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Coastal Flood Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise and Extreme Storm Events
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 6 May 2019 doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0052.v1 Peer-reviewed version available at Geosciences 2019, 9, 239; doi:10.3390/geosciences9050239 1 Article 2 Coastal Flood Assessment due to sea level rise and 3 extreme storm events - Case study of the Atlantic 4 Coast of Portugal Mainland 5 Carlos Antunes 1,2,*, Carolina Rocha 2 and Cristina Catita 1,2 6 1 Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa 7 2 Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa 8 * Correspondence: [email protected]; 9 Received: date; Accepted: date; Published: date 10 Abstract: Portugal Mainland has hundreds of thousands of people living in the Atlantic coastal 11 zone, with numerous high economic value activities and a high number of infrastructures that 12 must be protected from natural coastal hazard, namely extreme storms and sea level rise (SLR). In 13 the context of climate change adaptation strategies, a reliable and accurate assessment of the 14 physical vulnerability to SLR is crucial. This study is a contribution to the implementation of 15 flooding standards imposed by the European Directive 2007/60/EC, which requires each member 16 state to assess the risk associated to SLR and floods caused by extreme events. Therefore, coastal 17 hazard in the Continental Atlantic coast of Portugal Mainland was evaluated for 2025, 2050 and 18 2100 in the whole coastal extension with different sea level scenarios for different extreme event 19 return periods and due to SLR. A coastal flooding probabilistic map was produced based on the 20 developed methodology using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. -
Medieval Spain the Reconquista Course Description
Professor Michael A. Furtado 340V McKenzie Hall 346-4834 [email protected] Office Hours: MW 9:00 – 10:00 AM or by appt. HIST 437, Winter 2015 Medieval Spain The Reconquista Course Description The history of Medieval Spain is one of a complex interaction between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula spanning nearly eight centuries, during which time the various kingdoms of Christian Iberia formed and pressed southward sporadically in what we now refer to as the Reconquista. Indeed, it is quite impossible to understand Medieval Spain without understanding the Reconquista, and one of the primary goals of this class will be to discuss the complex historical issues surrounding this “reconquest”. Over the course of the term we will consider the phenomenon known as the convivencia, the effect of the reconquest on the formation of a “frontier society”, and the complex political relationships between Christian and Muslim political power on the peninsula during the period from 711 to 1492. This will not be a pure lecture survey of Medieval Spanish history. Rather, this course will require engaging the reading actively in weekly discussions, which each student will be required to lead at some point. Rather than examinations, you will write synthetic essays demonstrating your understanding and consideration of the material. Thus, attendance and reading will be critical to your success in the course. Course Objectives Students taking this course will: Learn about the various historical debates concerning the Medieval Iberian Reconquest Demonstrate the ability to read primary sources critically and secondary sources analytically Develop and write effective, supported essays, as well as practice making persuasive oral arguments regarding course themes Engage in comparative thinking designed to stimulate an understanding of the complexity of the Iberian Reconquest and the various roles of economy, religion, and politics in its development Required Reading The following titles are available at the Duckstore. -
CSES Module 2
Prepared by: José Pereira Date: February 15th, 2006 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS Module 2: Sample Design and Data Collection Report Country: Portugal Date of Election: February 20th, 2005 Type of Election (e.g., presidential, parliamentary, legislative): Legislative Elections Organization that conducted the survey field work: The study was coordinated by Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, but the fieldwork was carried out by CESOP-UCP (Centro de Estudos e Sondagens de Opinião da Universidade Católica Portuguesa). Investigators Responsible for Data Collection: Name: António Barreto Name: André Freire Affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Sociais Affiliation: Instituto Superior de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa do Trabalho e da Empresa Address: Avenida Professor Aníbal de Address: Avenida das Forças Armadas, Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189 Lisboa, Portugal 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal Fax: (351) 21 794 02 74 Fax: Phone: (351) 21 780 47 00 Phone: (351) 21 790 3 000 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Name: Marina Costa Lobo Name: Pedro Magalhães Affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Sociais Affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa da Universidade de Lisboa/Universidade Católica Portuguesa Address: Avenida Professor Aníbal de Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189 Lisboa, Portugal Address: Avenida Professor Aníbal de Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189 Lisboa, Portugal Fax: (351) 21 794 02 74 Phone: (351) 21 780 47 00 Fax: (351) 21 794 02 74 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (351) 21 780 -
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M. E. MATA, PORTUGUESE STUDIES REVIEW 10 (1) (2002): 12-25 Do Political Conditions Matter? Nineteenth-Century Lisbon: A Case Study Maria Eugénia Mata Faculdade de Economica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Abstract: Do political conditions matter for the prosperity of a capital city? The present study suggests that the French Napoleonic military occupation, Brazil’s independence, and domestic civil wars indeed helped to make the first half of the nineteenth century a gloomy period for Lisbon. The city’s demographic stagnation reflected a slow adaptation to the structural changes resulting from the political challenges. The demographic growth and prosperity that characterized the century's second half, as well as the early twentieth century, were related by contrast to the peaceful foreign and national environment Lisbon’s civil society was able to enjoy. They also reflected the development of centralized state government, and the rules regulating local urban growth. Lisbon’s role as the capital city of a new colonial empire seems to have been a less important factor. © 2002 Portuguese Studies Review. All rights reserved. y the end of the eighteenth century, Lisbon was a prosperous city of nearly B170,000 inhabitants.1 It was still recovering from the 1755 earthquake and the attendant massive material destruction and economic disruption. The plan for rebuilding the most affected areas, sponsored by the Prime Minister Pombal, provided a modern eighteenth-century architectural framework for the devastated historical zone at the city’s core.2 At the same time, “by destroying downtown Lisbon, the earthquake hurried the process of urban expansion to the flats along the river (Santos, Belém) and particularly towards the interior (Penha de França, Campo de Santa Clara, Rato, Campolide and Santa Clara).”3 Public works and private investment in the building sector encouraged urban employment and spread economic links backward and forward to other sectors and activities in the city and its surroundings. -
A Coastal Vulnerability Assessment Due to Sea Level Rise: a Case Study of Atlantic Coast of Portugal’S Mainland
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 27 December 2019 doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0366.v1 Peer-reviewed version available at Water 2020, 12, 360; doi:10.3390/w12020360 Article A Coastal Vulnerability Assessment due to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study of Atlantic Coast of Portugal’s Mainland Carolina Rocha 1, Carlos Antunes 1,2* and Cristina Catita 1,2 1 Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; [email protected] 2 Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +351 21 7500839 Abstract: The sea level rise, a consequence of climate change, is one of the biggest challenges that countries and regions with coastal lowland areas will face in the medium term. This study proposes a methodology for assessing the vulnerability to sea level rise (SLR) on the Atlantic coast of Portugal mainland. Some scenarios of extreme sea level for different return periods and extreme flooding events were estimated for 2050 and 2100, as proposed by the European Union Directive 2007/60/EC. A set of physical parameters are considered for the multi-attribute analysis technique implemented by the Analytic Hierarchy Process, in order to define a Physical Vulnerability Index fundamental to assess coastal vulnerability. For each SLR scenario, coastal vulnerability maps, with spatial resolution of 20 m, are produced at national scale to identify areas most at risk of SLR, constituting key documents for triggering adaptation plans for such vulnerable regions. For 2050 and 2100, it is estimated 903 km2 and 1146 km2 of vulnerable area, respectively, being the district of Lisbon the most vulnerable district in both scenarios. -
Ever Faithful
Ever Faithful Ever Faithful Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba David Sartorius Duke University Press • Durham and London • 2013 © 2013 Duke University Press. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Tyeset in Minion Pro by Westchester Publishing Services. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Sartorius, David A. Ever faithful : race, loyalty, and the ends of empire in Spanish Cuba / David Sartorius. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0- 8223- 5579- 3 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978- 0- 8223- 5593- 9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Blacks— Race identity— Cuba—History—19th century. 2. Cuba— Race relations— History—19th century. 3. Spain— Colonies—America— Administration—History—19th century. I. Title. F1789.N3S27 2013 305.80097291—dc23 2013025534 contents Preface • vii A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s • xv Introduction A Faithful Account of Colonial Racial Politics • 1 one Belonging to an Empire • 21 Race and Rights two Suspicious Affi nities • 52 Loyal Subjectivity and the Paternalist Public three Th e Will to Freedom • 94 Spanish Allegiances in the Ten Years’ War four Publicizing Loyalty • 128 Race and the Post- Zanjón Public Sphere five “Long Live Spain! Death to Autonomy!” • 158 Liberalism and Slave Emancipation six Th e Price of Integrity • 187 Limited Loyalties in Revolution Conclusion Subject Citizens and the Tragedy of Loyalty • 217 Notes • 227 Bibliography • 271 Index • 305 preface To visit the Palace of the Captain General on Havana’s Plaza de Armas today is to witness the most prominent stone- and mortar monument to the endur- ing history of Spanish colonial rule in Cuba. -
The Second Crusade, 1145-49: Damascus, Lisbon and the Wendish Campaigns
The Second Crusade, 1145-49: Damascus, Lisbon and the Wendish Campaigns Abstract: The Second Crusade (1145-49) is thought to have encompassed near simultaneous Christian attacks on Muslim towns and cities in Syria and Iberia and pagan Wend strongholds around the southern shore of the Baltic Sea. The motivations underpinning the attacks on Damascus, Lisbon and – taken collectively – the Wendish strongholds have come in for particular attention. The doomed decision to assault Damascus in 1148 rather than recover Edessa, the capital of the first so-called crusader state, was once thought to be ill-conceived. Historians now believe the city was attacked because Damascus posed a significant threat to the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem when the Second Crusaders arrived in the East. The assault on Lisbon and the Wendish strongholds fell into a long-established pattern of regional, worldly aggression and expansion; therefore, historians tend not to ascribe any spiritual impulses behind the native Christians’ decisions to attack their enemies. Indeed, the siege of Lisbon by an allied force of international crusaders and those of the Portuguese ruler, Afonso Henriques, is perceived primarily as a politico-strategic episode in the on-going Christian-Muslim conflict in Iberia – commonly referred to as the reconquista. The native warrior and commercial elite undoubtedly had various temporal reasons for engaging in warfare in Iberia and the Baltic region between 1147 and 1149, although the article concludes with some notes of caution before clinically construing motivation from behaviour in such instances. On Christmas Eve 1144, Zangī, the Muslim ruler of Aleppo and Mosul, seized the Christian-held city of Edessa in Mesopotamia. -
Fact Sheet Digital
ACT SHEET HOTEL RENOVATION NYRIAQUINTADAMARINHA HOTEL LOCALIZAÇÃO Nº DE PISOS ALOJAMENTO LOCATION FLOORS ACCOMMODATION Quinta da Marinha, Cascais, quartos e suites distribuídos Distrito de Lisboa pelos pisos , e A kms do centro de Cascais, kms RECEÇÃO Quartos para não fumadores do centro de Lisboa e kms do aeroporto RECEPTION e para deficientes villas T e T Quinta da Marinha, Cascais, Lisbon District Receção no Piso 1 do Hotel Receção de Golf na Loja de Golf rooms and 10 suites on floors kms from the Center of Cascais, Non-smoker and kms from Lisbon downtown and Reception on the 1st floor of the Hotel handicapped-adapted rooms kms from the airport Golf Reception by the Golf Shop villas one-bedroom, two-bedroom CLASSIFICAÇÃO ANO DE CONSTRUÇÃO ASSOCIAÇÃO RATING OPENING ASSOCIATED Dezembro de December of RENOVATED FACILIDADES NOS QUARTOS ROOM FACILITIES Ar condicionado Varanda / Terraço TV por cabo VOD (Video On Demand) Canal de televisão interno Telefone Secador de Cabelo Roupão e chinelos Mini-bar RESTAURANTES / RESTAURANTS Rádio Restaurante Five Pines no Piso do Hotel Cofre (peq. almoços e almoços) Internet wireless Restaurante Rocca no Piso do Hotel Air conditioning Restaurante Monte Mar na estrada do Guincho Balcony /Terrace Bar Trent Jones no Piso do Hotel Cable TV Bar da Piscina (Maio a Setembro) VOD (Video On Demand) Room Service no Hotel (hrs por dia) Home TV channel Five Pines Restaurant on ground floor Telephone of the Hotel (breakfast and lunch) Hairdryer Rocca Restaurant on ground floor Bathrobe and slippers Bar -
Country Report: Portugal
Country Report: Portugal 2020 Update Acknowledgements & Methodology This report was written by Inês Carreirinho at the Portuguese Refugee Council (CPR) and was edited by ECRE. The information in this report draws on the experience of CPR staff, gathered inter alia through research, advocacy, legal assistance and reception services, as well as data and information shared by national authorities, civil society organisations and other stakeholders consisting of CRegC, Crescer, CSTAF, DGE, DGEstE, IEFP, IOM, ISS, OTSH, SCML, and SEF. CPR appreciates their contributions. The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not in any way represent the views of the contributing organisations. The information in this report is up to date as of 31 December 2020, unless otherwise stated. The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is coordinated by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE). It aims to provide up-to date information on asylum practice in 23 countries. This includes 19 EU Member States (AT, BE, BG, CY, DE, ES, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI) and 4 non-EU countries (Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom) which is easily accessible to the media, researchers, advocates, legal practitioners and the general public through the dedicated website www.asylumineurope.org. The database also seeks to promote the implementation and transposition of EU asylum legislation reflecting the highest possible standards of protection in line with international refugee and human rights law and based on best practice. This report is part of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), funded by the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM), a collaborative initiative by the Network of European Foundations, and the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). -
The Translations of Eça De Queirós'o Suave Milagre, O Defunto
N° Aluno 49337 Images of Portugal between Prestage’s Lines: the Translations of Eça de Queirós’O Suave Milagre, O Defunto,‘A Festa das Crianças’ and ‘Carta VIII- Ao Sr. E. Mollinet’ Sara Lepori Dissertação de Mestrado em Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas Especialização em Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos (Anglo-Portugueses) Orientador: Prof.ª Doutora Gabriela Gândara Terenas May, 2018 [Digitare il testo] . Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Lin- guas, Literaturas e Culturas, Especialização em Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos (Anglo-Portugueses) realizada sob a orientação científica da Prof.ª Doutora Gabriela Gândara Terenas. [Digitare il testo] Index Introduction........................................................................................................................................................1 1. ‘A Fake Neutrality’: the Relationship Between England and Portugal at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century...................................................................................................................................................3 2.Stereotyping aNation through Translation?..................................................................................................12 3.Prestage and Eça...........................................................................................................................................17 3.1. Edgar Prestage, an English Lusophile....................................................................................17 -
Review of Luis Gorrochategui Santos, the English Armada: the Greatest
Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Journal of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Volume 43 Issue 1 Digital Humanities, under the co-editorship of Article 13 Andrea R. Davis & Andrew H. Lee 2018 Review of Luis Gorrochategui Santos, The nE glish Armada: The Greatest Naval Disaster in English History José Luis Casabán Institute of Nautical Archaeology, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.asphs.net/bsphs Recommended Citation Casabán, José Luis (2018) "Review of Luis Gorrochategui Santos, The nE glish Armada: The Greatest Naval Disaster in English History," Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies: Vol. 43 : Iss. 1 , Article 13. https://doi.org/10.26431/0739-182X.1297 Available at: https://digitalcommons.asphs.net/bsphs/vol43/iss1/13 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. It has been accepted for inclusion in Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies by an authorized editor of Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Gorrochategui Santos, Luis. The English Armada: The Greatest Naval Disaster in English History. Translated by Peter J. Gold. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. viii + 323 pp. + 16 figures + 9 maps. The ill-fated English Armada of 1589 has traditionally received less attention from scholars than the Great Armada that Philip II sent against England in 1588. Both military campaigns have been treated differently from a historiographical point of view; the failure of the Spanish Armada has been idealized and interpreted as the beginning of the end of the Spanish Empire in the Atlantic, and the rise of England as a maritime power. -
Nobel Prize in Literature Winning Authors 2020
NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNING AUTHORS 2020 – Louise Gluck Title: MEADOWLANDS Original Date: 1996 DB 43058 Title: POEMS 1962-2012 Original Date: 2012 DB 79850 Title: TRIUMPH OF ACHILLES Original Date: 1985 BR 06473 Title: WILD IRIS Original Date: 1992 DB 37600 2019 – Olga Tokarczuk Title: DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD Original Date: 2009 DB 96156 Title: FLIGHTS Original Date: 2017 DB 92242 2019 – Peter Handke English Titles Title: A sorrow beyond dreams: a life story Original Date: 1975 BRJ 00848 (Request via ILL) German Titles Title: Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied 10/2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNING AUTHORS Original Date: 1972 BRF 00716 (Request from foreign language collection) 2018 – No prize awarded 2017 – Kazuo Ishiguro Title: BURIED GIANT Original Date: 2015 BR 20746 /DB 80886 Title: NEVER LET ME GO Original Date: 2005 BR 21107 / DB 59667 Title: NOCTURNES: FIVE STORIES OF MUSIC AND NIGHTFALL Original Date: 2009 DB 71863 Title: REMAINS OF THE DAY Original Date: 1989 BR 20842 / DB 30751 Title: UNCONSOLED Original Date: 1995 DB 41420 BARD Title: WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS Original Date: 2000 DB 50876 2016 – Bob Dylan Title: CHRONICLES, VOLUME 1 Original Date: 2004 BR 15792 / DB 59429 BARD 10/2017 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNING AUTHORS Title: LYRICS, 1962-2001 Original Date: 2004 BR 15916 /DB 60150 BARD 2015 – Svetlana Alexievich (no books in the collection by this author) 2014 – Patrick Modiano Title: DORA BRUDER Original Date: 1999 DB 80920 Title: SUSPENDED SENTENCES: THREE NOVELLAS Original Date: 2014 BR 20705