Departamento de Ciências Agrárias

The agenda explain the historical evolution of land uses in São Jorge Island (Azores- Portugal) between 15th-20th century.The economic exploitation of the island space prosecuted itself in simultaneous with his colony, one form to guarantee the auto supplying of the populations. First we assess the capacity of the island territory for different uses based on agronomic analysis and transform these capacities in attractiveness coefficients.Then we design a spatial interaction model with five different sectors which employment can be closely related with surface area, first to five zones in the island and within those zones to small plots of 1 hectare each.Finally we use historical data on population and main export crops in order to calibrate the model for each century. Therefore, based on data on the export crop and on the population it is possible to estimate the different land use of the island for all the sectors and to assess the carrying capacity of the island.

The tension between economic efficiency and equity is often the focus of major debate. This book focuses on the links and trade-offs between accessibility impacts from transport investments, economic efficiency, and equity in both the developed and developing country contexts. The book shows that the linkages between accessibility, economic development and equity are not straightforward. The economic effects from transport projects are the result of a complex pattern of effects leading in different directions. Transportation equity analyses are challenging because there are several types of equity, various ways to categorize people for equity analysis purposes, numerous impacts to consider, and various ways of measuring these impacts. This book contributes to this field of research by showing that accessibility instruments can address both efficiency and equity issues, thus providing valuable information for decision-making regarding the spatial allocation of public services.

Downloadable! The paper looks at the development of the EU's outermost regions. We develop a model not only to explain the effects caused by peripherality but also to evaluate the European policies towards ultra peripheral regions. Ultra-peripherality is an economic and social ...

The objective of this paper is to define what problems the city of Angra do Heroísmo (Terceira Island, Azores) faces in what regards urban sustainability, so as to improve the quality of life of the residents and to ensure the adequate growth and progress of the city in all areas, as possible. The main themes approached in this work were