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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT
Transactions ID Number: 19-808
Full Name: Susana Freiria
Position: Researcher
Age: ON
Sex: Female
Address: Centro de Estudos Sociais, Colégio de S. Jerónimo, Apartado 3087, 3001-401 Coimbra
Country: PORTUGAL
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E-mail address: susanaf@ces.uc.pt
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Title of the Paper: Towards the acknowledgment of the urban-rural interface as a spatial category
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Susana Freiria; Alexandre Tavares
Email addresses of all the authors: susanaf@ces.uc.pt; atavares@ci.uc.pt
Number of paper pages: 9
Abstract: In recent decades we have been witnessing the end of the urban-rural dichotomy. It is no longer possible to talk only of urban planning and rural planning. A new spatial category has emerged – the urban-rural interface. In Portuguese law – Regulatory Decree no. 9/2009 of 29th May, which specifies the technical concepts for spatial and urban planning to be used in territorial management instruments - there is no reference to the urban-rural interface. The purpose of this work is to contribute towards recognition of the urban-rural interface as a spatial category. A model that allows for the mapping of urban-rural interfaces will be presented, followed by an analysis of the links between urban-rural interfaces and natural risk management. The model presented integrates not only social interaction but also biophysical characteristics. Urban-rural interfaces were found with different spatial signatures, requiring different strategies. The results indicate that urban oc!
cupation has not been planned to take the physical conditions of the land into account. Economic factors have become more important than biophysical conditions. There is a need to integrate social and biophysical characteristics into urban-rural interface management.
Keywords: land management, natural risks, susceptibility, urban growth, urban-rural interface
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