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FURBS: Sustainable Urban Form – Methodological Approach for Portugal (PTDC/GEO/69109/2006)

Type:

National

State:

Ongoing

Research Groups:

Geographic Modeling, Cities and Spatial Planning

Development:

In collaboration with other institutions

Lead Researcher:

Eduarda Marques da Costa, Centre for Geographical Studies, Universidade de Lisboa

e-Geo Team:

José António Tenedório (principal researcher at e-GEO), Margarida Pereira, Rossana Estanqueiro

Institutional partners:

CEG – Centre for Geographical Studies, Universidade de Lisboa (Coordinator);
e-GEO Research Centre for Geograhpy and Regional Planning, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa;
DGOTDU – Direcção Geral do Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Urbano;
IGP – Instituto Geográfico Português;
LNEC – Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil.

Funding:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Duration:

2008-2011

Objectives:

To identify and analyse the factors and mechanisms that characterised the urbanization patterns of today and discussion of its importance in Portugal;
To analyse urban policy orientations at international, national and regional/local level applied to different countries.

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