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The potential of integrated transport modes: Modelling the combined use of bicy...
Santos, Teresa; Mendes, Ricardo Nogueira; Julião, Rui PedroMany capital cities are expanding bicycle lanes or investing in public bike-sharing systems to make cycling mobility a viable transport solution within urban areas. While bicycles are fit for short-distance trips (<15 minutes), their attractiveness declines for longer trips (Ton et al., 2020; Handy et al., 2014; Jäppinen et al., 2013). So, it is opportune to estimate to what extent the accessibility can be incr...
Can geocaching be an indicator of cultural ecosystem services? The case of the ...
Rosário, Inês T.; Sampaio e rebelo, Rui; Cardoso, Paulo; Segurado, Pedro; Mendes, Ricardo Nogueira; Santos-Reis, MargaridaCultural Ecosystem Services (CES) are difficult to assess and are seldom considered by land managers. Geocaching, an outdoor game that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled devices to find hidden containers (geocaches) in certain locations, has been seldom used as a data source to assess CES. However, contrary to other crowdsourcing databases, geocaching allows to associate particular experiences to accu...
Use of satellite remote sensing for coastal conservation in the Eastern African...
Ferreira, Maria Adelaide; Andrade, Francisco; Mendes, Ricardo Nogueira; Paula, JoséLandsat 5 TM imagery from 2005 was used to map (at a coarse descriptive resolution) coastal habitats along the Tanzania/Mozambique transboundary zone. The map (available at http://www.transmap.fc.ul.pt/) was a reference for the study of environmental and social aspects, and for conservation, was disseminated among local stakeholders, ENGOs and various decision-making authorities and managers, and was used in th...