It is a recognised fact that the circulation of traffic is now one of the greatest problems facing Oporto; this is particularly true of the town centre. There is no integrated policy in regard to traffic circulation which takes pedestrians into account; indeed, this type of circulation, although of evident importance, is frequently forgotten. With reference to data provided by counts and questionaires carried o...
The urban centre constitutes the focal point of the social, cultural and economic life of a town or region. It reflects, to a large degree, the evolution of towns: of the different urban áreas, it is the one in which changes are constant and more significant. This article analyses the expression and importance of the centres of Oporto, Braga, Guimarães, Viana do Castelo, Póvoa de Varzim and Barcelos and also di...
When The People's Republic of China was admitted as a new member of the World Trade Organization, at the end of 2001 and the quota system that regulated his products was abolished, that had significant effects worldwide and also in Portugal, where the increase on imports created an ethnic retail subsystem composed of an increasing number of shops and warehouses specially dedicated to sell products originated in...
Urban space is constantly being changed, namely on the way people live it and experience it, as a result especially of changes and variability of people relations with a larger and polycentric city. The changes on consumer’s behavior and the way retail adapt to new forms and functions, creating (or recreating) places of consume, is cause and consequence of a zapping for different spaces, at different times of t...
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