Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being promoted as a cost-effective means of adaptation to climate change. However, in spite of considerable international press, there is still little evidence to substantiate this claim.

The formation of ‘Urban Networks’ has become a wide-spread phenomenon around the world. In the study of metropolitan regions, there are competing or diverging views about management and control of environmental and land-use factors as well as about scales and arrangements of settlements.

As cidades tornaram-se grandes potenciais para o desenvolvimento da atividade turística em decorrência do planejamento urbano que tem criado espaços destinados ao lazer e entretenimento da população.

The evolution of urban planning has seen gradually emerging models based on a clear separation between the phase of knowledge and that of choices, with an increasing role for a third step, evaluation, as a link between the two.

A experiência que o turista tem no destino começou a ser estudada com maior ênfase na última década.