Socio-Economy of Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lisbon Metropolitan Area
The chapter presents typologies of peri-urban areas of Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) regarding social and economic dimensions. These typologies are the outcome of a trans-disciplinary research developed by the project PERI-URBAN involving different Portu
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Socio-Economy of Peri-Urban Areas: The Case of Lisbon Metropolitan Area Maria Fátima de Ferreiro, Sebastião Santos, Pedro Costa, Teresa Costa Pinto, and Conceição Colaço
Abstract The chapter presents typologies of peri-urban areas of Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) regarding social and economic dimensions. These typologies are the outcome of a trans-disciplinary research developed by the project PERI-URBAN involving different Portuguese universities, crossing academic fields and integrating the knowledge of stakeholders from diverse institutional and territorial (local and regional) backgrounds. By bridging science and society, transdisciplinarity allows the translation of knowledge acquired in research into useful and relevant information for planners and decision-makers. The analysis reveals diverse socioeconomic realities demanding different and specific political approaches envisaging sustainable peri-urban territories in a changing world. The socioeconomy of peri-urban areas considers identities and lifestyle issues (e.g., age, family patterns, living and working conditions) and economic characteristics (e.g., main economic activities, economic organisation and structuring, attractiveness). The influence of a metropolitan area is expressed by continuing investments in peripheral areas that offer sources of labour and natural resources such as land. The presence of industries, services, logistics and distribution platforms, enterprises, housing, big store chains, etc., constitutes manifestations of this realm. Plus, and in parallel, the coexistence of a rural-agriculture matrix establishes a hybrid territory where distinct activities co-exist defining distinct degrees of specialisation/diversity of the economic tissue. Keywords Socio-economy • Peri-urban areas • Lisbon metropolitan area • Transdisciplinarity • Stakeholders
M.F. de Ferreiro (*) • S. Santos • P. Costa • T. Costa Pinto Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) and Dinâmia’CET-IUL, Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal e-mail: [email protected] C. Colaço ISA-UL/CEABN, Lisboa, Portugal © The Author(s) 2016 B. Maheshwari et al. (eds.), Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities, Water Science and Technology Library 72, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-28112-4_7
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Introduction
The characterisation of peri-urban areas of LMA within Peri-Urban project considered the following dimensions: economy, society, environment, mobility, and land cover. The chapter presents the results obtained in the design of typologies for social and economic dimensions. The conception of peri-urban as an interface of social and territorial metamorphosis, imminently fragmented, and composed of changing communities with distinct identities, is translated in a geographic image of attributes and trends, that is, typologies of LMA peri-urban areas for social and economic realities. The chapter is structured as follows: presentation of a peri-urban project, its main goals and methodological options; chara
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