Guerra, JoãoSchmidt, LuísaValente, Susana2017-01-302017-01-302017Guerra, J., Schmidt, L., Valente, Susana (2017). Dilemmas of Sustainability in Turbulent Times: the Portuguese Case in Contex. Audrone Telesiene, Matthias Gross (Eds.), Green European: Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes in Europe in a Historical and Cross-Cultural Comparative Perspective. (pp. 221-242). London & New York: Routledge. Taylor & Francis978-1-138-12395-3http://hdl.handle.net/10451/26322This chapter considers a group of data marked by multiple dilemmas and perplexities that challenge both citizens and decision-makers in troubled times. The financial crisis which, since 2008, has proved to have social, economic and ecological effects has given rise to increasing difficulties in bringing together socio-economic needs (i.e. ensuring or improving quality of life for everyone) and environmental needs (i.e. ensuring that ecological limits are not exceeded).engSustainabilityEconomic crisisbook part