Estratégias de desenvolvimento sustentável: Nazaré e Marinha Grande. Agenda 21 Local da Nazaré

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Paula
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Jorge, Raul
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/povoseculturas.2010.8662

The Local Agenda 21 in the municipality of Nazaré exemplifies the path of an Atlantic, agricultural and industrial borough that is also characterised by fishing and tourism, from the point of view of locally based sustainable development. It is a place where the sea is its most important natural resource. The fishing community lives off it, the local tourist industry depends on it and the culture and traditions of the town of Nazaré are rooted in it and the municipality takes its identity from it. The sea component received particular attention in the Local Agenda 21, demonstrating the close relationship between the sea and all socioeconomic activities throughout the area. It is a critical asset for sustainable development, an environmental factor par excellence, full of challenges and opportunities that are there for the taking (aquaculture, shipbuilding and repairs, tourism, leisure, culture, including the underwater cultural heritage, science and technology). There are other dimensions not covered by conventional economic indicators, such as services to society that are not the subject of market transactions but have a significant impact on the community’s wellbeing (such as recreational activities like going to the beach and the value of the coastal landscape). In the concrete context of resources, potential and fragilities, sustainable development in the municipality of Nazaré should aim at valuing the sea as a factor of identity, image and specialisation of devel-opment, enhancing the environment, restoring the town’s identity, guaranteeing the future of tourism in the town and municipality and sustaining the diversity of its economic base.