Key Challenges - Urbanization

10 Março 2023, 18:00 João Morais Lavadinho Mourato

In this session we address Urbanization as one of the five key global territorial challenges that provide the contextual framework for ACOT. We stress a systemic perspective on how urbanization and sustainability intertwine at multiple level through the example of a growingly scarce resource worldwide - sand. 


Reading List

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