CETRAD researchers Lรญvia Madureira, Patrรญcia Martins and Teresa Sequeira participated in the 29th Congress of APDR (Portuguese Association for Regional Development), under the umbrella title โIslands and peripheral territories: challenges in a moving geography and changing “climate” patternsโ, held in June 29-30th of 2022, at University of Madeira, in the city of Funchal The researchers presented communications, respectively โCan place-based territorial intelligence tackle shrinking low density regions challenges?โ (L. Madureira), โCaracterizaรงรฃo econรณmica, populacional e social das regiรตes portuguesas e as finanรงas locais: uma anรกlise de clustersโ (P. Martins), and โLearning Villages, Green Future and Quality of Life: a Portuguese village study caseโ (T. Sequeira). These communications presented on-going research at the CETRAD, and the respective abstracts are (will be soon) available at http://www.apdr.pt/congresso/2022/.
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