A economia do turismo em Portugal está muito dependente do chamado fator de sazonalidade (PENT, 2013), entendido como um obstáculo ao desenvolvimento deste sector de atividade (PwC Portugal, 2014). A procura turística por ...

The dwellings in old city centres are usually smaller than those found in new residential areas. The usual approach to make old dwellings meet current space standards is to change their spatial configuration. These changes ...

The effects of climate dynamics on urban areas involve the aggravation of existing conditions and the potential for emergence of new hazards or risk factors. Floods are recognized as a leading source of consequences to ...

O relatório apresenta um questionário para avaliar o grau de satisfação e de atratividade dos hotéis de 4 e 5 estrelas da região do Algarve. O questionário está organizado em sete secções que abordam: os dados sociodemográficos ...

This document presents the developments in the first 18 months of activity of LNEC in PIANO project (Policies, Innovation, and Network for Enhancing Opportunities for China-Europe Water Cooperation) financed by the European ...

Apresentam-se os desenvolvimentos do primeiro ano de atividade do projeto comunitário PIANO (Policies, Innovation, and Network for Enhancing Opportunities for China-Europe Water Cooperation), financiado pela União Europeia ...

A decision support system (DSS) tool for the assessment of intervention strategies (Alternatives) in an urban water system (UWS) with an integral simulation model called ‘WaterMet2’ is presented. The DSS permits the user ...

Gullies are sewer inlets placed in pavements usually covered by bar grates. They are the most common linking-element used to drain a wide range of flows from surface runoff into the buried drainage system. Their hydraulic ...

Designing for exceedance events has been a remediation and adaptation strategy to mitigate effects of flooding that is also being applied for new developments in an increasingly number of cities. 1D/1D modelling or simpler ...

The Querença-Silves (QS) aquifer system is one of the most important natural groundwater reservoirs in the Algarve region of southern Portugal. With a surface area of 324 km2, this karst aquifer system is the main source ...