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The identities of territories are (re)produced through narratives which select certain characteristics of a territorial entity to influence the perceptions that people and institutions have of it. In the current socioeconomic conditions, these identities can provide a competitive advantage to marginalized areas, due to the possibilities that this offers to exhibit the uniqueness of their territories and products. In order to benefit from the economies generated by the identities of territories, it is necessary to identify joint narratives which are both distinctive and capable of unifying different stakeholders around a shared identity. Using three depopulated NUTS 3 (European Union’s Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics on level 3) in the North of Portugal as case studies, we apply a content analysis of different sources to understand how the identities of territories have been (re)produced and identify the coherences and disparities between different narratives. Although there are many factors that hinder the consolidation of the identities of territories at a subnational scale in continental Portugal, generating economies based on these identities could be done through the identification of common characteristics among municipalities.
Inês Gusman; Rubén Camilo Lois-González. Building Common Identities to Promote Territorial Development in the North of Portugal. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2020, 1918 -1927.
AMA StyleInês Gusman, Rubén Camilo Lois-González. Building Common Identities to Promote Territorial Development in the North of Portugal. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2020; ():1918-1927.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInês Gusman; Rubén Camilo Lois-González. 2020. "Building Common Identities to Promote Territorial Development in the North of Portugal." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 1918-1927.
Le Portugal est l’un des pays les plus centralisateurs d’Europe occidentale puisque, sauf les archipels de Madère et des Açores, il n’existe pas de découpage régional élu démocratiquement. Après le rejet en 1998 du référendum pour l’institutionnalisation des régions, divers découpages territoriaux ont favorisé la coopération municipale mais ne semblent pas avoir atténué les caractéristiques d’un État centralisateur. Dans cet article, nous passerons en revue différentes configurations de l’organisation territoriale du pays et une caractérisation des dynamiques territoriales actuelles. Nous mettrons l’accent sur le cas du Nord du Portugal et sa relation avec la Galice pour comprendre l'importance de l’européanisation dans le débat régional actuel.
Inês Gusman. Les configurations régionales du Portugal : où se situe le Nord ? Sud-Ouest européen 2019, 11 -23.
AMA StyleInês Gusman. Les configurations régionales du Portugal : où se situe le Nord ? Sud-Ouest européen. 2019; (48):11-23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInês Gusman. 2019. "Les configurations régionales du Portugal : où se situe le Nord ?" Sud-Ouest européen , no. 48: 11-23.
City centres are spaces where different economic and cultural values converge as a consequence of their current uses and functions. In the case of Porto (Portugal), more than 20 years after being declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO (in 1996), tourism has had remarkable effects on its physical, social and economic features. Therefore, Porto—and in particular its city centre—is taken in this article as the object of study. The interest of this space lies in the fact that it has been rapidly transformed from a devalued old area into the centre of an important urban tourism destination on a European level. Based on the spatial and temporal analysis of a set of indicators related to tourism, housing and economic activity, we identify the main threats that this “culture-led regeneration”—much supported by tourism—could have on the cultural values of Porto. Our results show that this process is promoting an excessive use of space by tourism and an overexploitation of cultural values. We conclude with some policy recommendations to support strategies capable of keeping cultural values alive, which we consider sustainable compromises between heritage and modernization.
Inês Gusman; Pedro Chamusca; José Fernandes; Jorge Pinto. Culture and Tourism in Porto City Centre: Conflicts and (Im)Possible Solutions. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5701 .
AMA StyleInês Gusman, Pedro Chamusca, José Fernandes, Jorge Pinto. Culture and Tourism in Porto City Centre: Conflicts and (Im)Possible Solutions. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5701.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInês Gusman; Pedro Chamusca; José Fernandes; Jorge Pinto. 2019. "Culture and Tourism in Porto City Centre: Conflicts and (Im)Possible Solutions." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5701.
Resumen: En las últimas décadas del siglo XX, los discursos sobre un mundo sin fronteras, donde las relaciones territoriales ya no son determinadas por los Estados, ganaron fuerza entre académicos y decisores políticos. Los proyectos de cooperación transnacional, como los que están en la base de la Unión Europea, parecían demostrar que las fronteras dejaban de significar discontinuidades económicas, políticas y sociales. Estos nuevos escenarios permitieron abrir una nueva fase en las relaciones entre territorios de España y Portugal y superar su separación histórica. Este acercamiento se refleja en la creación de estructuras de cooperación transfronteriza y décadas de constante crecimiento de las relaciones económicas entre ambos países. Este proceso conoció un decaimiento durante la crisis económica iniciada en 2008. En este artículo, se analiza la evolución de estas relaciones y se estudia la efectividad de esta cooperación como marco adecuado para la superación de los efectos de la crisis. Entre los territorios portugueses y españoles, una vez superada la recesión, las relaciones transfronterizas retomaron su vigor, especialmente a nivel local y regional. Así, avanzando en las complementariedades culturales, sociales y económicas, la cooperación puede ir más allá de los límites de los Estados y puede concebirse como un instrumento efectivo de desarrollo territorial.Palabras clave: Península Ibérica, cooperación regional, frontera, des-fronterización, re-fronterización. Since the last decades of the 20th century, the narrative of a world without borders, where territorial relations are no longer determined by States, has been gaining strength among academics and decision-makers. Transnational cooperation projects such as the European Union (EU) seem to demonstrate that borders no longer represent economic, political and social discontinuities. These new scenarios have opened a new phase in the relations between the territories of Spain and Portugal and overcome the historical separation. This is a rapprochement reflected in the creation of cross-border cooperation structures and in the decades of constantly growing economic relations between both countries, although the process was slowed by the economic crisis beginning in 2008. In this paper, the focus is the evolution of these relationships and also an analysis of the effectiveness of cooperation as an adequate means for overcoming the effects of the crisis. Since the crisis ended, cross-border relations between Portugal and Spain have regained their vigour, especially at the local and regional levels. Thus, thanks to cultural, social and economic complementarities, cooperation can overcome the limits of States and be conceived as an effective instrument for territorial development.Key words: Iberian Peninsula, regional cooperation, border, des-bordering, re-bordering.
Rubén Camilo Lois González; Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez; Inês Gusman. El debate actual sobre la(s) frontera(s) aplicado al caso ibérico: elementos de des-fronterización y re-fronterización entre España y Portugal en el siglo XXI = The current debate on border(s) applied to the Iberian case: elements of de-bordering and re-bordering between Spain and Portugal in the 21st Century. REVISTA DE HISTORIOGRAFÍA (RevHisto) 2019, 30, 157 -180.
AMA StyleRubén Camilo Lois González, Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez, Inês Gusman. El debate actual sobre la(s) frontera(s) aplicado al caso ibérico: elementos de des-fronterización y re-fronterización entre España y Portugal en el siglo XXI = The current debate on border(s) applied to the Iberian case: elements of de-bordering and re-bordering between Spain and Portugal in the 21st Century. REVISTA DE HISTORIOGRAFÍA (RevHisto). 2019; 30 ():157-180.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRubén Camilo Lois González; Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez; Inês Gusman. 2019. "El debate actual sobre la(s) frontera(s) aplicado al caso ibérico: elementos de des-fronterización y re-fronterización entre España y Portugal en el siglo XXI = The current debate on border(s) applied to the Iberian case: elements of de-bordering and re-bordering between Spain and Portugal in the 21st Century." REVISTA DE HISTORIOGRAFÍA (RevHisto) 30, no. : 157-180.
Nas últimas décadas, foi aumentando a importancia das estratexias baseadas nos recursos endóxenos como forma de desenvolvemento das áreas rurais, sobre todo aquelas relacionadas co turismo. Así, a posta en valor de Itinerarios Culturais considérase unha ferramenta importante para o posicionamento territorial e o impulso de oportunidades empresariais neses espazos. O Camiño de Santiago, o máis coñecido dos Itinerarios Culturais Europeos nos que participa Galicia, constitúe un instrumento desexado por moitos territorios galegos que enfrontan problemas de perda de poboación e competitividade rural, a pesares de que gran parte dos municipios do interior por onde pasa o Camiño continúan nunha profunda crise económica e demográfica. A través do estudo de caso centrado no municipio de Arzúa, veremos que a integración real de elementos identitarios e recursos locais na estratexia de desenvolvemento turístico vinculado ao Camiño resulta fundamental para que este recurso xere impactos económicos no territorio.
Inês Gusman; Rocío Toxo Asorei. O posicionamento territorial a partir dos Itinerarios Culturais: o caso de Arzúa nos camiños de Santiago. Sémata: Ciencias Sociais e Humanidades 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleInês Gusman, Rocío Toxo Asorei. O posicionamento territorial a partir dos Itinerarios Culturais: o caso de Arzúa nos camiños de Santiago. Sémata: Ciencias Sociais e Humanidades. 2018; (30):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleInês Gusman; Rocío Toxo Asorei. 2018. "O posicionamento territorial a partir dos Itinerarios Culturais: o caso de Arzúa nos camiños de Santiago." Sémata: Ciencias Sociais e Humanidades , no. 30: 1.
This diagnostic study explores the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to highlight the visibility of the maritime heritage as a complementary product of The Way of St. James. In order to achieve this objective, a case study was carried out on two stages of The Portuguese Coastal Way, Baiona and Combarro, in the province of Pontevedra (Galicia, Spain). Three types of sources were used to analyse the suitability of the ICTs and their content to promote the maritime cultural heritage. The identified problems were synthesized into three diagnostics. The results show that despite the progress made by the responsible institutions towards using ICTs to promote heritage, there are dysfunctions that hinder the potential of these tools for economic and cultural valorisation of Galician maritime cultural heritage.
Lucrezia Lopez; María De Los Ángeles Piñero Antelo; Inês Gusman. The Portuguese Coastal Way and Maritime Heritage. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes 2018, 165 -172.
AMA StyleLucrezia Lopez, María De Los Ángeles Piñero Antelo, Inês Gusman. The Portuguese Coastal Way and Maritime Heritage. Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes. 2018; ():165-172.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLucrezia Lopez; María De Los Ángeles Piñero Antelo; Inês Gusman. 2018. "The Portuguese Coastal Way and Maritime Heritage." Blockchain Technology and Innovations in Business Processes , no. : 165-172.