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- Ordenamento territorial e a sua relação com o turismo regional: o caso de estudo da Região Autónoma da Madeira (RAM).Publication . Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Camacho, Rafael; Naranjo Gómez, Jóse Manuel; Loures, Luís; Cabezas, JoséAtualmente, um desenvolvimento e crescimento sustentável são, indiscutivelmente, uma das maiores preocupações e objetivos dos territórios periféricos. De facto, esta tipologia de crescimento já não é apenas um desejo, mas sim uma necessidade territorial, a fim de melhorar a qualidade de vida das populações e ainda para garantir um futuro às gerações vindouras. Tendo em consideração esta tipologia de crescimento, em regiões com bases socioeconómicas “reféns” do turismo, estudos que analisem os processos de ordenamento e planeamento territorial e a sua relação com esta atividade são fundamentais para o desenvolvimento territorial sustentável. Através de ferramentas e metodologias exploratórias, como disso são exemplo: o método de análise de caso de estudo, a análise de impacto territorial, ou os questionários de exploração das perceções públicas; nesse sentido, foi conduzido um estudo de perceções públicas de ordenamento territorial sobre o turismo da Região Autónoma da Madeira (RAM). A investigação permite verificar a relação entre as políticas de ordenamento territorial e o seu impacto no turismo regional, assim como o crescimento insustentável da região.
- Dynamics of the land use changes and the associated barriers and opportunities for sustainable development on peripheral and insular territories: The Madeira Island (Portugal)Publication . Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Lousada, Sérgio; Gómez, José Manuel Naranjo; Escórcio, Patrícia; Cabezas, José; Fernández-Pozo, Luis; Loures, LuísConsidering the complex dynamics, patterns, and particularities that peripheral and insular territories/regions present—e.g., as the fragility, they show to achieve a sustain able development and growth—a study that analyzes the land uses of this territories is seen as pivotal to identify barriers and opportunities for a long-term sustained devel opment. Contextually, a general analysis was carried out through case study research methods covering those territorial typologies of the insular territory of Madeira Island, Portugal. The study, which was carried out through GIS mapping tools, enabled us to identify the land use changes in the last decades over the territory—allowing to estab lish a relation and identification of the associated barriers and opportunities presented by the territories to face the emerging sustainable development challenges. The study reveals the evident limitations of “ultra-peripheral” territories not only by the physical spatial dimensions but also by the difficulty to reconvert land uses. Thus, the main actors and their policies over the territory are even more relevant and need to be conducted in a more reasonable way—considering the fragility of this regions; such actions present higher impact over the territory and over their inhabitants’ life’s quality standards and finally on the long-term sustainability.
- Return migration and tourism sustainability in Portugal: extracting opportunities for sustainable common planning in southern EuropePublication . Santos, Rossana; Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Lousada, SérgioThis study contributes to the knowledge of decision-makers on how tourism, small and medium-sized enterprises, return migration, and cooperation strategies can contribute to growth and sustainable development in rural areas. More specifically, it uses the Portuguese case to answer the following question: can the expectations and perceptions of emigrants provide directions for sustainabletourismdevelopmentandcommonplanninginordertocontributetoruraldevelopment? The results obtained in a study developed in Portugal, through the application of a questionnaire survey of 5157 Portuguese emigrants, confirm the validity of this question. It is concluded that there are the emigrants at an active age (29–39 years old) and with a house in a rural area that have a greater propensity of returning, investing, and gaining employment in the area of tourism in Portugal, and they also have more training and professional experience in this area. Similarly, considering the experiences and migratory characteristics of these emigrants, it is argued that there is a strong probability that the return of emigrants from Southern European countries will contribute to the development of tourism in the rural areas of these countries. Besides, the study enablestheidentificationofrecommendationsanddirectionsforsustainablecommonplanninginthe political–strategic, financial–economic, resource sustainability, and sociocultural fields.
- Hydraulic studies and their influence for regional urban planning: a pratical approach to Fynchal’s riversPublication . Miranda, Dénio Gouveia; Camacho, Rafael Freitas; Lousada, Sérgio; Castanho, Rui AlexandreFlood phenomena in urban territories are a reality all over the globe.However, both urban planning processes and hydraulic studies are mostly not well-developed, considering the multidisciplinarity and complexity of the theme, resulting in urban agglomerations - with a tendency to occur in this typology of events – showing several gaps, regarding a well developed and articulated urban planning, not being able to deal with this type of natural phenomenon.In this regard, the combining of multivariate studies, such as urban planning and hydraulic studies, are seen as critical to achieve a sustained territorial success of the regions affected by this typology of phenomena. Thus, by exploratory tools and analysis methods: i.e. calculation of roughness coefficients in artificial runoff channels, analysis of surface runoff, computer models, evaluation and analysis of design and spatial planning policies in urban areas, and its application to a case study - the case of the Funchal´s Rivers, Madeira, Portugal - are just a few examples of analysis that the study carries out, from a multidisciplinary perspective, in order to define bases and measures, enabling to prevent and minimize the negative impacts of such events, as well as increasing the safety of resident populations.
- Modeling of maritime agitation for the design of maritime infraestructures: the case study of Madeira ArchipelagoPublication . Gonçalves, Roberto Silva; Camacho, Rafael Freitas; Lousada, Sérgio; Castanho, Rui AlexandreThe modeling of maritime agitation is a valuable tool regarding the dimensioning of maritime works - spatial planning processes - according to with the Maritime Space (POEM). Based on a probabilistic analysis of significant heights, resulting in the design wave for this dimensioning, it allows to avoid situations of structures galvanization and, consequently, flooding of urbanized areas. The maritime weather along the Autonomous Region of Madeira Island (RAM) it presents the ideal features to develop this typology of study. In this regard, it is pivotal to perform an analysis of the oceanographic and geotechnical features of Madeira Archipelago regarding the ports of Funchal, Caniçal, Porto Moniz and Porto Santo. Through informatics available data by the governmental entities, it has been possible to develop a mapping of the maritime agitation occurring on the case study sites. With the research, and considering the lack of recent bathymetric studies, and wave buoy with incomplete characterization, it has been defined the relevance of a probabilistic analysis based on a return period of a 100 years, enabling to well-design and planning that typology of infrastructures; once at a regional reality it fosters to promote a considerable increase in the life´s standards of the urban agglomerations.
- Modelação de sistemas de abastecimento de água. O caso de Ilha da MadeiraPublication . Lousada, Sérgio; Silva, Pedro Soares da; Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Naranjo-Gómez, José ManuelA temática da insuficiência de água disponível para con sumo é essencial no debate social devido à importância natural deste recurso e às previsões de aumentos exponen ciais demográficos, o que introduziu uma maior pressão sobre o ciclo deste recurso finito e essencial para a ma nutenção do equilíbrio natural. A infraestrutura respon sável pela sua distribuição deve ser concebida, mantida e explorada eficazmente. Este estudo aborda a modelação e a calibração digital desta tipologia de infraestruturas, recorrendo a um software da especialidade, aplicando-o a um caso prático: concelho de Câmara de Lobos, na Ilha da Madeira (Portugal). Através deste estudo e da análise do modelo foi possível verificar as elevadas perdas no sistema de distribuição, além das causas, i.e, elevadas pressões e velocidades a que estão sujeitas as componentes da rede, devido à orografia da ilha da Madeira.
- Assessing land-use changes in european territories: a retrospective study from 1990 to 2012Publication . Gómez, José Manuel Naranjo; Loures, Luís Carlos; Castanho, Rui Alexandre; Cabezas Fernández, José; Fernández-Pozo, Luis; Lousada, Sérgio António Neves; Escórcio, PatríciaThe need to understand what land use is has motivated the development of programmes that aims to identify it and quantify it—CORINE Land Cover (CLC) in 1985. From this official and open geodatabase—through the using of geographic information system (GIS) tools—the amount of area established for each land use has been identified in all the 28 member states of the EU. This mostly corresponds to agricultural and forestry uses. Between 1990 and 2012, it was possible to determine countries with variable land use models such as Finland, Latvia, Portugal and Spain—the rest of the states presenting stable land use models. Additionally, some countries are characterized by the predomi nance of one or two land uses. Contextually, the proposal aims to develop a retrospective study regarding the land-use changes in the EU territories from 1990 to 2012, through the available tools such as CLC.