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IDENTERRA –Territorial Identity in Regional and Local Development: the "Oeste" Region of Portugal (FCT/POCTI POCTI/GEO/48266/2002)

Type:

National

State:

Concluded

Research Groups:

Environmental and Socio-economic Dynamics: Management for Sustainability

Development:

In collaboration with other institutions

Lead Researcher:

Zoran Roca, TERCUD – Centre for the Study of Territory, Culture and Development, Universidade Lusófona

e-Geo Team:

Ana Maria Firmino, Maria José Roxo, Maria de Nazaré Oliveira Roca

Institutional partners:

TERCUD – Centre for the Study of Territory, Culture and Development, Universidade Lusófona (coordinator);
e-GEO Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Funding:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia FCT

Duration:

2004-08

Objectives:

To develop a new conceptual-methodological framework for the study of territorial identity as a local and regional development resource;
To provide empirical evidence of the role of development stakeholders in consumption and reproduction of existing and formation of new features of territorial identity in the "Oeste" Region; and
To generate public and professional awareness on territorial identity as a key factor of competitive development.

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