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...
To understand North-Western Portugal it is necessary to study the way of life of its towns and «vilas» and also to recognize the relations estabiished between them. Some theoretical principies that coneern the interpretation and explanation the size of the population and commercial activity of urban centers are discussed. Our aim is to examine their applicability in the área under study, thereby emphasizing the...
Tourism development in territories outside the main touring circuits and more obvious mass processes has helped to introduce "looks" alerts on the subject of landscape. Among more evident consequences emerges a new rejoice impulse in the theoretical debate and a greater visibility of many of those territories, when raise the interest of tourists. This recognized interest allows Geography to recover some enthusi...
With some information from the romantic period, the A. tries reconstruct a few aspects of the occupation of the North-western coastline of Portugal. Since the middle of the nineteenth century the area is habited, principally between the months of August and October, by bathers who (between 1850 and 1880) accelerated its rapid development. That development is justified by the nearness of Porto; this is one of th...
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