Rural communities’ resiliency: the parish of Cernache do Bonjardim, Portugal

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https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v24i2.13201

Keywords:

Resilient communities. Regional Development. SWOT Analysis. Cernache do Bonjardim. Portugal.

Abstract

The theme addressed in this article is the resilience of a rural community, located in the interior of mainland Portugal. The objective was to portray the resilience of this community and to elaborate later analyses to perceive the positive and negative points presented. Currently, the resilience of a community is highly discussed, but no studies were found in Portugal that quantified or allowed to perceive the real resilience of a rural community. In order to achieve this objective, bibliographical research was done to help understand this issue, and surveys were developed based on the method used to delineate the issue. The main result was the confirmation of what was intuited in practice, which came to be confirmed lately: that the parish in study has an innate resilience, but that it runs the risk of disappearing due to the problem of desertification.

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Author Biographies

  • Marta Marçal Gonçalves, Universidade do Algarve Instituto Superior de Engenharia
    Engenheira Civil (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal), doutora em Urbanística e Ordenamento do Território (Universidad de Sevilla, Espanha), Assistente de 2º Triénio da Universidade do Algarve, Portugal, mgoncal@ualg.pt, www.ualg.pt
  • María Teresa Pérez Cano, Universidad de Sevilla Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura
    Arquitecta (Universidad de Sevilla, Espanha), doutora em Urbanística e Ordenamento do Território (Universidad de Sevilla, Espanha), Professora na Universidad de Sevilla, Espanha, tpcano@us.es, www.us.es
  • Stefan Rosendahl, Instituto Superior Dom Dinis
    Geólogo (Stuttgart Universität, Deutschland), doutor em Ciências da Natureza (Stuttgart Universität, Deutschland), Professor Associado no Instituto Superior Dom Dinis, Marinha Grande, Portugal, srosendahl56@gmail.com

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Published

2019-05-03

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2019): Resiliência pós-desastres: recuperando o desenvolvimento regional

Section

Post-disaster resilience: restoring regional development

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How to Cite

Rural communities’ resiliency: the parish of Cernache do Bonjardim, Portugal. (2019). Redes , 24(2), 162-185. https://doi.org/10.17058/redes.v24i2.13201