Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas, including green blue spaces other ecosystems, designed managed to deliver wide range ecosystem services at various scales. Apart from the ecological functions, infrastructure, as planning tool, contributes social economic benefits, leading achievement sustainable, resilient, inclusive competitive urban areas. Despite recent developments, there still no consensus among researchers practitioners...

Ambassadors for Biodiversity (EmBio) is an ocean literacy research project that contributes to the improvement of on marine and coastal biodiversity, namely encompassing areas covered by Natura 2000 Network, promoting oceanic resources conservation natural cultural values preservation Portuguese western Atlantic coast. This directly promotes achievement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation 2030 Agenda developed United Nations adopted most countries in world, which define...

Green infrastructure planning has been receiving great attention since the end of last century. Although green known for its ability to respond a wide range environmental, social, and economic challenges, concept associated implementation measures are still being discussed among researchers, decision-makers, practitioners. To help these discussions, several authors have identified principles professional with procedures. However perception practitioners regarding was never taken into...

Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas that are designed managed to deliver wide range ecosystem services. It incorporates green blue spaces other physical features in terrestrial marine areas. Despite the increase planning several regions world, such as Europe North America, there still complexity diversity associated with concept influences variance approaches planning. This research proposed multi-criteria method was organized four steps...

Over the last few years, interest has emerged in blockchain, a decentralized ledger technology (DLT) created for use cryptocurrencies, but with great potential to be used other application domains. One of them is supply chain management, tracking and tracing, whichare key processes logistics industry, made difficult due lack standards or trust between actors, miscommunication, fraud, bureaucratic delays, among issues. In order overcome some these challenges, solution presented this article...

Abstract Collaboration plays a key role in the success attained to date by networks of innovation ecosystems generated around entities known as Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs), recently created following European Commission initiatives boost digitisation economic fabric. This article proposes conceptual framework that brings together, defines, structures and relates concepts involved collaborative interaction processes within between these allow comprehensive conceptualisation. The developed...

Marine litter has been considered one of the most serious global challenges, requiring urgent action by governmental bodies, especially in African Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where resources and research are limited. In addition to this, waste management environmental education ocean literacy programs schools scarce, with islands suffering more seriously from these problems. Despite amount literature regarding causes impacts marine litter, there is still not enough conducted...

Monteiro, R. and Ferreira, J.C., 2020. Green infrastructure planning as a climate change risk adaptation tool in coastal urban areas. In: Malvárez, G. Navas, F. (eds.), Global Coastal Issues of Journal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 889–893. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.The green Setúbal is an environmental land management that recognizes the territorial ecological systems guides sustainable way occupation transformation territory, it was developed based on three main...

Coastal areas are densely populated areas, and they have been experiencing increasing pressures as a consequence of population growth, but also because climate change aggravation. For this reason, hazard, vulnerability, risk indexes becoming more recurrent, especially to study analyze low-lying coastal areas. This presents an analysis on wave overtopping flooding, using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) multicriteria methodology, in Costa da Caparica (Portugal). The definition the different...

Abstract Waste management is currently facing multiple challenges worldwide. The population growth in urban areas and related environmental concerns have increased the need to promote sustainability, namely where waste a challenge. Thus, research on efficient reduce resources overload develop more sustainable production consumption key. Having this mind, modern society now seeking for an active voice be part of decision-making processes that directly affect citizens. Citizens play role...

Beach nourishment is a soft engineering intervention that supplies sand to the shore, increase beach recreational area and decrease coastal vulnerability erosion. This study presents preliminary evaluation of works performed at high-energy wave-dominated Portuguese coast. The shoreline was adopted as proxy evolution in response wave forcing. To achieve this aim, images collected by video monitoring system were used. A calendar drawn up based on screening, highlighting different zones phases...

As digitalization and smartification affect businesses of all kinds ever more profoundly, the growing concern is about how such opportunities can promote companies' productivity through improved customized smart solutions also costumer engagement. To meet these new requirements engage in collaborative initiatives, Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs), by leveraging digital technologies benefiting diverse minds inclusion, from one side help companies to become competitive with regard their...

Silva, S.F. and Ferreira, J.C., 2013. Beach Carrying Capacity: The physical social analysis at Costa de Caparica, PortugalThe bathing-tourism phenomenon on Caparica beaches has evolved into mass tourism, compromising environmental preservation socioeconomic balance. aim of the study focuses use management tools, such as carrying capacity, expanding to associated surfing activity in water, surfers are also users. This tool operates available surface area utilization rates, it is strongly...

The internet of things is an evolving trend, connecting "things" to the internet, exchanging and collecting information about surrounding environment. This possible, by using different devices such as sensors actuators feeding that when connected together, enable monitor interact with Nowadays, there are many functionalities from multiple manufacturers, which create interoperability issue how interconnect manage this heterogeneous world devices. In order promote effectively it's required...

The "Green infrastructures" are defined by a network of natural areas and open spaces considered fundamental for the ecological functioning territory,contributing preservation ecosystems, wildlife, quality air water as well citizens life. For Bennedict McMahon (2006), green infrastructure consists in an that includes environmental, social economical components, meaning support life.In Portugal is structure landscape or territory. According to Ferreira (2010a), such recognizes systems...

Abstract The continuous thrive for working safety, customer satisfaction and increasing profits companies has led to numerous manufacturing management strategies. One of the most promising strategies nowadays is Zero Defects that focuses on elimination defected parts in processes. benefits Defect implementation industry are mainly related reduction scrap material, everything does not bring any added value product. result a company’s expenditure dealing with defective products. In spite...

In the last decades, manufacturing companies have increasingly outsourced many of their functions in order to focus on core skills and competencies. Moreover, manufacturers often join together dynamic networks respond business demands or new opportunities. Given heterogeneity enterprises systems, knowledge representation methods semantics, management such is not trivial. The lack standard tools, methodologies, a common semantic makes creation monitoring difficult. Therefore, IMAGINE project...

Cardona, F.S.; Ferreira, J.C., and Lopes, A.M., 2020. Cost benefit analysis of climate change adaptation strategies in coastal areas at risk. In: Malvárez, G. Navas, F. (eds.), Global Coastal Issues Journal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 764-768. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.This paper addresses a cost evaluation the benefits associated with different areas, considering high risk scenarios. For that, was carried out over period 50 years for Furadouro Beach, Ovar Portugal,...

Abstract Mitigation, adaptation, environmental protection, and sustainable development on the land related water bodies are being promoted in a fragmented way. Integrated Water Resources Management Coastal have been presented as way to face these problems. The Source-to-sea approach has recently emerged proposing new governance management framework. This research aimed understand identify its relationships convergences with approaches of answer question whether they integrative,...