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SEGREX– Second Home Expansion and Spatial Development Planning in Portugal (FCT/PTDC/GEO/68440/2006)

Type:

National

State:

Ongoing

Research Groups:

Environmental and Socio-economic Dynamics: Management for Sustainability

Development:

In collaboration with other institutions

Lead Researcher:

Zoran Roca, TERCUD – Centre for the Study of Territory, Culture and Development, Universidade Lusófona

e-Geo Team:

Maria de Nazaré Oliveira Roca, Joana Chorincas, Luís Miguel Costa (Research Fellowship)

Scientific Coordination:

Zoran Roca (TERCUD, ULHT)
José António Oliveira (TERCUD, ULHT)
Maria Nazaré Roca (e-GEO, FCSH-UNL)

Coordinating Institution:

TERCUD, ULHT

Institutional partners:

TERCUD – Centre for the Study of Territory, Culture and Development, Universidade Lusófona (coordinator);
e-GEO Research Centre for Geography and Regional Planning, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Funding:

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia FCT

Duration:

2008-2011

Objectives:

Main objective:

To deepen the knowledge on the phenomenon of second home expansion in Portugal, particularly in the Oeste Region, as a fundamental issue of spatial organization and spatial development policies.

Specific objectives:

To identify the factors of second home expansion at the national, regional and local levels;
To determine the impacts of the expansion of such expansion on spatial development policies.

Link:

Site SEGREX