Based on the view of the ‘biotechnology revolution’, this paper will explore the disintegration process of the pharmaceutical industry’s value chain, and its realignment in the biosciences and biotechnology value chain focused on human health. Guided by the conceptual image of the ‘bioscience megacentres’, we will develop a theoretical framework highlighting the spatial dimensions. The main actors are identifie...
The theory and practice of planning have been very adverse to the new conceptions of space. From the approaches of Simin Davoudi e Strange (2009), who sees space as a social product and planning as a social activity, this research seeks the space and territory planning representations. Having the objective of approaching the territorial culture, we seek to assess the influence of the positivist, structuralist a...
The changes taking place in low density territories underscore a process of spatial differentiation. Rural areas are being restructured, where macro trends interact with micro realities and micro trends, progressively building a highly diversified spatial mosaic. This paper intends to analyse a few spatial typologies, highlighting the diversity and heterogeneity of the prevailing perspectives and results, which...
A range of events and processes seem to be encouraging networks of interaction and cooperation, favouring processes of change in rural areas. Territorial interdependencies have multiplied, new identities are being built and processes of a renewed social appreciation for what is rural are starting to flourish. The local producer markets of the Trás-os-Montes e Alto-Douro region are starting to drive processes of...
This article is offered as a contribution to a more integrated analysis of Médio Ave's «territorial complex» and to provide a study of the textiles/clothes industry which is a prépondérant sector due to the following factors: the amount of labour force engaged in; its present dynamics; the important role it plays (since at least one century) in the framing and (re)production of the territorial pattern of the sc...
The second half of the 20th century witnessed the rapid expansion of built-up areas practically all over the world. In Portugal, this phenomenon took place particularly along the coastal strip and around its two main cities, Lisbon and Porto. Economic and demographic growth led to processes of urban expansion, which in turn bolstered the development of extensive urbanized continuums, contributing to the consoli...
The Health Cluster Portugal (HCP) is a formal institution that aims to increase competitiveness in the research, design, development, manufacture and trade of innovative products and services in the health sector. The set up of this interface was the result of a bottom-up initiative, within the framework of the Norte 2015 debate on policies designed to foster competitiveness based on innovation. It was inspired...
This ongoing project addresses the recent transformations within social policy and practice that gave form to the concept of social innovation. Social innovation is understood as a significant change in the way a given society deals with a social problem. Its significance is measured by scale - number of people, geographical area involved, by scope - its capacity to affect multiple social dimensions, and by res...
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