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Long-term land-use changes in small/medium-sized cities: enhancing the general trends and local characteristics
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Small and medium-sized cities represent the backbone of the
European territory, promoting cohesion and an economic base for
development. The study compares the spatial and temporal
trajectories of land use in three small/medium-sized cities located
in central Portugal, between 1958 and 2011. The cities of Viseu,
Leiria and Castelo Branco were chosen because they are located
in different urban sub-systems and because of the different
factors that frame their alterations in land use, occupation and
consequent urban development. The research evaluates the
transformations, supported by indicators to explain the spatial
dynamics of losses and gains and a principal component analysis
compares the land-use trajectories for the three cities. The general
results reveal an increase from the central part of the study areas
to the periphery, contrasting with a continuous decrease of the
agricultural parts, illustrating peri-urbanization and rururbanization
processes. The study allows identification of the dynamics in the
three analysed areas, highlighting the different rhythms of change
and relating them to the particularities that exist in each city. The
methodology represents an advantage for the analysis and
evaluation of territorial dynamics related to land-use change, and
made possible the identification of the different forces.
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Small and medium-sized cities Land-use change Periurbanization Rurbanization Planning framework Local assets
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Citação
Tavares, A. O., Monteiro, M., Barros, J. L., & Santos, P. P. (2019). Long-term land-use changes in small/medium-sized cities. Enhancing the general trends and local characteristics. European Planning Studies, 1-28. DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1588854
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Taylor & Francis