Machico, Madeira, examining the diagnosis of housing needs, proposed solutions, and projected goals for the future. In addition to addressing the rehabilitation of private and public housing and the increase in housing supply, the study also explo...
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Border areas are highly sensitive, mainly regarding its territorial success - the 'line' between suc- cess and failure is extremely tenuous; thus, a deep knowledge of all the factors and actions that can influence their success should be analyzed and studied. In this regard, an analysis of the land use in the socio-economic development of these reg...
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The Nature Park "Šargan-Mokra Gora" is the natural, resource, and tourist values of the researching area, especially the protected area from exceptional importance (category I). The development of tourism in Mokra Gora (municipality of Užice) intensified with the reconstruction of the narrow-gauge tourist railway "Šarganska eight". Tourism represen...
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Considering the complex dynamics, patterns, and particularities that the Alto Tâmega region present—e.g., the fragility, shown to achieve sustainable development and growth—a study that analyzes the Land-Use of this region is seen as pivotal to identifying barriers and opportunities for long-term sustainable development, get a vision of sustainable...
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The Port of Machico, located on the Madeira Island, is an important infrastructure for the local economy and serves as a gateway for various commercial activities. However, the port is prone to overtopping events, which can result in damage to the infrastructure, disruption of activities, and harm to the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to e...
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The objective of this work is to analyze the hydrological functioning of the Machico watershed and the historical incidence of floods in the historical center of Machico. The potential impacts, exposure, and vulnerability on the natural and human environment are also analyzed, as well as human adaptation through flood planning. Tools such as hydrol...
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Machico, a parish located in Madeira, Portugal, is prone to recurring floods during periods of heavy rainfall, which can cause significant damage to property, infrastructure, and even put the lives of people and animals at risk. The increasing urbanization has worsened this problem since urban growth often occurs in risk-prone areas, such as steep...
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The city of Machico grew in an accelerated and unbalanced way. This unplanned lack of control generated urban flooding problems with some damage. Currently, efforts are being made to avoid and mitigate these floods or alluviums, as flash floods are known on the island of Madeira, by investing in studies. The aim of these studies is to understand th...
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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...
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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...
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Nowadays, most of our information and data for consequent treatment comes from Spatial Data Infrastructures and web services. Also, much of the research developed serves to feed those spatial data infrastructures as well as several web services and vice-versa. In this regard, it becomes essential to understand the basic concepts of some of the invo...
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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 do...
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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 vari...
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The overuse of natural resources by humanity in recent decades has resulted in noticeable changes environment quality. Global environmental research is particularly interested in the topics of land use change and land cover. The Republic of Serbia has a diverse spectrum of landforms, with agricultural use taking up the largest portions, followed by...
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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...
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Considering the complex dynamics, patterns, and particularities that the Galicia region present-e.g., the fragility, shown to achieve sustainable development and growth-a study that analyzes the Land-Use related to the vegetation of this region is seen as pivotal to identifying barriers and opportunities for long-term sustainable development. Using...
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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...
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Natural resources are of vital importance in any territory. This is the case of the ultra-peripheral and low-density region such as the island of Palma, where the vegetation is enormously rich and varied, and also together with the water plays a transcendental role in the sustainability of the island. For this reason, the quality of the vegetation...
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Nos últimos anos, a temática do planeamento alterou-se consideravelmente. De facto, estamos perante todo um novo paradigma. Entre os diversos obstáculos, barreiras e oportunidades, existem desafios significativos que devem ser considerados para o planeamento futuro de nossos territórios e cidades. Disto são exemplo, a prossecução do cumprimento dos...
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The specific richness and value of Mediterranean landscapes require a robust, well-defined, and comprehensive conservation strategy planning. Therefore, and considering the relevance of the topic in the light of the sustainability concept, those planning strategies should be based and sustained by many different studies and fields in order to provi...
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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...
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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...
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Local communities' expectations and perceptions provide fundamental directions for sustainability development. Bearing in mind the relevance of these premise, the current article intends to assess Portuguese emigrants' intentions in public policies' territorial growth of low-density territories. Contextually, this investigation has used direct and...
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The geography over which maritime transportation operates is unique, combining physical, strategic, and commercial imperatives. Physical issues are stable across time, but strategic, especially commercial, considerations continually shift with the ebb and flow of the globalization process. Contextually, the distance that isolates different location...
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The singular Azorean Landscapes require conscious and comprehensive monitoring and data assessment for the proper design of future regional planning policies. Consequently, realizing the significance of this issue in understanding sustainability principles, those planning strategies should be sustained by multidisciplinary research fields to compre...
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Transportation is one of the most meaningful references of unsustainability in regional urban areas. This difficulty is stimulating urban planners and decision-makers to introduce the concept of sustainability into their policy design at multiple levels. Notwithstanding its successful implementation in many areas and broad attention in the academic...
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Wastes derived from the exploitation of stibnite ore deposits were studied to determine their mineralogical, chemical, and environmental characteristics and establish the Sb distribution and the current and long-term risks of Sb mobilization. Representative samples of mine waste rocks, mine tailings, and smelting waste were studied by X-ray powder...
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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...
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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...
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Land intended for urban use is becoming increasingly concerned in our society, mainly for environmental reasons. In turn, it is an excellent indicator of the economic development of the territory. This study evaluates the urban area's change between 1990 and 2018 in Portugal Mainland and its relationship with the population. To achieve this aim, a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The inner periphery European countries, as is the case of Portugal, are characterized by poor access to essential areas and services of general and social relations. Contextually, this paper aims to explore the linkages between inner peripheries, ultra-peripherality concepts, and the concept of accessibility from 1985 to 2020, in parallel with the...
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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...
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Islands as peripheral and ultra-peripheral are typically highlighted as ecologically sensi- tive areas to human activities due to the tremendous biological diversity of beings and the future possibility of habitat loss. In this regard, the comprehension of the land occupation dynamics and trends in the ultra-peripheral territories is crucial to att...
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The remarkable richness and singularity of the Azorean Region (located 38° North) and its landscapes require a sharp, well-defined, and comprehensive planning policy. Bearing in mind the significance of this issue in the enlightenment of sustainability, planning strategies should be based and supported by different studies and thematic domains to u...
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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...
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Transportation and infrastructures’ Sustainability in insular territories is pivotal for regional success. Moreover, it is a fact these issues have clear impacts on the regional economy, including consequences on resource efficiency, population density, internal market dynamics, and the necessity to have multiple structural infrastructures, such as...
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The particular richness and singularity of Azorean Landscapes demand a strong, well-defined, and extensive conservation policy planning. Accordingly, and recognizing the importance of the problem in the enlightenment of the sustainability thought, those planning approaches should be based and sustained by multiple studies and thematic fields to ful...
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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....
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Human activities have been changing the Earth's cover at an unparalleled scale. In this regard, land cover mapping is a decisive advantage for several kinds of research. Also, the outcomes from these investigations could be applied to plan a sustainable regional governance policy. This article studied land-use changes in the Turkish Territories in...
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The specific richness and value of Mediterranean landscapes require a robust, well-defined, and comprehensive conservation strategy planning. Therefore, and considering the relevance of the topic in the light of the sustainability concept, those planning strategies should be based and sustained by many different studies and fields in order to provi...
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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...
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La Organización Mundial del Turismo (World Tourism Organization) ha adoptado la clasificación de turismo de Aventura otorgada por la Asociación de Comercio de Viajes de Aventura (ATTA-Adventure Travel Trade Association). Ellos lo reconocen como un viaje que implica al menos dos de los tres elementos siguientes: (i) actividad física; (ii) entorno na...
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Actualmente, nuestras ciudades están experimentando una verdadera transformación digital que requiere una atención inmediata en energía, transporte, movilidad, comunicación, seguridad, educación, turismo y aspectos sociales, así como fomentar todas aquellas actuaciones que persigan mejorar la calidad de vida y el desarrollo económico-ambiental sost...
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It is well-known that the ultra-peripheral territories as Islands present several limitations such as the lack of resources, restricted land, mass tourism, and barriers to movement, and connectivity between urban centers. These obstacles make ultra-peripheral regions suitable case studies considering their territorial governance and consequently, s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The relationships between territorial governance and the pursuit of sustainable development are evidenced to be critical. Exploratory tools, like Geographic Information Systems (GIS), enable us to comprehend the patterns, dynamics, and parameters of land-use changes over the years. The results from such studies could be used in the design of a sust...
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The scarcity of resources, the limited land, and the overstressing of tourism, as well as the estrangements of movement, make the insular territories relevant case studies in terms of their regional management and governance and, consequently, sustainable development. Thereby, Transportation and Infrastructures’ Sustainability in these territories...
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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...
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The last decades have seen a rapid change in attitudes towards the environment, reflecting a greater environmental awareness of environment among professionals as well as the general public. Public participation has become increasingly more important, playing a relevant role in determining the way society will manage, protect, and reclaim the envir...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Resumo O presente estudo visa a otimização do ordenamento territorial numa ótica de adaptação face às alterações climáticas, com o intuito de garantir a segurança da população. Denote-se que, a ocupação humana na Região Autónoma da Madeira (doravante RAM), concentra-se maioritariamente na Costa Sul, em termos percentuais, representa cerca de 92% da...
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Railway cross-border transport is a special case of railway transport, which, due to the necessity of crossing the state border, raises many difficulties. They result from factors, among which the most important are other power systems, control systems, a variety of regulations regarding traffic management or even problems with communication, resul...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A temática da insuficiência de água disponível para consumo é essencial no debate social devido à importância natural deste recurso e às previsões de aumentos exponenciais demográficos, o que introduziu uma maior pressão sobre o ciclo deste recurso finito e essencial para a manutenção do equilíbrio natural. A infraestrutura responsável pela sua dis...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bearing in mind the relationships between the territorial management and the achievement of sustainable development, studies regarding the land use changes are seen as pivotal. What is more, they can also enable us to understand the dynamics and variables for proper territorial management. Therefore, a retrospective study has been carried out regar...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cities have been designed according to their needs and challenges—i.e., structural, social, and technological advances. The city can be understood as a centre where our past, present, and future coexist. Furthermore, cities reflect the actual tendencies and directions, as exemplified by globalization and cross-border cooperation. Similarly, the cre...
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Cities have been designed according to their needs and challenges-i.e., structural, social, and technological advances. The city can be understood as a centre where our past, present, and future coexist. Furthermore, cities reflect the actual tendencies and directions, as exemplified by globalization and cross-border cooperation. Similarly, the cre...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The issue concerns the barriers limiting the process of cross-border cooperation (CBC) in Euroregions. There are two identified kinds of barriers coming out from the cross-border environment and the specific CBC circumstances in Euroregions. These barriers are identified and analysed with reference to the strategic goals of Cieszyn Silesia Euroregi...
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The issue concerns the barriers limiting the process of cross-border cooperation (CBC) in Euroregions. There are two identified kinds of barriers coming out from the cross-border environment and the specific CBC circumstances in Euroregions. These barriers are identified and analysed with reference to the strategic goals of Cieszyn Silesia Euroregi...
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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...

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