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Compor Mundos: Explorando a Metamorfose do Mundo na Era das Alterações Climátic...
Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Lencastre, Marina Prieto Afonso; Lopes, Hélder Silva; Magalhães, Susana; Estrada, RuiAs alterações climáticas (AC) são a maior evidência da “metamorfose do mundo” e estão a mudar os regimes de temperatura e de pluviosidade, mas também os sistemas sociais, culturais e de saúde no planeta Terra. A imprevisibilidade dos fenómenos climáticos e os seus impactes multidimensionais na saúde humana e ambiental contribuem para tornar a nossa compreensão do mundo cada vez mais difícil. Além disso, a histó...
Compor Mundos: Explorando a Metamorfose do Mundo na Era das Alterações Climátic...
Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Lencastre, Marina Prieto Afonso; Lopes, Hélder; Magalhães, Susana Pinto Leite Vasconcelos Teixeira de; Estrada, RuiClimate change (CC) is the greatest evidence of the "metamorphosis of the world" and is changing the temperature and rainfall patterns, but also the social, cultural and health systems on planet Earth. The unpredictability of climactic phenomena and their multidimensional impacts on human and environmental health contribute to making our understanding of the world increasingly difficult. Moreover, history has p...
Composing worlds: a Portuguese transdisciplinary network in humanities, health ...
Lencastre, Marina Prieto Afonso; Saraiva, Rodrigo Sá-Nogueira; Calheiros, José Manuel; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Barroso, Eduardo Augusto Ramos PazThe project “Composing worlds: humanities, health and well-being in the 21st century” aims to build a network of experts in the humanities, social and health sciences, who think about health and well-being in contemporary technological societies. The relevance of this project is based on the growing evidence that most of the problems that the 21st century will face, particularly in the area of health and well-b...
Predicting frequent and feared crime typologies: individual and social/environm...
Caridade, Sónia Maria Martins; Magalhães, Mariana; Azevedo, Vanessa; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Maia, Rui Leandro; Estrada, Rui; Sani, Ana IsavelThe lack of organisation in urban spaces plays a decisive role in the level of integration, communication and social bonds of the residents, impacting the citizens’ feelings of trust and security. Different personal variables and contextual characteristics have been associated with the fear of crime (FOC). The main objective of this study is to analyse how individual and social/environmental variables, and inci...
The biophilia hypothesis explored: Regenerative urban green spaces and well-bei...
Lencastre, Marina Prieto Afonso; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Estrada, Rui; Barros, Nelson; Maia, Rui Leandro; Farinha-Marques, PauloThis paper considers the relationship between biophilia and wellbeing in a sample of users of urban green spaces in the city of Porto (Portugal) as a case study. The biophilia hypothesis is explored through the responses of 131 participants in a survey. Users of urban green spaces valued their provision of quiet and shade, with a high diversity of plant species and tranquillity. The survey also found that being...
Espaços verdes urbanos e bem-estar social. Como pode a biofilia contribuir para...
Lencastre, Marina Prieto Afonso; Farinha-Marques, Paulo; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Estrada, RuiFrequentar ou contemplar um espaço verde promove a saúde física e mental, aumenta a cooperação e motiva os comportamentos a favor do ambiente [2]. A existência de espaços verdes nas cidades tem efeitos positivos sobre a biodiversidade, consistindo num sumidouro de CO2 e ajudando a regular a temperatura urbana, que tende a aumentar nas épocas estivais e com o aquecimento global. Algumas das questões essenciais p...
Predicting frequent and feared crime typologies: individual and social/environm...
Caridade, Sónia; Magalhães, Mariana; Azevedo, Vanessa; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Maia, Rui Leandro; Estrada, Rui; Sani, Ana Isabel; Nunes, Laura M.The lack of organisation in urban spaces plays a decisive role in the level of integration, communication and social bonds of the residents, impacting the citizens’ feelings of trust and security. Different personal variables and contextual characteristics have been associated with the fear of crime (FOC). The main objective of this study is to analyse how individual and social/environmental variables, and inci...
Compor mundos: humanidades, bem-estar e saúde no século XXI (Volume 2)
Lencastre, Marina Prieto Afonso; Estrada, RuiO projeto “Compor mundos: humanidades, bem-estar e saúde” pretende criar uma rede de especialistas na área das humanidades e das ciências sociais e da saúde, internos e externos à Universidade Fernando Pessoa, que pensem as questões do bem- -estar e da saúde nas sociedades tecnológicas contemporâneas. A relevância deste pro jeto baseia-se na evidência crescente de que a maioria dos problemas com que o século XX...
The biophilia hypothesis explored: regenerative urban green spaces and well-bei...
Lencastre, Marina; Guedes Vidal, Diogo; Estrada, Rui; Barros, Nelson; Maia, Rui; Farinha-Marques, PauloThis paper considers the relationship between biophilia and well-being in a sample of users of urban green spaces in the city of Porto (Portugal) as a case study. The biophilia hypothesis is explored through the responses of 131 participants in a survey. Users of urban green spaces valued their provision of quiet and shade, with a high diversity of plant species and tranquillity. The survey also found that bein...
Predicting Frequent and Feared Crime Typologies: Individual and Social/Environm...
Caridade, S.; Magalhães, Mariana; Azevedo, Vanessa; Dinis, Maria Alzira Pimenta; Maia; Estrada, Rui; Sani, Ana; Nunes, L. M.The lack of organisation in urban spaces plays a decisive role in the level of integration, communication and social bonds of the residents, impacting the citizens’ feelings of trust and security. Different personal variables and contextual characteristics have been associated with the fear of crime (FOC). The main objective of this study is to analyse how individual and social/environmental variables, and inci...