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In the Gothic itinerary: Preserving and revitalizing the historic centre of San...

The historic centres of ancient cities require constant optimisation of their functions. This implies a continual search for a compromise between preserving heritage elements that narrate the city’s history and the need to enhance their visibility and adapt their uses to contemporary needs. The growing preference for experiences that emphasise local identity and heritage, such as cultural and creative tourism, ...

Bound by hybrid lifestyles: Challenges faced by young generations in Lisbon and...

Northern European countries have been catalysts of many spatial, generational and social transformation dynamics, including new ways of sharing (e.g., housing, workplaces, mobility, services, etc.). Southern European countries have been following these trends at their own pace, and with the necessary context adjustments. In both, young people navigate spatio-functional, social, and digital shifts, leading to in...

New working spaces typologies beyond core cities

Technological development, global economic restructuring and the changing nature of work are three main factors prompting new working spaces (NeWSps). In this text, we explore the phenomenon of NeWSps beyond the core cities in the European context. We aim to understand how new ways of working spur NeWSps, focusing on their spread and impact on peripheral and rural areas. We organize the chapter into two parts. ...

20 anos de Parque das Nações: A maturidade de um território que se mantém seletivo

My space in our home: Young people strategies to access housing in Lisboa

Difficulties in accessing housing are one of the primary challenges faced by young adults during transitional phases in their lives, leading to subsequent instability. This instability arises from various factors, including constraints within the housing market such as unaffordable prices for both homeownership and renting, as well as challenges related to precarious employment and low incomes. In Lisbon, leavi...

Dynamics of change at work and reactions of coworking spaces in the aftermath o...

New workspaces, such as coworking spaces (CSs), have had exponential growth in Portugal in recent years, both in number and variety. Lockdowns and other restrictive measures on mobility, employment and business activity during the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly impacted all sectors, albeit differently. This chapter summarises the central events related to the pandemic crisis in Portugal, reflecting on the...

Promoting work from anywhere: An analysis of new working spaces in Portugal

Recent socioeconomic and technological developments with significant impacts on work organization and labour relations, along with changes in the work/life relationship, have driven the emergence of new working spaces (NWS) such as coworking, fab labs, maker spaces, etc. Also, in Portugal, the NWS phenomenon grew in popularity mainly due to the global economic crisis of 2008 and the subsequent sovereign debt cr...

“Living like a local”: Turistificação do espaço urbano em Portugal, alojamento ...

A intensificação da atividade turística em Portugal resultou de uma aposta governativa para superar a crise económico-financeira que atingiu Portugal a partir de 2010. Esta intensificação refletiu-se sobretudo em áreas urbanas onde antes não havia especialização turística, sendo os casos das áreas metropolitanas de Lisboa e Porto os mais destacados. Em termos depolíticas públicas, uma das medidas que resultou d...

Novas expressões do turismo urbano e a competição pelo uso da cidade de Lisboa:...

No contexto das cidades, o turismo cultural continua a desempenhar um papel central, não obstante o foco do consumo cultural refletir a deslocação da alta cultura para a cultura quotidiana, de experiências tangíveis para intangíveis, ou para o paradigma de viver como um local (Richards, 2022). Nos últimos anos, estas novas expressões do turismo urbano massificado não só têm induzido um crescimento acentuado do ...

Creative tourism as boosting tool for placemaking strategies in peripheral area...

Creative tourism is starting in Portugal as a labelled and structured alternative aiming to produce a boosting effect in peripheral areas. By linking places, host communities and tourists in the cocreation of differentiated experiences, this tourism offer challenges destinations and communities to be creative and reinvent themselves as placemaking agents in the coproduction of territorial amenities. As such, cr...