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O presente artigo analisa os impactes económicos e socioculturais percebidos pelos participantes e residentes em Braga da realização da Braga Capital Europeia da Juventude 2012 (EYC 2012). Durante a EYC 2012, um inquérito foi aplicado a 512 indivíduos, complementado pela realização de um grupo focal. Vários procedimentos estatísticos, incluindo a análise de componentes principais, foram realizados com o objetivo de identificar os impactes percebidos do evento. A partir dos resultados obtidos, podemos concluir que a realização da EYC 2012 não atraiu uma significativa quantidade de visitantes à cidade de Braga. Os inquiridos mais jovens, predominantes na amostra, revelaram uma avaliação mais positiva dos impactes da EYC 2012, bem como as mulheres, quando comparadas com os homens.

RESUMO:Este estudo construído a partir de uma pesquisa qualitativa exploratória busca compreender as representações sociais sobre a participação política dos idosos em Portugal e no Brasil. Para delimitar o estudo foram escolhidas duas regiões, Braga em Portugal e Santa Maria no Brasil. Aplicou-se entrevistas semiestruturadas à 29 idosos (pessoas com mais de 60 anos) 14 em Braga e 15 em Santa Maria. As análises dos dados tiveram como embasamento a Teoria das Representações Sociais, conforme proposta por Serge Moscovici e a técnica de Análise de Conteúdo proposta por Laurence Bardin. Encontrou-se que há distinções nas formas de significar a participação em cada país e a interpretação e o sentimento dos idosos portugueses e brasileiros é de que não os querem presentes nos espaços de representação política.Palavras-chave: envelhecimento; representação social; participação.ABSTRACT: This study constructed from an exploratory qualitative research, search to understand the social representations about the political participation of the elderly in Portugal and Brazil. To delimited the study it were chosen two regions, Braga in Portugal and Santa Maria in Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were applied to 29 elderly (people with more than 60 years) 14 in Braga and 15 in Santa Maria. The analysis of the data had as basis the Theory of Social Representations, as proposed by Serge Moscovici and the Content Analysis technique proposed by Laurence Bardin. It was found that there are distinctions in the ways of meaning participation in each country and the interpretation and sentiment of the Portuguese and Brazilian elders is that they don't want them present in the spaces of political representation.

The present paper investigates the risks that arise from exposure to noise from powerpoles and powerlines in Serzedelo, in the municipality of Guimarães, in Portugal. This research focused on four guiding questions:Can powerlines cause noise? Do powerlines cause discomfort? Do powerlines cause discomfort due to noise? And can powerlines effect human health? Two groups were the basis of the study: people that were exposed to electromagnetic waves and people that were not. the research pointed to the harmful influence of the presence of powerlines and high-voltage masts in residential areas and the damage to the cells in the human body. This type of environmental noise, which has the spectral content of a low frequency, typically tonal noise and a very high speed of propagation, is a complex source to explain in terms of the health profiles of the human population living in Serzedelo, located in an area that is densely occupied by high voltage powerlines and powerpoles.

Thermal comfort is an important concept in the geographic scientific literature. Currently, as a concept its analysis considers the perceptions and sensations of comfort, the redefinition of public space, and the adaptation, mitigation, and resilience of various sectors of activity in coping with climate change (i.e., the tourism, recreation, and leisure sector).

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When climate change became a global concern in the 1980s, mitigation was considered the best strategy to address all challenges. For a long time, it was thought possible to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which, according to many experts, brought on an unfit adaptation. There are international agreements designed to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, but the policy measures taken so far are insufficient to achieve this goal. In addition, the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the relevance of placing this issue at the core of international policies and the need for bottom-up measures and options. The purpose of this paper is to explore how collaborative planning can contribute to adapting the urban tourism sector to climate change in the Porto Metropolitan Area (PMA), located in the northern region of mainland Portugal. In this investigation, we used mixed methods based on the following: (1) the discussion of urban tourism’s adaptation planning to climate change with undergraduate students; (2) the application of a modified Delphi questionnaire survey, to 47 international researchers and technicians in the first round and 35 international researchers and technicians in the second round, about the predictability of the adaptation measures; and (3) a theoretical-practical workshop aimed to discuss the main action intentions and ways of adaptation in the short and medium term. All empirical data were collected during the year of 2021. This research highlights the need for more detailed information, the weak interaction between stakeholders and the limitation of resources. Our research identifies the main impacts and local vulnerabilities and determines priorities for adaptation and implementation of actions, aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change and maintaining tourism attractiveness in urban areas. In addition, this investigation allowed the definition of a research agenda, which seeks to guide the area of tourism climatology regarding the new challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.