Vol.05 - Understanding and transforming the territory : new approaches and perspectives

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    A review of urban river restoration projects : practices and challenges
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2023) Orey, António D'; Aragão, Nagayamma Kaymir Tavares de Sousa; Costa, Carlos Smaniotto; Duarte, Tiago; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    Urban rivers are one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world, being the focus of neglect or costly restoration. It is therefore urgent to identify appropriate technical solutions that, associated with social innovations and collaborative planning approaches, can guide new ways of treating the water of rivers threatened by urban pressures – in particular in the context of climate change, biodiversity and economic challenges. This chapter reports on a research project that attempted to examine interventions in rivers through the lens of environment, planning, technology, and societies. The Project Base Platform Urban Rivers – baseRiU aimed to expand the body of knowledge dedicated to the research on and ways to approach urban rivers. Besides providing a broad base for further research, the findings clearly have shown that resources invested in restoration, renaturing and bringing rivers back to the city make the best investment, as cities become wealthier, with more complex (green and blue) structures, more biodiverse, and environment-, climate- and people-friendlier. Creating sustainable solutions, rediscovering urban rivers’ multiple values to society and the environment can be a driving force in the transition to more sustainable (urban) systems. Yet, bending the curve towards sustainability also requires a radical change in mindsets – and to guide this we need more practice-based evidence. Keywords - Rivers and watercourses, restoration and regeneration, riverain communities, participatory processes, place-based networks
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    Social responsibility and underground heritage valorisation in small rural communities : lessons from two Italian cases
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2023) Bocci, Monica; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    There is increasing interest in gaining a better understanding of how small communities have (or have not) been involved in placemaking, and how to secure a more sustainable approach to underground heritage. This contribution analyses two cases of underground heritage in the Province of Ancona, Marche Region, Italy. These cases are located in the Apennine area in two neighbouring municipalities, Genga and Sassoferrato. The first case concerns the Frasassi Natural Caves (Municipality of Genga), which are an amazing natural underground site. The Cabernardi Archeo-Mining Park (Municipality of Sassoferrato) is the second case, which represents one of the most interesting mining areas in central Italy. The study aims at investigating how placemaking and co-creation should engage communities and tourism stakeholders in developing a sustainable rural tourism approach. The two cases represent different approaches to rural tourism development, both however aiming at creating added value for their amazing underground heritage sites. Keywords - Underground heritage valorisation, rural tourism, social responsibility, sustainable development, natural resources, co-creation, placemaking
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    Towards city resilience, food security and territorial learning : three territorial paradigmatic shifts triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic
    (Edições Universitárias Lusófonas, 2023) Simon, Sandrine; Escola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
    According to projections, the urban share of the world population will grow to 66% by 2050, with people moving to cities seeking shelter and jobs. Whilst the current pandemic is questioning the validity of the globalisation upon which our societies rely, cities are growing even more dependent. Although the in-comers are hoping the city will provide them with what they need, they themselves could help to co-create a new urban reality in which people learn from each other to build more urban autonomy. This collaborative process will need to be facilitated through new approaches in urbanism that we suggest tackling here through the issue of city food security. Throughout time, historical ties to the localised food production system have been disrupted: globalised food systems have encouraged unsustainable industrial production processes that, besides generating pollution and reduced biodiversity, have damaged our health, created dependencies, and impacted upon food security. The objective of this chapter is to discuss the rationale for a new research project. Through a focus on Urban Agriculture in Lisbon, the project will analyse the potential for an urbanistic reform that could facilitate the creation of a sustainable food system based on sustainable agriculture, the circularity of activities, the empowerment of participants, equipped with ‘soft skills’, and the collective co-creation of sense-making of the city space. This chapter examines three urban issues concerning our approach to the metropolitan area of Lisbon as a contextual territory for urban agriculture. First, a shift away from a nature vs city dichotomy; then a reflexion on how cities could also become food production spaces, and, finally, a questioning of the global educational systems and a turn towards context-territory-based problems to be solved by local participants through new forms of Territorial Education. Keywords - Food security, circularity, urban agriculture, social urbanism, territorial education; resilient cities