The (urban) environment: an enabling feather instrument versus an ecosystem whose vulnerability is urgent to know

Authors

  • Ana Monteiro Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_4_2

Keywords:

Urban ecosystems, sustainability of natural environment, expectations of life quality, judaic-christian tradition.

Abstract

The aim of this article is the state of the environment in Portugal, particularly some "routes of collision" between natural environment sustainability and the urbanized people expectations of life quality, showing that some existing problems are related with aspects of judaic-christian culture present here for centuries. In order to obtain scientific explanations and to give a better quality of life to citizens the Author proposes the geographical study of urban ecosystems.

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Published

1997-09-20

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