In the past few decades, urbanisation has become a major phenomenon in European cities,
thus representing one of the key human land cover changes with socio-economic and …

Cities develop according to different patterns, undergoing population growth during some
periods and decline (shrinkage) during others. Theories attempting to understand these …

Peri-urban areas have no clear boundaries, both in geographic and conceptual terms. This
paper presents a transdisciplinary approach for the identification of typologies of peri-urban …

Land use and land cover change (LULCC) dynamics have been particularly strong in the
Mediterranean region, due to its historical development and to agro-pedoclimatic conditions …

Peri-urban areas are usually a heterogeneous mosaic of rural, urban and natural systems
which are quite dynamic across time. In this paper we contrast a static and a dynamic-based …

An overview view of smart metropolitan regional development is presented as a backdrop
for research studies of this book. First, metropolitan region is defined followed by its form and …

As dinâmicas populacionais ocorridas nas últimas décadas influenciaram de forma
significativa o crescimento das cidades. A migração das populações das zonas rurais para …

Os territórios metropolitanos constituem, no sistema urbano mundial, suporte fundamental
para o modo de produção e de acumulação capitalista. A gestão metropolitana, cujo …

Esta dissertação de mestrado tem como objetivo conhecer as diversas posições dos
intervenientes locais em relação às políticas de cidade e às medidas preconizadas pelo …

Résumé For almost 40 years cities' peripheries and the coastal areas of Languedoc-
Roussillon in France and of Portugal have been known important urban dynamics that affect …