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Understanding the influence of fare reduction on public transport adoption: a s...

In Lisbon, a fare reduction policy was implemented with the stated aim of attracting passengers to public transport while combating the negative externalities associated with car usage. However, no external assessment has yet gauged whether fare reduction effectively influenced public transport adoption. This paper evaluates the impact of fare reduction on public transport pass purchasing behavior as a proxy fo...

The evolution of teleworking in Portugal: regional disparities and sectoral var...

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the evolution of teleworking in Portugal during and immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to analyze sectoral variations and identify regional disparities in teleworking adoption. Theoretical Framework: The research builds on teleworking adoption rates and their variation across sectors and regions considering the differentiation of several fact...

O quotidiano das pessoas idosas nas cidades portuguesas em tempo de pandemia.

O envelhecimento obriga-nos a repensar as cidades como incentivo às oportunidades no quotidiano das pessoas idosas. Após o confinamento pandémico, foi aplicado um inquérito no contexto do Projeto GRAMPCITY, entre 2020 e 2021, a 403 pessoas com 65 ou mais anos de seis áreas de estudo em Portugal – Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (AML), subdividas em cidade de Lisboa, AML Norte e AML Sul, a que se juntam três cidade...

Envelhecer em Portugal

O envelhecimento demográfico constitui uma realidade não só europeia como, com especial evidência, portuguesa. Em 2020, segundo os dados do Eurostat, o Índice de Envelhecimento da União Europeia era de 137,2%, enquanto em Portugal esse valor era de 165,1%, apenas ultrapassado por Itália que era de 180,9%. Hoje a população com mais de 65 anos representa cerca de um quinto da população europeia (20,7%) e um pouco...

Uncovering COVID-19 infection determinants in Portugal: towards an evidence-bas...

Abstract Background COVID-19 caused the largest pandemic of the twenty-frst century forcing the adoption of containment policies all over the world. Many studies on COVID-19 health determinants have been conducted, mainly using multivariate methods and geographic information systems (GIS), but few attempted to demonstrate how knowing social, economic, mobility, behavioural, and other spatial determinants and th...

The inequality effects of public transport fare: the case of Lisbon's fare reform

Spatial segregation of social groups within cities and inadequate transport conditions are frequently pointed to as major barriers to improving urban livelihood conditions for disadvantaged groups. For that reason, accessibility measures have increasingly been used as a tool to measure inequality. However, traditional accessibility measures fail to capture both travel costs and individual characteristics, which...

Walking accessibility to primary healthcare services: an inequity factor for ol...

This chapter discusses the walking accessibility to primary healthcare by the olders in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), Portugal, and its contribution for age-friendly environments as a factor of inequity. Constrains emerged from the collation of the supply approach, represented by service catchment areas based on walking distance time, and the demand approach, through a survey. The location and density of prim...

O processo pandémico da Covid-19 em Portugal Continental.

A difusão espacial do vírus SARS-CoV-2 vem destacar a importância da geografia na interpretação deste fenómeno. O presente artigo tem como objetivo identificar as dinâmicas de propagação da COVID-19 em Portugal Continental, à escala do concelho entre março e junho de 2020, nas suas relações com os perfis demográfico e socioeconómico dos territórios. O processo de difusão iniciou-se nas áreas urbanas mais densas...

Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry (1955-2021)

Accessibility to urgent and emergency care services in low-density territories:...

Access to health care is a sensitive issue in low population density territories, as these areas tend to have a lower level of service provision. One dimension of access is accessibility. This paper focuses on measuring the accessibility to urgent and emergency care services in the Portuguese region of Baixo Alentejo, a territory characterized by low population density. Data for the calculation of accessibility...