Click the star to add/remove an item to/from your individual schedule.
You need to be logged in to avail of this functionality.

Accepted Paper:

Between rural and urban areas: socio-spatial representations of the residents of two counties in southern Portugal  
Maria Mendes (Universidade de Lisboa e CIES-IUL) Renato Carmo (CIES-ISCTE-IUL)

Paper short abstract:

It is our objective to reflect about the ability of autonomy of these spaces and contribute to the understanding of relational spheres and coordination between these spaces and the dynamics of urbanization in two counties in southern Portugal: São Brás de Alportel and Alcoutim.

Paper long abstract:

In a contemporary context in which there are few discussions about the relationship between urban areas and spaces with features still predominantly "rural", which are usually represented as peripheral and subordinate marginal, it is our objective in this presentation to reflect about the ability of autonomy of these spaces and contribute to the understanding of relational spheres and coordination between these spaces and the dynamics of urbanization. In this context, it seeks here to discuss and question the social representations of local area residents in two counties in southern Portugal: São Brás de Alportel and Alcoutim.

Based on the results of a survey questionnaire conducted in 2009 to 678 residents of both counties, sought to know and deepen the social representations of respondents about the level of development of the county, particularly on the bottlenecks and potential these territories, taking into account major changes in the (re) composition of the local population.

Panel P303
What is shaping rural futures? From perceptions to outcomes
  Session 1