This book discusses the future and present regional challenges of southern Europe, adopting a multidisciplinary perspective concerning planning, regional development, the role of innovation and sustainability of cities. It offers as such an insight into the current status quo of regional...

The goal of this work is to detect the basic characteristics of the development of the southern border between Spain and Portugal. The trans-border area is described and analyzed comparing the region of Algarve, in Portugal and the region of the County, in Huelva, Spain. The method used 15...

The present paper will develop a predictive toolkit for urban heritage in relation to urban culturalendangerment for the region of the Algarve in Portugal. The use of the Algarve as a laboratory for testing this novel methodology relies on a combined analysis of urban growth potentials and...