The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal
Among the European coastal territories most vulnerable to the effects of mean sea level rise, such as flooding and erosion phenomena, are the 943 km of the Portuguese coastline where approximately 70 per cent of the population lives (Bigotte et al, 2014), a percentage that rises to around 80 per cen...
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| author | Sérgio Barreiros Proença Francesca Dal Cin Cristiana Valente Monteiro Maria Inês Franco Maria Matos Silva Nawaf Saeed Al Mushayt |
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| description | Among the European coastal territories most vulnerable to the effects of mean sea level rise, such as flooding and erosion phenomena, are the 943 km of the Portuguese coastline where approximately 70 per cent of the population lives (Bigotte et al, 2014), a percentage that rises to around 80 per cent in the summer months, due to tourism (Andrade et al, 2002), especially in the Algarve region (southern Portugal). The case study of this research is the urban public space in the coastal city of Quarteira, which is particularly vulnerable. This space between the land and the sea has been recently framed in the inter-municipal climate change adaptation plan PIAAC-AMAL (Plano Intermunicipal de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas do Algarve). The aim of the article is to explore the natural and anthropogenic process of formation and transformation of the urban space between the land and sea that occurred over time, up to the definition of the seashore street. Interpretative drawing is used as a methodology to understand the form of the public space. This is considered the first step for designing the public space between the land and the sea that deals both with the effects of climate change and the seasonal cycles of summer tourism. Through this analysis, it is argued that the understanding of the form (morphological characteristics) of this continuous space between land and sea is fundamental for consistent and robust adaptation design. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a74c7998b2f242da94048919d5110ca42023-11-17T12:05:55ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2023-02-0112353910.3390/land12030539The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, PortugalSérgio Barreiros Proença0Francesca Dal Cin1Cristiana Valente Monteiro2Maria Inês Franco3Maria Matos Silva4Nawaf Saeed Al Mushayt5CIAUD—Research Centre of Architecture Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, PortugalCIAUD—Research Centre of Architecture Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, PortugalLisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, PortugalLisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, PortugalCIAUD—Research Centre of Architecture Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, PortugalCIAUD—Research Centre of Architecture Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-063 Lisboa, PortugalAmong the European coastal territories most vulnerable to the effects of mean sea level rise, such as flooding and erosion phenomena, are the 943 km of the Portuguese coastline where approximately 70 per cent of the population lives (Bigotte et al, 2014), a percentage that rises to around 80 per cent in the summer months, due to tourism (Andrade et al, 2002), especially in the Algarve region (southern Portugal). The case study of this research is the urban public space in the coastal city of Quarteira, which is particularly vulnerable. This space between the land and the sea has been recently framed in the inter-municipal climate change adaptation plan PIAAC-AMAL (Plano Intermunicipal de Adaptação às Alterações Climáticas do Algarve). The aim of the article is to explore the natural and anthropogenic process of formation and transformation of the urban space between the land and sea that occurred over time, up to the definition of the seashore street. Interpretative drawing is used as a methodology to understand the form of the public space. This is considered the first step for designing the public space between the land and the sea that deals both with the effects of climate change and the seasonal cycles of summer tourism. Through this analysis, it is argued that the understanding of the form (morphological characteristics) of this continuous space between land and sea is fundamental for consistent and robust adaptation design.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/539Portugalcoastal public spaceseashore streeturban adaptation |
| spellingShingle | Sérgio Barreiros Proença Francesca Dal Cin Cristiana Valente Monteiro Maria Inês Franco Maria Matos Silva Nawaf Saeed Al Mushayt The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal Land Portugal coastal public space seashore street urban adaptation |
| title | The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal |
| title_full | The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal |
| title_fullStr | The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal |
| title_short | The Urban Public Space between Land and Sea: The Case of Quarteira, Portugal |
| title_sort | urban public space between land and sea the case of quarteira portugal |
| topic | Portugal coastal public space seashore street urban adaptation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/539 |
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