Land Use and Land Cover Changes – Promoting Public Understanding

As part of the exhibition, a public outreach video on land use and land cover change is now available. Developed with the participation of undergraduate students in Geography and Regional Planning at NOVA FCSH, the video highlights the project’s commitment to open science and civic engagement through geographic knowledge.

[Video in Portuguese]

On Monday, May 26, at 5:00 PM, the exhibition “Territórios em Mudança (in English: Changing Territories) The Case of Portimão 1947–2047” will be inaugurated at the Atrium of Building C, on the Avenida de Berna campus of NOVA FCSH (School of Social Sciences and Humanities). The event is promoted by CICS.NOVA as part of the celebrations marking the 101st anniversary of the elevation of Portimão to city status.

The opening session will feature:

• Luís Baptista, Dean of NOVA FCSH
• Rui Pedro Julião, Vice-Dean for Innovation, Value Creation and Campus Development
• Dalila Cerejo, Director of CICS.NOVA

The event is open to the public, and we warmly invite everyone to attend.

Reflecting on a Century of Territorial Transformation

This exhibition presents the evolution of land use and land cover in the municipality of Portimão over a hundred-year period. Through the analysis of multitemporal geographic data, historical urban processes are revealed, helping to explain the transformations observed from 1947 to 2047.

By placing Geography and History at the service of democracy, the exhibition encourages public debate on territorial change and sustainability. It offers tools for understanding how past trends shape future possibilities, particularly in the context of smart territorial planning and intergenerational development.

The exhibition is based on academic and scientific research funded by public sources. It is curated by Raquel Faria de Deus and José António Tenedório, with the collaboration of research fellows Ricardo Teixeira and Carolina Coelho, as part of the MOPLAND project.