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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.
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.
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.
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.
The scarcity of resources, the limited land, and the overstressing of tourism, as well as the estrangements of movement, make the insular territories relevant case studies in terms of their regional management and governance and, consequently, sustainable development. Thereby, Transportation and Infrastructures’ Sustainability in these territories is not an exception. In this regard, the present study, through exploratory tools, expects to analyze, using accessibility and connectivity indicators, the impacts over the social-economic sphere that the local Transportation and Infrastructures may deliver to the populations of the Canary Islands Archipelago. The study enables us to identify the islands of La Palma, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, and La Gomera as those with better accessibility patterns.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Arian Behradfar; Ana Vulevic; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. Analyzing Transportation Sustainability in the Canary Islands Archipelago. Infrastructures 2020, 5, 58 .
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Arian Behradfar, Ana Vulevic, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. Analyzing Transportation Sustainability in the Canary Islands Archipelago. Infrastructures. 2020; 5 (7):58.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Arian Behradfar; Ana Vulevic; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez. 2020. "Analyzing Transportation Sustainability in the Canary Islands Archipelago." Infrastructures 5, no. 7: 58.
Accessibility plays a major role in achieving sustainable transport, and therefore urban and regional sustainability. The urban public transport system promotes mobility and realizes a large part of urban movements. Moreover, improving accessibility in order to promote sustainable transport requires the application of new concepts and indicators as a powerful tool in the process of creating a balanced urban transport system. In this regard, one of the main goals of this research is to present an overview of the relevant accessibility indicators and assessment of accessibility in regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in order to transcendence challenges and obstacles for sustainable transportation in these regions along of Portuguese-Spanish border. This paper focuses on the accessibility of cross-border cooperation scenarios along the border regions of Alto Alentejo (Portugal) and Badajoz (Spain) where the Case Study Research Method (CSR) made it possible to recognize accessibility as a key factor in territorial success. Also, accessibility analysis can assess improvements as well as regional imbalances. In addition, this methodology can be used to identify missing links, which requires new investments enabling long-term sustainability.
Ana Vulevic; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Luís Loures; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández-Pozo; José Martín Gallardo. Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1978 .
AMA StyleAna Vulevic, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Luís Loures, José Cabezas, Luis Fernández-Pozo, José Martín Gallardo. Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (5):1978.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulevic; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Luís Loures; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández-Pozo; José Martín Gallardo. 2020. "Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland." Sustainability 12, no. 5: 1978.
The European standard on transport logistics and services in public passenger transport EN 13816 is based on a relationship between the perception of users and transport carriers throughout the groups of criteria taken as a basis for observation in this paper. The constant development and improvement of services in order to achieve sustainability of passenger transport is an imperative on the one hand and a challenge on the other. This is highly evident in persons with disabilities who are faced with many physical and social barriers related to access to rail transport. In this paper, a new model for the selection of criteria for the quality of passenger service in rail transport, from the perspective of persons with disabilities as the main category of passengers, has been created. The survey has covered 168 criteria classified in several groups and the entire territory of Serbia. In order to select the most important criteria, a new model that implies the integration of Full Consistency Method and a Rough Power Heronian aggregator has been developed. The development of a new aggregator enables more accurate decision-making in the process of group decision-making. The results obtained in this paper show that the most important criteria according to importance are Accessibility, Availability, Security, Time, Customer care, Information, Comfort, Environmental impact. Based on the criteria obtained for the service quality of rail transport for persons with disabilities, railway carriers will be able to change and improve the existing services, content, characteristics, equipment of railway stations and vehicles.
Dragan Đorđević; Gordan Stojić; Željko Stević; Dragan Pamučar; Ana Vulević; Vesna Mišić. A New Model for Defining the Criteria of Service Quality in Rail Transport: The Full Consistency Method Based on a Rough Power Heronian Aggregator. Symmetry 2019, 11, 992 .
AMA StyleDragan Đorđević, Gordan Stojić, Željko Stević, Dragan Pamučar, Ana Vulević, Vesna Mišić. A New Model for Defining the Criteria of Service Quality in Rail Transport: The Full Consistency Method Based on a Rough Power Heronian Aggregator. Symmetry. 2019; 11 (8):992.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDragan Đorđević; Gordan Stojić; Željko Stević; Dragan Pamučar; Ana Vulević; Vesna Mišić. 2019. "A New Model for Defining the Criteria of Service Quality in Rail Transport: The Full Consistency Method Based on a Rough Power Heronian Aggregator." Symmetry 11, no. 8: 992.
Political commitment and transparency have been previously identified as critical factors for territorial success, as well as factors which allow the achievement of stronger cohesion and sustainable growth of cross‐border cooperation projects and strategies. The present study is aimed at a more thorough analysis of these factors. Throughout the analysis and assessment of the European CBC case studies, where political commitment has been defined as a critical factor, political and economic transparency plays a key role. This analysis, which incorporates public and technical opinions, provides a better comprehension on how these factors influence the European panorama. It includes the key messages for policy‐makers when designing and implementing development strategies specifically tailored to the needs of these places.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Ana Vulevic; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández‐Pozo; Luis Loures; Joanna Kurowska‐Pysz. Political commitment and transparency as a critical factor to achieve territorial cohesion and sustainable growth. European cross‐border projects and strategies. Regional Science Policy & Practice 2019, 11, 423 -435.
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Ana Vulevic, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Cabezas, Luis Fernández‐Pozo, Luis Loures, Joanna Kurowska‐Pysz. Political commitment and transparency as a critical factor to achieve territorial cohesion and sustainable growth. European cross‐border projects and strategies. Regional Science Policy & Practice. 2019; 11 (2):423-435.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Ana Vulevic; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández‐Pozo; Luis Loures; Joanna Kurowska‐Pysz. 2019. "Political commitment and transparency as a critical factor to achieve territorial cohesion and sustainable growth. European cross‐border projects and strategies." Regional Science Policy & Practice 11, no. 2: 423-435.
Accessibility in Serbia is defined through the Strategy for Improving the Position of Persons with Disabilities. Commitment activities started in 2010–2012, through the project “No Obstacles” developed by the Centre for the Development of an Inclusive Society (CRID) and the Accessibility Audit Association in Serbia (AAAS) with the support of the Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade. Contextually, the chapter aims to present a practical case regarding social marketing campaign that was developed by NGOs, through the support of local governments, major local agencies (urban planning, communal and architecture inspection bodies) on a municipality level—a Serbian case study. The implementation of this social marketing project creates the preconditions for increasing accessibility upon the principles of Design for All and building communities where all citizens have equal opportunities. The project used all the elements of the marketing mix and/or primary intervention methods.
Ana Vulevic; Dragan Djordjevic; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Cabezas-Fernández. Social Marketing and Their Related Challenges for the Limited Access for People Living with a Disability: A Serbian Case Study. Management for Professionals 2018, 223 -235.
AMA StyleAna Vulevic, Dragan Djordjevic, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Cabezas-Fernández. Social Marketing and Their Related Challenges for the Limited Access for People Living with a Disability: A Serbian Case Study. Management for Professionals. 2018; ():223-235.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulevic; Dragan Djordjevic; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Cabezas-Fernández. 2018. "Social Marketing and Their Related Challenges for the Limited Access for People Living with a Disability: A Serbian Case Study." Management for Professionals , no. : 223-235.
The Danube Regions, especially the sub-national units of governance, must be ready to play an active role in spatial development policies. A precondition for this is good accessibility and the coordinated development of all transport systems in the Danube corridor. The main contribution of this paper is to provide a multi-criteria model for potential decision making related to the evaluation of transportation accessibility in Serbia’s Danube Corridor. Geographic Information Systems (GIS), based on maps, indicate the existing counties’ transport infrastructures inequities (between well-connected and isolated counties in terms of accessibility to central places). Through the research, relevant indicators have been identifi ed. This provides an outline of transportation perspectives regarding the development achieved and also fosters the increase of transportation accessibility in some peripheral Serbian Danube administrative units – counties (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics level 3 – NUTS 3).
Ana Vulevic; Dragana Macura; Dragan Djordjević; Rui Alexandre Castanho. Assessing Accessibility and Transport Infrastructure Inequities in Administrative Units in Serbia’s Danube Corridor Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Gis Mapping Tools. Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences 2018, 14, 123 -143.
AMA StyleAna Vulevic, Dragana Macura, Dragan Djordjević, Rui Alexandre Castanho. Assessing Accessibility and Transport Infrastructure Inequities in Administrative Units in Serbia’s Danube Corridor Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Gis Mapping Tools. Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences. 2018; 14 (53):123-143.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulevic; Dragana Macura; Dragan Djordjević; Rui Alexandre Castanho. 2018. "Assessing Accessibility and Transport Infrastructure Inequities in Administrative Units in Serbia’s Danube Corridor Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Gis Mapping Tools." Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences 14, no. 53: 123-143.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Ana Vulevic; José Cabezas Fernández; Luis Fernandez-Pozo; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Luís Carlos Loures. Accessibility and connectivity – Movement between cities, as a critical factor to achieve success on cross-border cooperation (CBC) projects. A European analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society 2017, 32, 181 -190.
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Ana Vulevic, José Cabezas Fernández, Luis Fernandez-Pozo, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Luís Carlos Loures. Accessibility and connectivity – Movement between cities, as a critical factor to achieve success on cross-border cooperation (CBC) projects. A European analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2017; 32 ():181-190.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Ana Vulevic; José Cabezas Fernández; Luis Fernandez-Pozo; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Luís Carlos Loures. 2017. "Accessibility and connectivity – Movement between cities, as a critical factor to achieve success on cross-border cooperation (CBC) projects. A European analysis." Sustainable Cities and Society 32, no. : 181-190.
Ana Vulević; Aleksandar Knezevic. Demographic response to accessibility improvement in depopulation cross border regions: The case of Euroregion Danube 21 in Serbia. Zbornik radova - Geografski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu 2017, 167 -191.
AMA StyleAna Vulević, Aleksandar Knezevic. Demographic response to accessibility improvement in depopulation cross border regions: The case of Euroregion Danube 21 in Serbia. Zbornik radova - Geografski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu. 2017; (65-1a):167-191.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulević; Aleksandar Knezevic. 2017. "Demographic response to accessibility improvement in depopulation cross border regions: The case of Euroregion Danube 21 in Serbia." Zbornik radova - Geografski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu , no. 65-1a: 167-191.
Accessibility is a well-known and studied concept within the scientific literature. Good transportation accessibility is certainly an important factor in exploiting spatial potentials. The quality of transportation infrastructure in terms of capacity, travel speed, connectivity etc., determines the quality and advantage of a location relative to other locations, which is usually measured as accessibility. Increasingly overloaded transport corridors, in the context of changing transportation flows are becoming an important issue for accessibility. This Paper gives a very brief overview of which kind of transportation networks and services indicators should be used in relevant documents and in transportation planning practice. This Paper provides a comprehensive overview of the different definitions, dimensions and indicators of accessibility in the literature of those already discovered.
Ana Vulevic. Accessibility concepts and indicators in transportation strategic planning issues: theoretical framework and literature review. Logistics & Sustainable Transport 2016, 7, 58 -67.
AMA StyleAna Vulevic. Accessibility concepts and indicators in transportation strategic planning issues: theoretical framework and literature review. Logistics & Sustainable Transport. 2016; 7 (1):58-67.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulevic. 2016. "Accessibility concepts and indicators in transportation strategic planning issues: theoretical framework and literature review." Logistics & Sustainable Transport 7, no. 1: 58-67.
This chapter reviews regional accessibility and relationship between regional accessibility, the logistic infrastructure and regional economic development. The purpose of this chapter is to emphasize the complexity and causality of this relationship. Transport infrastructure is an important policy instrument to promote regional economic development. In addition, development of logistics is a very important part of the transport policy, while accessibility is an important determinant of the attractiveness of regions for logistics activities. Accessibility indicators measure the benefits households and firms in a region enjoy from the existence and use of the transport infrastructure. Economic development may determine transportation needs and lead to infrastructure improvements and accessibility. The theoretically is defined and empirical evidence that transport accessibility suggests that there is a link between the accessibility of the region and its competitiveness and, therefore, regional economic growth.
Ana Vulevic. Linkage between Regional Accessibillity, Economic Development, and Logistic Infrastructure. Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science 2016, 248 -272.
AMA StyleAna Vulevic. Linkage between Regional Accessibillity, Economic Development, and Logistic Infrastructure. Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science. 2016; ():248-272.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Vulevic. 2016. "Linkage between Regional Accessibillity, Economic Development, and Logistic Infrastructure." Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science , no. : 248-272.