GIS are an essential element in archaeology. Their use has become widespread for their potential to store, reference, analyse and visualise spatial information. Nonetheless, to the best of our knowledge, a systematic review of academic peer-reviewed publications related to the use of GIS, as a framework, in archaeology has never been presented before. Our goal in this work is to identify what has been published so far in relation to using GIS in archaeology within a small selected sample. We used the PRISMA guideline to perform a systematic review of 671 publications that we identified using the SCOPUS database and the keywords ‘GIS’ and ‘archaeology’. The collected publications were screened, analysed, and categorized into different relevant categories. Our analysis shows that GIS, in our selected sample, are mostly used for visualization and information management tasks. Moreover, spatial analysis studies were more common than other studies, and theoretical publications are scarce. The lack of a theoretical background in GIS may be the cause of some of the problems related to GIS applications in archaeology.

Physical activity and sports are a central part of individuals’ lives throughout the life cycle. During adolescence, its regular practice may contribute to the development of healthy adult lifestyles, decreasing chronic disease incidence. Therefore, the reasons that drive adolescents to start practicing sports in a certain club may be multiple and understanding such causes can be important to design and implement public policies to promote active lifestyles for everyone. In this article, we report the core findings of a research on why young athletes do sports, how they choose their team-training club and how COVID-19 has had an impact on their routines. From a methodological viewpoint, a questionnaire was developed and sent to sport clubs located in NUTS2 Centro Region, Portugal, and results were analyzed through the use of geographic information systems and statistical analysis, namely association tests (Chi-square test), difference tests (Mann–Whitney test and Kruskal–Wallis test), logistic regression and descriptive analysis. Findings show that family, age group, friends, proximity to sports facilities, teammates, and club conditions are the factors that influence adolescents the most. In short, external factors have a significant preponderance to practice physical activity and choose a sports’ club. These findings can provide useful insights for clubs, coaches and policy-makers to become more aware of the relationship between sports practice and accessibility to sports halls, as well as the athletes’ behavior and their connection with the club and basketball practice. As such, these findings can motivate the design of initiatives and strategies to boost sports practice and to find ways for clubs to attract more adolescents.

A procura da igualdade de acesso aos cuidados de saúde primários e secundários por parte de todos os cidadãos, independentemente do local de residência, é um objetivo central de muitos sistemas de saúde. Neste contexto, é reconhecida a necessidade de analisar a distribuição geográfica dos serviços de saúde e a percentagem de população coberta pela rede de saúde existente, com o intuito de facilitar a formulação de políticas de saúde e o planeamento da rede de cuidados. Assim, o foco deste trabalho consiste em descrever e mapear o acesso aos serviços de saúde primários e secundários de Portugal Continental a partir de uma perspetiva geográfica. Para determinar a acessibilidade foram criadas isócronas com um algoritmo de routing em PostgreSQL/Postgis, o que permitiu a análise de diferentes tempos de deslocação e a avaliação do cumprimento das diretrizes nacionais. Os resultados alcançados revelam que os poucos e dispersos critérios de acessibilidade geográfica existentes não são cumpridos na sua totalidade e, apesar de uma cobertura espacial alta, algumas disparidades territoriais persistem, com as Áreas Metropolitanas de Lisboa e Porto a apresentarem os melhores resultados.