Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues

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Autor(a) principal: Vidal, Diogo Guedes
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Maia, Rui Leandro, Oliveira, Gisela Marta, Pontes, Manuela, Barreira, Esmeralda
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28596
Resumo: Cities face several environmental problems related to traffic, industrialization or general intensified consumption. This article presents results from the application, at the local level, of the environmental indicator Env_WeGIx that combines several variables that translate the environment conditions of Portuguese municipalities. This composite indicator was developed based on methodological procedures used for the construction of other indicators. Preliminary results show that municipalities from Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas are located at the bottom of the ranking due to waste production, pollutant emissions and fossil fuel consumption for transports. The municipalities located in the archipelagos, Alentejo, and Algarve regions are at the ranking top. This work’s main conclusions highlight that environmental issues have direct consequences on populations’ living conditions with more emphasis on urban territories, and that public policy design should take into account solutions for the environmental challenges of urban spaces.This study allowed for the development of an urban environmental sustainability indicator through a multi-scale analysis across the Portuguese territory. This indicator provides qualified knowledge for the choice and enhancement of public policies on environmental issues.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
title Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
spellingShingle Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
Vidal, Diogo Guedes
living conditions
indicator
environmental sociology
public policies
title_short Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
title_full Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
title_fullStr Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
title_full_unstemmed Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
title_sort Cities challenges in the contemporary societies: Urban sustainability and environmental issues
author Vidal, Diogo Guedes
author_facet Vidal, Diogo Guedes
Maia, Rui Leandro
Oliveira, Gisela Marta
Pontes, Manuela
Barreira, Esmeralda
author_role author
author2 Maia, Rui Leandro
Oliveira, Gisela Marta
Pontes, Manuela
Barreira, Esmeralda
author2_role author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vidal, Diogo Guedes
Maia, Rui Leandro
Oliveira, Gisela Marta
Pontes, Manuela
Barreira, Esmeralda
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv living conditions
indicator
environmental sociology
public policies
topic living conditions
indicator
environmental sociology
public policies
description Cities face several environmental problems related to traffic, industrialization or general intensified consumption. This article presents results from the application, at the local level, of the environmental indicator Env_WeGIx that combines several variables that translate the environment conditions of Portuguese municipalities. This composite indicator was developed based on methodological procedures used for the construction of other indicators. Preliminary results show that municipalities from Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas are located at the bottom of the ranking due to waste production, pollutant emissions and fossil fuel consumption for transports. The municipalities located in the archipelagos, Alentejo, and Algarve regions are at the ranking top. This work’s main conclusions highlight that environmental issues have direct consequences on populations’ living conditions with more emphasis on urban territories, and that public policy design should take into account solutions for the environmental challenges of urban spaces.This study allowed for the development of an urban environmental sustainability indicator through a multi-scale analysis across the Portuguese territory. This indicator provides qualified knowledge for the choice and enhancement of public policies on environmental issues.
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