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It is understood that some types of tourism, as is the case of rural tourism, have an even more relevant role in achieving regional sustainability. Considering the actual COVID-19 sanitary crisis and its horizontal impacts over all the society and economy spheres, along with the relevance of rural tourism over the regional development, the current paper explores the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic over the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies. Thus, through direct testing tools, such as questionnaires and site analysis, the present article enabled us to provide more insights into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic over the Azores Region’s touristic companies. The sample comprises 506 business managers of establishments of the touristic sector of the Azores, an outermost region of Portugal. The study has a descriptive focus and uses some methods of descriptive statistics, including the multiple response analysis. Most respondents consider that COVID-19 has a strong negative impact on their companies and expect a drop in turnover in 2020/2021. Our results suggest that government support is essential to offset the effects of the pandemic on companies of the tourism sector and show that the seal “Clean & Safe Azores” is an asset for companies operating in this region. Therefore, the results of this study could be used as a practical application for the Regional Authorities for the measurement of the impacts caused by the recent health crisis on the economy of the Azores.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; Áurea Sousa; Pedro Pimentel; Maria Da Graça Batista. Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic over the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9647 .
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Gualter Couto, Áurea Sousa, Pedro Pimentel, Maria Da Graça Batista. Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic over the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (17):9647.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; Áurea Sousa; Pedro Pimentel; Maria Da Graça Batista. 2021. "Assessing the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic over the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies." Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9647.
Portugal and Spain share one of the greatest European borderland areas. This fact has direct impacts on a large territory and consequently on the communities’ living in it. Still, even if the border areas represent an essential fraction of the territory, planning policies have not resulted in specific cooperation programs that could enable sharing general leisure and recreation assets and infrastructures and collaboration in critical domains—i.e., the case of the health sector. The present study aims to assess the territorial accessibility to the hemodynamic rooms by the potential population of the Spanish-Portuguese transition areas that may suffer an acute myocardial infarction. Contextually, this study employed a spatial interaction model based on the three-step floating catchment area method (method-3SFCA). By applying these methods, it was possible to develop a map of accessibility to health infrastructures equipped with hemodynamics rooms on both sides of the border that may answer the Spanish-Portuguese border populations’ needs. Besides, while granting valuable information for decision-makers regarding the need to develop new infrastructures to guarantee that even considering cross border cooperation, everyone gets access to a hemodynamics room within the critical intervention period.
José Gómez; Rui Castanho; José Cabezas Fernández; Luís Loures. Assessing Health Resources Equipped with Hemodynamic Rooms in the Portuguese-Spanish Borderland: Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies as a Possible Solution. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2021, 10, 514 .
AMA StyleJosé Gómez, Rui Castanho, José Cabezas Fernández, Luís Loures. Assessing Health Resources Equipped with Hemodynamic Rooms in the Portuguese-Spanish Borderland: Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies as a Possible Solution. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2021; 10 (8):514.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Gómez; Rui Castanho; José Cabezas Fernández; Luís Loures. 2021. "Assessing Health Resources Equipped with Hemodynamic Rooms in the Portuguese-Spanish Borderland: Cross-Border Cooperation Strategies as a Possible Solution." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 8: 514.
The inner periphery European countries, as is the case of Portugal, are characterized by poor access to essential areas and services of general and social relations. Contextually, this paper aims to explore the linkages between inner peripheries, ultra-peripherality concepts, and the concept of accessibility from 1985 to 2020, in parallel with the analysis of some demographic trends in the same research period. Thus, the study deals with accessibility and the analysis of accessibility-related spatial distribution to represent the traditional core—periphery pattern, with the highest accessibility in the center of the mainland and west coastal area, and the lowest accessibility in remote regions. The results show that the distribution of the road infrastructure is not uniform in Portugal. Furthermore, the NUTS II regions of PT13 Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (the Lisbon region) and PT11 Norte (northern Portugal) have the greatest road per km2. The Lisbon region has the highest concentration of national roads globally, while the northern region has the highest concentration of municipal roads. These two regions are, by far, the most densely populated, encompassing about ¾ of the national population and GDP.
José Gómez; Ana Vulevic; Gualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho. Accessibility in European Peripheral Territories: Analyzing the Portuguese Mainland Connectivity Patterns from 1985 to 2020. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 92 .
AMA StyleJosé Gómez, Ana Vulevic, Gualter Couto, Rui Alexandre Castanho. Accessibility in European Peripheral Territories: Analyzing the Portuguese Mainland Connectivity Patterns from 1985 to 2020. Infrastructures. 2021; 6 (6):92.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Gómez; Ana Vulevic; Gualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho. 2021. "Accessibility in European Peripheral Territories: Analyzing the Portuguese Mainland Connectivity Patterns from 1985 to 2020." Infrastructures 6, no. 6: 92.
Although the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) has made a considerable contribution to increasing transport infrastructure and improving transport services, it still often seems that border regions have reduced accessibility compared to central regions. The Iberian border regions of Alto-Alentejo (Portugal) and Badajoz (Spain) were analyzed. Studies conducted in the Iberian territories confirm some of these regions’ unsustainability and the non-impact on the inhabitants’ quality of life. Also, a few questions arise: Can we verify the change in methods and measures used by development strategies? Is it necessary to acquire a more comprehensive view of corridor flows and interactions through common regional development strategies for managing development corridors? Will we influence the change of the methodological approach to be strategic and that it does not imply a corridor only in terms of the flow and mobility of people and goods, but also the search for the causes of movements in growth corridors? So, infrastructure and connectivity planning, regional economic development, and land use planning are critical contexts in developing territorial policies in the planning of development of corridors and their integration into development processes. This study proposes a framework for strategic corridor governance to increase accessibility and regional equity.
Ana Vulevic; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández-Pozo; Jacinto Garrido Velarde; José Martín Gallardo; Sérgio Lousada; Luís Loures. Common Regional Development Strategies on Iberian Territories - A Framework for Comprehensive Border Corridors Governance: Establishing Integrated Territorial Development. Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleAna Vulevic, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Cabezas, Luis Fernández-Pozo, Jacinto Garrido Velarde, José Martín Gallardo, Sérgio Lousada, Luís Loures. Common Regional Development Strategies on Iberian Territories - A Framework for Comprehensive Border Corridors Governance: Establishing Integrated Territorial Development. Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulevic; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández-Pozo; Jacinto Garrido Velarde; José Martín Gallardo; Sérgio Lousada; Luís Loures. 2021. "Common Regional Development Strategies on Iberian Territories - A Framework for Comprehensive Border Corridors Governance: Establishing Integrated Territorial Development." Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development , no. : 1.
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Rui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; Rossana Santos. Introductory Chapter: Rural Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Regional Development of Peripheral Territories. Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Gualter Couto, Rossana Santos. Introductory Chapter: Rural Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Regional Development of Peripheral Territories. Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development. 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; Rossana Santos. 2021. "Introductory Chapter: Rural Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Regional Development of Peripheral Territories." Peripheral Territories, Tourism, and Regional Development , no. : 1.
Islands as peripheral and ultra-peripheral are typically highlighted as ecologically sensitive areas to human activities due to the tremendous biological diversity of beings and the future possibility of habitat loss. In this regard, the comprehension of the land occupation dynamics and trends in the ultra-peripheral territories is crucial to attempt long-lasting regional sustainability, as is the island region’s case. Therefore, the present article aims to analyze the trends and dynamics of the land-use changes on the European Archipelagos of the Macaronesia Region over the last three decades, using the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) data. Some of the obtained results show that about 3.4% of the Azores’ surface is characterized mainly by discontinuous urban fabric, representing 67% of the total urban fabric of the Azores over the last thirty years. Additionally, in Madeira Archipelago, the land is mainly occupied by forest and semi-natural areas, representing almost three-thirds of the territory. A similar scenario is verified in the Canary Islands, where forests and semi-natural areas represent approximately three-quarters of the territory. Once more, this study shows the relevance of the island areas’ unique character, which should be preserved and protected. Therefore, the priorities must be defined and established management strategies that are significant for the well-being of these highly valued areas. Moreover, the study showed that notable changes had occurred in the period 1990–2018 in this landscape. Hence there is a need for appropriate measures to mitigate these negative impacts on the environment.
Rui Castanho; José Naranjo Gomez; Ana Vulevic; Gualter Couto. The Land-Use Change Dynamics Based on the CORINE Data in the Period 1990–2018 in the European Archipelagos of the Macaronesia Region: Azores, Canary Islands, and Madeira. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2021, 10, 342 .
AMA StyleRui Castanho, José Naranjo Gomez, Ana Vulevic, Gualter Couto. The Land-Use Change Dynamics Based on the CORINE Data in the Period 1990–2018 in the European Archipelagos of the Macaronesia Region: Azores, Canary Islands, and Madeira. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2021; 10 (5):342.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Castanho; José Naranjo Gomez; Ana Vulevic; Gualter Couto. 2021. "The Land-Use Change Dynamics Based on the CORINE Data in the Period 1990–2018 in the European Archipelagos of the Macaronesia Region: Azores, Canary Islands, and Madeira." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 10, no. 5: 342.
The remarkable richness and singularity of the Azorean Region (located 38° North) and its landscapes require a sharp, well-defined, and comprehensive planning policy. Bearing in mind the significance of this issue in the enlightenment of sustainability, planning strategies should be based and supported by different studies and thematic domains to understand the problem thoroughly. Using GIS (Geographic Information Systems), the present article enables us to identify the dynamics and patterns of the evolution of the Land-Use Changes in the Azores Region from 1990 to 2018. In aggregate, the Azores islands showed growth in artificial surfaces and forest and seminatural land-uses by essentially decreasing agricultural areas—most resulting from the economic and social development strategy pursued by several Azorean governments. Moreover, this study permits us to reinforce that the Azores Archipelago’s land-uses has undergone multiple changes—marked by increasing and decreasing periods. In fact, some of these reducing dynamics are disturbing. They require closer monitorization by regional government actors to give protection, preservation, and conservation to these incomparable ultra-peripheral landscapes, environments, ecosystems, and the region as a whole.
Rui Castanho; José Naranjo Gómez; Gualter Couto; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Maria Batista. Analyzing the Patterns, Trends and Dynamics of the Land-Use Changes in Azores Region: From 1990 to 2018. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5433 .
AMA StyleRui Castanho, José Naranjo Gómez, Gualter Couto, Pedro Pimentel, Áurea Sousa, Maria Batista. Analyzing the Patterns, Trends and Dynamics of the Land-Use Changes in Azores Region: From 1990 to 2018. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (10):5433.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Castanho; José Naranjo Gómez; Gualter Couto; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Maria Batista. 2021. "Analyzing the Patterns, Trends and Dynamics of the Land-Use Changes in Azores Region: From 1990 to 2018." Sustainability 13, no. 10: 5433.
This study aims to evaluate unexploited urban land in Portugal, for the construction of new apartments, with the real options analysis's contribution, using the Quigg model, adapted to the reality of the Portuguese market. This work defines a value associated with the land, referring to the construction option. This option gives the right, but not the obligation, to build the project at any time. Therefore, the new land value is maximized in the optimal timing to define the best moment to carry out the investment. The study shows that in the Portuguese case, when the time horizon changes from 5 to 10 years, both the value of the deferral options and the global value of the land increase considerably, exposing the deferral options' sensitivity to the time horizon variable in the process of evaluation. Besides, considering the land evaluation process in Portugal, it is possible to conclude that, on average, the deferral option represents 9,09% of the land's final value, varying between 1,40% and 20,10%. The decision to defer the construction of the investment project adds value to the undeveloped land and should be considered in the investment decision-making process.
Gualter Couto; Dulce Martins; Pedro Pimentel; Rui Alexandre Castanho. Investments on urban land valuation by real options – The Portuguese case. Land Use Policy 2021, 107, 105484 .
AMA StyleGualter Couto, Dulce Martins, Pedro Pimentel, Rui Alexandre Castanho. Investments on urban land valuation by real options – The Portuguese case. Land Use Policy. 2021; 107 ():105484.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGualter Couto; Dulce Martins; Pedro Pimentel; Rui Alexandre Castanho. 2021. "Investments on urban land valuation by real options – The Portuguese case." Land Use Policy 107, no. : 105484.
Human activities have been changing the Earth's cover at an unparalleled scale. In this regard, and cover mapping is a decisive advantage for several kinds of research. Also, the outcomes from these investigations could be applied to plan a sustainable regional governance policy. This article studied land-use changes in the Turkish Territories in 1990, 2000, 2012, and 2018 using the Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) data. The results showed a significant and gradual land-use change from agricultural to mostly artificial surfaces. The majority of land-use changes are related to industrial and commercial units and construction sites. The most degraded agricultural land uses are non-irrigated arable land and pastures, while there is an increasing trend in permanently irrigated land. This study's outcome can be considered a surveying baseline for the comparative analysis of similar works for different land-use change trends in Europe or worldwide. Landuse change studies are reliable tools to evaluate the human activities and footprint of proposed strategies and policies in a territory. This article also enables us to understand that Turkey's decisive actors should design development policies to encourage industrial investments and agricultural ventures in Turkey and adapt the land-use/land cover strategies to mitigate agricultural land fragmentation.
Sema Yılmaz Genç; Arian Behradfar; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Derviş Kırıkkaleli; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Luís Loures. Land Use Changes in Turkish Territories: Patterns, Directions and Socio-Economic Impacts on Territorial Management. Current World Environment 2021, 16, 105 -122.
AMA StyleSema Yılmaz Genç, Arian Behradfar, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Derviş Kırıkkaleli, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Luís Loures. Land Use Changes in Turkish Territories: Patterns, Directions and Socio-Economic Impacts on Territorial Management. Current World Environment. 2021; 16 (1):105-122.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSema Yılmaz Genç; Arian Behradfar; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Derviş Kırıkkaleli; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Luís Loures. 2021. "Land Use Changes in Turkish Territories: Patterns, Directions and Socio-Economic Impacts on Territorial Management." Current World Environment 16, no. 1: 105-122.
Tourism is an important activity to achieve territorial sustainability. In fact, a properly planned long-term tourism activity is critical for the regional planning to reach the desired living conditions capable of attracting new residents in the future. Thereby, the present research aims to assess the perceptions of the managers of tourist companies in the Azores on sustainability actors about the sustainability of tourism activity in the archipelago. Contextually, throughout an exploratory methodology, it was possible to assess the Azores Touristic Companies managers’ perceptions. Hence, this paper shows that the sustainable practices most frequently adopted by the surveyed companies are the following: prioritize the purchase of regional goods and services (94.7%); selective waste separation (94.5%); minimize the use of hazardous substances or replace them with less hazardous products (92.3%); ensure the proper final destination of wastewater (public sanitation, septic tank) (88.8%); and adopt purchasing criteria that take into account environmentally friendly products or services (88.6%). This research also recognizes that 67% of the respondents consider that the respective participating companies have their goals aligned with environmental conservation principles, 66.7% aligned with environmental conservation principles, 36.9% aligned with social conservation principles and 26.4% aligned with cultural conservation principle.
Gualter Couto; Rui Castanho; Carlos Santos; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Sandra Faria; Maria Batista. Guidelines for Tourism Sustainability in Ultra-Peripheral Territories: A Research Based on the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies’ Analysis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3895 .
AMA StyleGualter Couto, Rui Castanho, Carlos Santos, Pedro Pimentel, Áurea Sousa, Sandra Faria, Maria Batista. Guidelines for Tourism Sustainability in Ultra-Peripheral Territories: A Research Based on the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies’ Analysis. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):3895.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGualter Couto; Rui Castanho; Carlos Santos; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Sandra Faria; Maria Batista. 2021. "Guidelines for Tourism Sustainability in Ultra-Peripheral Territories: A Research Based on the Azores Region’s Touristic Companies’ Analysis." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 3895.
The particular richness and singularity of Azorean Landscapes demand a strong, well-defined, and extensive conservation policy planning. Accordingly, and recognizing the importance of the problem in the enlightenment of the sustainability thought, those planning approaches should be based and sustained by multiple studies and thematic fields to fully comprehend the issue. Thereby, the present research through Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools and methods enables discussing the evolution of Forest and Semi-natural areas in the Azores Islands in the last three decades. Contextually, this investigation allows us to confirm that the land uses related to Forests and Semi-natural Areas experienced multiple changes – increasing and decreasing periods. For example, some of those reducing dynamics are concerning and should have a closer monitorization by the territorial government actors to provide protection preservation and conservation to these incomparable Ultra-peripheral Landscapes, Environments, and Ecosystems.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Pedro Pimentel; Célia Carvalho; Áurea Sousa; Maria Da Graça Batista; Luís Loures. Evolutionary Dynamics in Azorean Landscapes: The Land-Use Changes in Forests and Semi-natural Areas in the Archipelago from 1990 to 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2021, 244 -252.
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Gualter Couto, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Pedro Pimentel, Célia Carvalho, Áurea Sousa, Maria Da Graça Batista, Luís Loures. Evolutionary Dynamics in Azorean Landscapes: The Land-Use Changes in Forests and Semi-natural Areas in the Archipelago from 1990 to 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2021; ():244-252.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Gualter Couto; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Pedro Pimentel; Célia Carvalho; Áurea Sousa; Maria Da Graça Batista; Luís Loures. 2021. "Evolutionary Dynamics in Azorean Landscapes: The Land-Use Changes in Forests and Semi-natural Areas in the Archipelago from 1990 to 2018." Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , no. : 244-252.
Transportation and infrastructures’ Sustainability in insular territories is pivotal for regional success. Moreover, it is a fact these issues have clear impacts on the regional economy, including consequences on resource efficiency, population density, internal market dynamics, and the necessity to have multiple structural infrastructures, such as ports, airports, health units, among several other public services. In this regard, throughout testing tools, the present investigation used accessibility and connectivity indicators over four Azorean Islands to evaluate the impacts over the social-economic sphere that the local transportation and infrastructures may have over the regional residents. Accordingly, it was observed that the Island of São Miguel has more satisfying accessibility patterns within the four studied Islands of Azores Archipelago.
Gualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Pedro Pimentel; Célia Carvalho; Áurea Sousa; Maria Da Graça Batista; Ana Vulevic; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. Transportation and Infrastructures’ Sustainability in Ultra-peripheral Territories: Studies Over the Azores Region. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2021, 371 -379.
AMA StyleGualter Couto, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Pedro Pimentel, Célia Carvalho, Áurea Sousa, Maria Da Graça Batista, Ana Vulevic, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. Transportation and Infrastructures’ Sustainability in Ultra-peripheral Territories: Studies Over the Azores Region. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2021; ():371-379.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Pedro Pimentel; Célia Carvalho; Áurea Sousa; Maria Da Graça Batista; Ana Vulevic; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. 2021. "Transportation and Infrastructures’ Sustainability in Ultra-peripheral Territories: Studies Over the Azores Region." Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , no. : 371-379.
This study proposes the time-varying nonlinear panel unit root test to investigate the convergence of ecological foot prints between the EU and candidate countries. Sixteen European countries (such as Albania, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Turkey) and analysis periods are selected according to data availability. This study proposes a cross-sectional Panel KSS with Fourier to test the convergence of the ecological footprints. Then, we combine this methodology with the rolling window method to take into account the time-varying stationarity of series. This study evaluated sub-components of ecological footprints separately and provided more comprehensive findings for the ecological footprint. According to empirical findings, this study proves that convergence or divergence does not show continuity over time. On the other side, this study points out the presence of divergence draws attention when considering the properties of the sub-components in general. As a result, this study shows that international policies by EU countries are generally accepted as successful to reduce ecological footprint, but these are not sufficient as expected. In this point, it is suggested to keep national policies to support international policies in the long term.
Durmuş Yıldırım; Seda Yıldırım; Seyfettin Erdoğan; Işıl Demirtaş; Gualter Couto; Rui Castanho. Time-Varying Convergences of Environmental Footprint Levels between European Countries. Energies 2021, 14, 1813 .
AMA StyleDurmuş Yıldırım, Seda Yıldırım, Seyfettin Erdoğan, Işıl Demirtaş, Gualter Couto, Rui Castanho. Time-Varying Convergences of Environmental Footprint Levels between European Countries. Energies. 2021; 14 (7):1813.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDurmuş Yıldırım; Seda Yıldırım; Seyfettin Erdoğan; Işıl Demirtaş; Gualter Couto; Rui Castanho. 2021. "Time-Varying Convergences of Environmental Footprint Levels between European Countries." Energies 14, no. 7: 1813.
Environmental sustainability is an important issue for current scholars and policymakers in the East Asian and Pacific region. The causal and long-run effects of technological innovation, public–private partnership investment in energy, and renewable energy consumption on environmental sustainability in the East Asian and Pacific regions have not been comprehensively explored while taking into account the role of economic growth using quarterly data for the period 1992–2015. Therefore, the present study aims to close this literature gap using econometric approaches, namely Bayer–Hanck cointegration, autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL), dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS), and fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) tests. Furthermore, the study utilizes the frequency domain causality test to capture the causal impact of public–private partnership investment in energy, renewable energy consumption, technological innovation, and economic growth on CO2 emissions. The advantage of the frequency domain causality test is that it can capture the causality between short-term, medium-term, and long-term variables. The outcomes of the ARDL, FMOLS and DOLS show that renewable energy consumption and technological innovation mitigate CO2 emissions, while public–private partnership investment in energy and economic growth increase CO2 emissions. Moreover, the frequency causality test outcomes reveal that technological innovation, public–private partnership investment in energy, and renewable energy consumption cause CO2 emissions, particularly in the long-term. Thus, as a policy recommendation, the present study recommends promoting renewable energy consumption by focusing more on technological innovation in the East Asia and Pacific regions.
Tomiwa Adebayo; Sema Genç; Rui Castanho; Dervis Kirikkaleli. Do Public–Private Partnership Investment in Energy and Technological Innovation Matter for Environmental Sustainability in the East Asia and Pacific Region? An Application of a Frequency Domain Causality Test. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3039 .
AMA StyleTomiwa Adebayo, Sema Genç, Rui Castanho, Dervis Kirikkaleli. Do Public–Private Partnership Investment in Energy and Technological Innovation Matter for Environmental Sustainability in the East Asia and Pacific Region? An Application of a Frequency Domain Causality Test. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3039.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomiwa Adebayo; Sema Genç; Rui Castanho; Dervis Kirikkaleli. 2021. "Do Public–Private Partnership Investment in Energy and Technological Innovation Matter for Environmental Sustainability in the East Asia and Pacific Region? An Application of a Frequency Domain Causality Test." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3039.
It is well-known that the ultra-peripheral territories as Islands present several limitations such as the lack of resources, restricted land, mass tourism, and barriers to movement, and connectivity between urban centers. These obstacles make ultra-peripheral regions suitable case studies considering their territorial governance and consequently, sustainable development and growth. Thus, transportation and infrastructure sustainability in these regions are not an exception. Considering all the obstacles present in these regions, the accessibility and connectivity patterns that the local population has in these territories should be assessed and monitored. Thereby, through exploratory tools, the present research assumes to examine, using accessibility and connectivity indicators, the consequences across the social-economic dimension that the regional transportation and infrastructure should convey to the Azores Islands Archipelago populations. Therefore, this article allows us to set the present situation regarding this region’s accessibility and connectivity patterns, creating an additional tool for supporting the main actors’ design and implementation of these territories’ future plans and strategies. Besides, this study enables us to recognize that Pico, Flores, and São Miguel are the ones with better accessibility patterns within the Azores Archipelago.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Ana Vulevic; Arian Behradfar; Gualter Couto. Assessing Transportation Patterns in the Azores Archipelago. Infrastructures 2021, 6, 10 .
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Ana Vulevic, Arian Behradfar, Gualter Couto. Assessing Transportation Patterns in the Azores Archipelago. Infrastructures. 2021; 6 (1):10.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Ana Vulevic; Arian Behradfar; Gualter Couto. 2021. "Assessing Transportation Patterns in the Azores Archipelago." Infrastructures 6, no. 1: 10.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Nefise Celik Omeraga; Nurdan Ozrecberoglu; Sema Yilmaz Genc. Covid-19 pandemic period reflections on problems experienced in distance education at the primary school level: teacher opinions. World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 2021, 1, 1 .
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Nefise Celik Omeraga, Nurdan Ozrecberoglu, Sema Yilmaz Genc. Covid-19 pandemic period reflections on problems experienced in distance education at the primary school level: teacher opinions. World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development. 2021; 1 (1):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Nefise Celik Omeraga; Nurdan Ozrecberoglu; Sema Yilmaz Genc. 2021. "Covid-19 pandemic period reflections on problems experienced in distance education at the primary school level: teacher opinions." World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development 1, no. 1: 1.
Tourists’ intentions show many changing dynamics, both in terms of destination and accommodation selection. These changes in dynamics are seasonal and significantly affected by trends. Therefore, after an infectious disease outbreak, as is the case with COVID-19 caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, these dynamics change on an entirely different level and are so far unknown. Contextual research was conducted to define and analyze the impacts of SARS-CoV-2 on Azores residents’ tourism accommodations plans in 2020 by examining their intentions. The most frequent choice was to spend 2020 vacations at the vacation residences of family or friends (24.3%), followed by approximately 20% who chose three- to four-star hotels. A considerable increase in rural tourism accommodation selection intentions was noticed, obtaining the third position with 13.7%, followed by local accommodation (guest house) with 12.1% of the selection intentions. The study concludes that there are massive consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 crisis at the level of holiday choices and social isolation concerns for this ultra-peripheral territory.
Rui Castanho; Gualter Couto; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Célia Carvalho; Maria Batista. The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak on the Accommodation Selection of Azorean Tourists. A Study Based on the Assessment of the Azores Population’s Attitudes. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9990 .
AMA StyleRui Castanho, Gualter Couto, Pedro Pimentel, Áurea Sousa, Célia Carvalho, Maria Batista. The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak on the Accommodation Selection of Azorean Tourists. A Study Based on the Assessment of the Azores Population’s Attitudes. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):9990.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Castanho; Gualter Couto; Pedro Pimentel; Áurea Sousa; Célia Carvalho; Maria Batista. 2020. "The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak on the Accommodation Selection of Azorean Tourists. A Study Based on the Assessment of the Azores Population’s Attitudes." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 9990.
Ayhan Orhan; Vahit Ferhan Benli; Rui Alexandre Castanho. Assessing the Systemic Risk Between American and European Financial Systems. Prague Economic Papers 2020, 29, 649 -671.
AMA StyleAyhan Orhan, Vahit Ferhan Benli, Rui Alexandre Castanho. Assessing the Systemic Risk Between American and European Financial Systems. Prague Economic Papers. 2020; 29 (6):649-671.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAyhan Orhan; Vahit Ferhan Benli; Rui Alexandre Castanho. 2020. "Assessing the Systemic Risk Between American and European Financial Systems." Prague Economic Papers 29, no. 6: 649-671.
The Portuguese autonomous region of Azores is one of the Outermost Regions of the European Union. Despite the many challenges this insular region present, the geographical location of the islands has also granted exciting opportunities for regional development. One of the examples is the Adventure Tourism, which has a high potential in the territory. Besides, this tourism activity is seen as an essential vehicle for regional sustainable development. Thereby, through an empirical case study research, the present study assessed some regional strategies and territorial planning tools enabling a more profound knowledge of the process and plans ongoing to achieve sustainable development in the Azores Archipelago by the regional authorities. The study shows that the Azores tourism strategy includes nature as the most crucial resource for its development.
Gualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Pedro Pimentel; Célia Barreto Carvalho; Áurea Sousa. The Potential of Adventure Tourism in the Azores: Focusing on the Regional Strategic Planning. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 15 -25.
AMA StyleGualter Couto, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Pedro Pimentel, Célia Barreto Carvalho, Áurea Sousa. The Potential of Adventure Tourism in the Azores: Focusing on the Regional Strategic Planning. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():15-25.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGualter Couto; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Pedro Pimentel; Célia Barreto Carvalho; Áurea Sousa. 2020. "The Potential of Adventure Tourism in the Azores: Focusing on the Regional Strategic Planning." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 15-25.
The large number of borderlands existing in European territory contains many ventures of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC). Nonetheless, the management strategies related to such projects and the sustainable development they bring to the regions still raise many questions. Considering the little knowledge regarding the management and governance of borderland territories, the present research through the analysis of nine CBC projects (eighteen European border cities) aims to provide further insights from a common strategic planning perspective. The study was projected to locals, experts, and technicians related to the border cities' planning. In this regard, the participants were asked through questionnaires about their perceptions and feelings about the success of the border-cooperation projects in their area of residence or work. Thereby, the investigation enabled us to identify and isolate the five essential factors and challenges to consider from a socio-cultural perspective: (i) Sense of belonging and break cultural barriers; (ii) Diverse infrastructural offer - Euro Citizenship; (iii) Better life's quality standards; (iv) Retain young and talented people; and Public participation
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Luís Loures; José Cabezas; Jacinto Garrido Velarde. The Socio-Cultural Factors in the Common Strategic Planning in European Territories: Principles for Sustainable Development Extracted from Borderlands. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 2020, 16, 764 -775.
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Luís Loures, José Cabezas, Jacinto Garrido Velarde. The Socio-Cultural Factors in the Common Strategic Planning in European Territories: Principles for Sustainable Development Extracted from Borderlands. WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. 2020; 16 ():764-775.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Luís Loures; José Cabezas; Jacinto Garrido Velarde. 2020. "The Socio-Cultural Factors in the Common Strategic Planning in European Territories: Principles for Sustainable Development Extracted from Borderlands." WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 16, no. : 764-775.