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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.
In abandoned mining areas, heavy metals may exist. Those heavy metals can cause physical consequences and death. Through the use of geographic information systems (GIS), the environmental diagnosis of vegetation potentially affected by the presence of very toxic heavy metals in abandoned mining areas in Extremadura was conducted. Initially, graphic and alphanumeric information was obtained from numerous sources, and the geospatial database generated was analyzed, allowing the location of abandoned mines. Subsequently, the mines were classified according to the degree of toxicity of the heavy metals that had been exploited. Then, taking into account the mines whose heavy metals were considered very toxic, a geospatial analysis was performed using concentric buffers at 1, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 60 kilometres. The results obtained made it possible to obtain thematic cartography representative of the areas potentially affected. The proportion of vegetation potentially affected, has been classified according to the existing vegetation series and climatic belts.
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas Fernández; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Carlos José Pinto Gomes. Assessing the Existing Vegetation Around Abandoned Mining Areas With Potentially Toxic Heavy Metals. Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2021, 14 -31.
AMA StyleJosé Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Cabezas Fernández, Rui Alexandre Castanho, Carlos José Pinto Gomes. Assessing the Existing Vegetation Around Abandoned Mining Areas With Potentially Toxic Heavy Metals. Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. 2021; ():14-31.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas Fernández; Rui Alexandre Castanho; Carlos José Pinto Gomes. 2021. "Assessing the Existing Vegetation Around Abandoned Mining Areas With Potentially Toxic Heavy Metals." Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 14-31.
In Iberian Peninsula territories there are many common projects of Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in a form of Euro-cities agreements. Therefore, and considering the pursuit for more sustainable cities and societies, the green peri-urban surfaces located in those border territories could be use as tool to give an answer to those populations’ environmental necessities. Contextually, the present study through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools and methods as well as by the use of a Case Study Research Method (CSR), it was possible to quantify, analyze and assess the Green Urban Areas in all the Iberian Euro-cities. Moreover, the obtained land uses were analyzed considering several development parameters – as the demographic dynamics of those border populations. Furthermore, bearing in mind the Ecosystems providing services it was possible to define guidelines and strategies for this region’s territorial development.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas; Luís Loures; José Martín Gallardo; Jacinto Garrido Velarde. Green Peri-Urban Surfaces in Iberian Euro-Cities: Ecosystems Service as a Tool to Provide an Environmental Answer to Border Populations Needs. A Preliminary Approach. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 11 -20.
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, José Cabezas, Luís Loures, José Martín Gallardo, Jacinto Garrido Velarde. Green Peri-Urban Surfaces in Iberian Euro-Cities: Ecosystems Service as a Tool to Provide an Environmental Answer to Border Populations Needs. A Preliminary Approach. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():11-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; José Cabezas; Luís Loures; José Martín Gallardo; Jacinto Garrido Velarde. 2020. "Green Peri-Urban Surfaces in Iberian Euro-Cities: Ecosystems Service as a Tool to Provide an Environmental Answer to Border Populations Needs. A Preliminary Approach." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 11-20.
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 Spanish transportation and housing infrastructure plan has planned that in 2024 all provincial capitals in peninsular Spain are to be connected by high-speed rail lines. Nowadays, 35 stations are already operational. These stations and the roads to access them are very important, as these are the only access points for travelers to benefit from the high railway speed. The goal of this study is to evaluate the railway coverage of high-speed services in Spanish peninsular municipalities in 2018 and planned for 2024. A methodology and research tools related to accessibility from municipalities to stations have been used, based on Geographic information Systems. An interaction model was used based on the floating catchment area in three steps. The resulting thematic maps and the analysis of the number of municipalities and the resident population is based on the degree of coverage in 2018. Likewise, in 2024 almost all of the municipalities are planned to have high high-speed railway coverage, these being the most densely populated. The analysis allowed us to present a detailed view of the problem; a methodology and a specific application framework are offered to make the high-speed rail services in Spain more equitable.
José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Cabezas Fernández; Luís Carlos Loures. Assessment of High-Speed Rail Service Coverage in Municipalities of Peninsular Spain. Infrastructures 2020, 5, 11 .
AMA StyleJosé Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Cabezas Fernández, Luís Carlos Loures. Assessment of High-Speed Rail Service Coverage in Municipalities of Peninsular Spain. Infrastructures. 2020; 5 (2):11.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Cabezas Fernández; Luís Carlos Loures. 2020. "Assessment of High-Speed Rail Service Coverage in Municipalities of Peninsular Spain." Infrastructures 5, no. 2: 11.
One of the most important parameters in sustainable urban land valuation is the risk premium. Correct assessment of the risk premium is essential for sustainable valuation. Generally, it is estimated that traditional financial models or historic rates do not take into account the specific risk factors of an investment project. In this paper, we propose a sustainable model to obtain it. It is based on investment risk factors and the urban planning land development stages. We conducted a study in Badajoz, Spain, on four urban stages: first, land without an execution program; second, land with an execution program; third, land with reparceling; and fourth, fully developed and urbanized land. We calculated one different risk premium value for each urban stage. The results show that with this model, we can obtain the risk premium at any time during urban planning development. The urban stage is one of the most influential factors in the risk premium value. It decreases during urban planning development, and fully developed and urbanized land has a lower risk premium.
José María Codosero Rodas; José Cabezas Fernández; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Rui Alexandre Castanho. Risk Premium Assessment for the Sustainable Valuation of Urban Development Land: Evidence from Spain. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4191 .
AMA StyleJosé María Codosero Rodas, José Cabezas Fernández, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Rui Alexandre Castanho. Risk Premium Assessment for the Sustainable Valuation of Urban Development Land: Evidence from Spain. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4191.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé María Codosero Rodas; José Cabezas Fernández; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Rui Alexandre Castanho. 2019. "Risk Premium Assessment for the Sustainable Valuation of Urban Development Land: Evidence from Spain." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4191.
The urban planning development process in urban territories has multiple consequences, not only in spatial structure but also in land valuation patterns. The economic value of land encompassed in municipal planning—which is associated with a certain urbanized use—increases as the planning processes evolve over these lands. For economic land valuation to comply with the required parameters of urban and territorial sustainable development, it is pivotal that in the determination of land value there are no expectations of difficult or impossible realizations, in order to eliminate any speculative element from the valuation. The land valuation model presented in the current study complies with this premise, proposing a sustainable land valuation model based on the evolution of urban planning development, achieving maximum value when it is fully urbanized. The main objective of the present work is to analyze how land value increases as municipal planning develops and to suggest a sustainable valuation model for land with urban use. Contextually, through a case study analysis, the development of municipal planning has been divided over time into four urban states: (i) land without detailed planning; (ii) land with detailed planning; (iii) land with re-parceling; and (iv) urbanized land. In this regard, the gradual evolution of land value which has reached different states over time has been determined, as has scenarios where the value has increased up to the value of urbanized land.
José Maria Codosero Rodas; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Cabezas. Land Valuation Sustainable Model of Urban Planning Development: A Case Study in Badajoz, Spain. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1450 .
AMA StyleJosé Maria Codosero Rodas, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Cabezas. Land Valuation Sustainable Model of Urban Planning Development: A Case Study in Badajoz, Spain. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (5):1450.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Maria Codosero Rodas; José Manuel Naranjo Gómez; Rui Alexandre Castanho; José Cabezas. 2018. "Land Valuation Sustainable Model of Urban Planning Development: A Case Study in Badajoz, Spain." Sustainability 10, no. 5: 1450.
Jose Naranjo Gómez; Luís Loures; Rui Castanho; José Cabezas; Thomas Panagopoulos. Assessing the feasibility of GIS multimethod approach to ascertain territorial accessibility to hemodynamics rooms in Spain mainland. Habitat International 2018, 71, 22 -28.
AMA StyleJose Naranjo Gómez, Luís Loures, Rui Castanho, José Cabezas, Thomas Panagopoulos. Assessing the feasibility of GIS multimethod approach to ascertain territorial accessibility to hemodynamics rooms in Spain mainland. Habitat International. 2018; 71 ():22-28.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJose Naranjo Gómez; Luís Loures; Rui Castanho; José Cabezas; Thomas Panagopoulos. 2018. "Assessing the feasibility of GIS multimethod approach to ascertain territorial accessibility to hemodynamics rooms in Spain mainland." Habitat International 71, no. : 22-28.
The experiences of cross-border cooperation (CBC), undertaken not only in Europe but throughout the world, have enabled areas to gain greater importance in recent decades at an international level, showing potential for integrative functions and joint development as exemplified by several CBC projects. The present paper assesses the impact of CBC projects by analyzing a protocol established in 2013 between the cities of Elvas and Badajoz, which induced the creation of the Eurocity Elvas-Badajoz. The paper kicks off with a critical review on territorial factors for success in CBC areas, considering the analysis of several case studies throughout Europe. The lessons learned, taken from the analyzed case studies, and the identified territorial success factors were used as assessment points for the investigation of the target study area, the Eurocity ElvasBadajoz. The investigation explores public participation perceptions towards the identification of what changes with respect to standards of life with the CBC project, providing the current state of affairs and identifying where to place efforts in order to reach sustainable development for the region. While being a transition area, it presents several opportunities for growth. These opportunities have not yet been object of analysis and debate with respect to lasting, sustainable successful growth. The present research enables the identification of several territorial factors for success in the study area, such as the connectivity/movement between cities and strong political commitment. From the identified critical factors, it was possible to highlight the importance of public transportation as a priority for achieving success in this CBC project.
Rui Alexandre Castanho; Luís Loures; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández-Pozo. Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in Southern Europe—An Iberian Case Study. The Eurocity Elvas-Badajoz. Sustainability 2017, 9, 360 .
AMA StyleRui Alexandre Castanho, Luís Loures, José Cabezas, Luis Fernández-Pozo. Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in Southern Europe—An Iberian Case Study. The Eurocity Elvas-Badajoz. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (3):360.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRui Alexandre Castanho; Luís Loures; José Cabezas; Luis Fernández-Pozo. 2017. "Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in Southern Europe—An Iberian Case Study. The Eurocity Elvas-Badajoz." Sustainability 9, no. 3: 360.
Pardiela’s stream watershed was selected for a preliminary test of an ecological assessment through the application of the Potentiality Distance Index (PDI) methodology, based on current and potential vegetation maps. This analysis reveals the distance of a given vegetation community from its optimal potential state (climax) and the final PDI values portray the conservation status of the territory and allow the sketching of its needs for recovery or protection. Hence, territory management policies can subsequently be adjusted for better land use and biodiversity conservation. For this reason, this methodology can be an important step for landscape planning because it allows the adjustment of development proposals and activity monitoring. The final PDI value for the study area is 0.2509, indicating that Pardiela’s basin conservation status is moderate.
Teresa Batista; Joana Cavaco; Paula Mendes; Carlos Vila-Viçosa; Angel Penas; Sara DEL Rio; José Cabezas; Luis Fernandez-Pozo; Natália Arancibia; Carlos Pinto-Gomes. Conservation status of vegetation in the North and Central area of Pardiela river basin (Évora, Portugal). Acta Botanica Gallica 2012, 159, 177 -185.
AMA StyleTeresa Batista, Joana Cavaco, Paula Mendes, Carlos Vila-Viçosa, Angel Penas, Sara DEL Rio, José Cabezas, Luis Fernandez-Pozo, Natália Arancibia, Carlos Pinto-Gomes. Conservation status of vegetation in the North and Central area of Pardiela river basin (Évora, Portugal). Acta Botanica Gallica. 2012; 159 (2):177-185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeresa Batista; Joana Cavaco; Paula Mendes; Carlos Vila-Viçosa; Angel Penas; Sara DEL Rio; José Cabezas; Luis Fernandez-Pozo; Natália Arancibia; Carlos Pinto-Gomes. 2012. "Conservation status of vegetation in the North and Central area of Pardiela river basin (Évora, Portugal)." Acta Botanica Gallica 159, no. 2: 177-185.
OTALEX II is the Territorial and Environmental Observatory of Alentejo (Portugal) and Extremadura (Spain), co-financed by POCTEP, developed with the cross-border collaboration of several Portuguese and Spanish bodies. It is composed of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) created in 2007, SDI-OTALEX (www.ideotalex.eu), which is an exchange platform for geographic information and Webmapping services among project partners. The integration of environmental indicators such as landscape indicators, for the characterization and monitoring of the Alentejo Extremadura area is one of the most relevant components of the project. This paper reports the achievements in defining Local Landscape Units (LLU) for a pilot area of Central Alentejo – the Pardiela river basin. The methodological approach applied Geographic Information System tools to integrate soils, geomorphology and land cover. The land cover map applies the CORINE Land Cover Legend Level 5 to Central Alentejo at a scale of 1 : 10,000. This map contains variables related to vegetation, hydrology (streams and water bodies) and human settlements (buildings, equipment, roads). The validation of the results obtained for LLU with previously defined Landscape Units and potential vegetation mapping confirm the reliability and replicability of the present methodology for similar territories.
Teresa Batista; Paula Mendes; Carlos Vila-Viçosa; Mafalda Veigas; Joana Cavaco; José Cabezas; Luis Pozo; Natalia Arancibia; Rodrigo Paiva-Ferreira; Carlos Pinto-Gomes. Contribution to Local Landscape Units definition in OTALEX II. Acta Botanica Gallica 2012, 159, 169 -175.
AMA StyleTeresa Batista, Paula Mendes, Carlos Vila-Viçosa, Mafalda Veigas, Joana Cavaco, José Cabezas, Luis Pozo, Natalia Arancibia, Rodrigo Paiva-Ferreira, Carlos Pinto-Gomes. Contribution to Local Landscape Units definition in OTALEX II. Acta Botanica Gallica. 2012; 159 (2):169-175.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTeresa Batista; Paula Mendes; Carlos Vila-Viçosa; Mafalda Veigas; Joana Cavaco; José Cabezas; Luis Pozo; Natalia Arancibia; Rodrigo Paiva-Ferreira; Carlos Pinto-Gomes. 2012. "Contribution to Local Landscape Units definition in OTALEX II." Acta Botanica Gallica 159, no. 2: 169-175.
José Martín; José Cabezas; Teresa Buyolo; Daniel Patón. The relationship between Cerambyx spp. damage and subsequent Biscogniauxia mediterranum infection on Quercus suber forests. Forest Ecology and Management 2005, 216, 166 -174.
AMA StyleJosé Martín, José Cabezas, Teresa Buyolo, Daniel Patón. The relationship between Cerambyx spp. damage and subsequent Biscogniauxia mediterranum infection on Quercus suber forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 2005; 216 (1-3):166-174.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Martín; José Cabezas; Teresa Buyolo; Daniel Patón. 2005. "The relationship between Cerambyx spp. damage and subsequent Biscogniauxia mediterranum infection on Quercus suber forests." Forest Ecology and Management 216, no. 1-3: 166-174.