A Biblioteca da FEUP disponibiliza uma instalação do OMP (Open Monograph Press) para promover a publicação científica seguindo o modelo Dourado do Acesso Aberto. Usado em todo o mundo, o OMP é um sistema de gestão de editoras e de publicação desenvolvido pelo Public Knowledge Project com o objetivo de aumentar e melhorar o acesso à investigação científica. Complementarmente à plataforma, a Biblioteca da FEUP assegura o serviço de registo do ISBN e atribuição e gestão do DOI. Para assegurar a integridade dos documentos e do processo de publicação, A Biblioteca da FEUP acompanha qualquer alegação de má conduta na publicação, tanto antes como após a disponibilização dos documentos. Se alguma prática incorreta for identificada em qualquer altura, mesmo após a publicação, a Biblioteca da FEUP assegurará as ações adequadas, como divulgando uma correção ou retirando o documento, para garantir conformidade com os critérios éticos de todas as partes. A Biblioteca da FEUP adere ao COPE Guidelines for Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing.
Desde a última edição do ptBIM, em 2024, muito se passou no domínio da gestão da informação na construção, tanto no plano nacional como internacional. E esta 6.ª edição do Congresso surge no momento certo para fazer o balanço destes desenvolvimentos. A grande novidade nacional é, naturalmente, a aprovação da Estratégia Nacional para a Implementação da Metodologia BIM – PortugalBIM, pela Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 89/2026. Este diploma surge na sequência do Decreto-Lei n.º 10/2024, que consagrou a obrigatoriedade da apresentação dos projetos de arquitetura modelados de acordo com a metodologia BIM a partir de 1 de janeiro de 2030, e dá resposta à necessidade urgente de definir o conjunto de ações e políticas que viabilizem essa transição. A Estratégia organiza-se em torno de quatro pilares – políticas públicas, normalização, tecnologia e capacitação – e estabelece metas concretas para a adoção do BIM no setor da construção. A Administração Pública assume um papel estruturante enquanto cliente, promovendo simultaneamente a formação de profissionais, o apoio a municípios e a pequenas e médias empresas, a criação de plataformas digitais e repositórios de modelos, e a integração efetiva do BIM na contratação pública. Trata-se, assim, de um instrumento estruturante para a reforma do Estado, para a coesão territorial e para a modernização do setor da construção, posicionando Portugal numa trajetória de alinhamento com os congéneres europeus mais maduros nesta matéria. No plano internacional, esta edição é também marcada por avanços relevantes na normalização, com particular destaque para a área dos Digital Twins. Em março de 2026 foi publicada a norma EN 18162 ("Building Information Modelling (BIM) – Digital Twins Applied to the Built Environment – Concepts and Definitions"), a primeira norma europeia dedicada aos Digital Twins no ambiente construído. Esta publicação estabelece um quadro conceptual e terminológico comum, cria as condições para o desenvolvimento subsequente de normas que apoiem a especificação qualitativa de Digital Twins e a sua interoperabilidade com modelos BIM, e prepara o terreno para os casos de uso que virão a ser detalhados na CEN/TR 18077. Em paralelo, a série EN ISO 19650 atravessa um processo de revisão profunda: os Draft International Standard das Partes 1 e 2 foram publicados em março de 2026, com a Parte 3 a seguir-se, anunciando uma reorganização que privilegia a perspetiva do ciclo de vida completo do ativo, simplifica a terminologia e clarifica o processo de gestão da informação. Estes desenvolvimentos não são isolados. Inscrevem-se num movimento europeu mais amplo de articulação entre a transição digital e a transição verde, a chamada Twin Transition. Esta tem vindo a afirmar-se como pilar estruturante da política industrial do setor. Esta orientação ficou particularmente clara na publicação, em maio de 2026, do segundo Handbook do EU BIM Task Group, intitulado BIM and Twin Transition – Challenges and Opportunities for EU Public Construction Clients, que sucede ao Handbook fundacional de 2017 e que se dirige aos clientes públicos e aos decisores políticos europeus. O documento articula o BIM com métodos de avaliação ambiental como o Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) e o quadro Level(s), e com instrumentos digitais como as Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), o Digital Product Passport (DPP), o Digital Building Logbook (DBL) e o Digital Twin, propondo estratégias de implementação com horizonte 2030. Confirma-se assim que o BIM deixou de ser um fim em si mesmo para se afirmar como o substrato digital que torna possível um setor da construção mais competitivo e sustentável. É neste enquadramento, exigente mas também estimulante, que se realiza o ptBIM 2026, agora na Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Esta edição volta a confirmar a vitalidade da comunidade reunida em torno do Congresso, com 120 artigos publicados, um número superior ao das edições anteriores e uma participação alargada de autores, revisores e instituições, em Portugal e nos restantes países de língua portuguesa. A diversidade temática reflete a maturidade desta comunidade: do projeto à construção, da gestão de operações ao património, da inteligência artificial à automação e robótica, da interoperabilidade ao Digital Twin, da formação à inovação de processos, da sustentabilidade à industrialização da construção. Sublinha-se ainda o trabalho dedicado de mais de 70 revisores que asseguraram o processo de avaliação por pares e cuja exigência é determinante para a qualidade desta publicação.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2026 António Aguiar Costa, João Poças Martins, Diogo F. R. Parracho https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene
É com grande satisfação que apresentamos a 22.ª edição do Simpósio Internacional de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais – SHO’2026. Ao longo de mais de duas décadas, o SHO tem vindo a afirmar-se como um fórum de referência para a partilha de conhecimento científico e técnico, promovendo o debate e a disseminação de boas práticas nas áreas da segurança e saúde no trabalho. Este percurso tem sido possível graças ao empenho contínuo da Sociedade Portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais (SPOSHO), bem como ao contributo ativo da comunidade científica e profissional. A edição de 2026 reúne um conjunto diversificado de trabalhos que refletem a atualidade e a relevância dos desafios no domínio da segurança e higiene ocupacionais. As contribuições abrangem múltiplas temáticas, incluindo fatores organizacionais e psicossociais, ergonomia, avaliação de riscos profissionais, exposição ocupacional, medicina do trabalho, saúde pública, cultura de segurança, prevenção de acidentes e aplicação de tecnologias digitais e inteligentes na gestão da segurança. Os trabalhos aprovados para esta edição incluem 14 resumos, 41 artigos em proceedings e 82 capítulos de livro, evidenciando a diversidade e a qualidade científica das submissões. Estas publicações refletem diferentes abordagens metodológicas e contextos organizacionais, contribuindo para o avanço do conhecimento e da prática profissional. À semelhança de edições anteriores, os trabalhos aceites são publicados pela SPOSHO no Livro de Resumos e no Livro de Proceedings do simpósio. Adicionalmente, um conjunto selecionado de manuscritos será publicado como capítulos de livro pela Springer Nature, reforçando a visibilidade internacional dos trabalhos apresentados. Expressamos o nosso sincero agradecimento a todos os autores, revisores, membros da Comissão Científica Internacional, equipa organizadora e parceiros institucionais, cujo contributo foi essencial para a concretização desta edição. Recordamos igualmente o legado do Professor A. Sérgio Miguel, fundador da SPOSHO, cuja visão e dedicação continuam a inspirar o desenvolvimento deste simpósio. Esperamos que os trabalhos aqui reunidos contribuam para o reforço da cultura de prevenção e para a melhoria contínua das condições de trabalho.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2026 Pedro Arezes, J. Santos Baptista, Rui Melo, Mónica Barroso, Jacqueline Castelo Branco, Paula Carneiro, Ana Colim, Nélson Costa, Susana Costa, Joana Duarte, Joana Guedes , Gonçalo Perestrelo; Susana Lourenço, Sandra Nunes, Carla Gamelas, Babila Carvalho, Teresa Pereira, Carlos Nogueira, Tiago Brito, Filipa Duarte Costa, Juliana Rodrigues, Bárbara Oliveira e Silva, Joana Peixoto, Pedro Matos, Sílvia Oliveira, José Santos, Hélder Fonseca, Daniel A. Marinho, Rui Viana, Ana Margarida Antunes, Joaquim Pereira, João P. M. Lima, Telmo Pereira, Sabrina S. Oliveira, Maryane Queiroz, Mariana Fonseca, João Poças Martins, Alfredo Soeiro, Paulo Reisinho, Ana Cunha, Mariana Gaspar, Tathiane Lopes, Isabel Madureira, Sofia Talagaia Ferreira, Paulo Oliveira, Ana Silva, Beatriz Gonçalves, Diogo Silva, Hélder Ribeiro, Joana Silva, Maria Ribeiro, Pedro Gomes, Sara Campos, Tiago Costa, Paula Carneiro, Ana Colim, Bruno Fonseca, Marisa Silva, Lucía García Cañas, Antonio José Carpio de los Pinos, María de las Nieves González García, Francisco Nhito, Suzana Sousa, Isaura Tavares, Mónica Dias-Teixeira, Miguel Faria, Isabel Ribeiro, Emídio Maia, Jorge Maia, Jorge Gonçalves, José Paulo Pereira, Carla Oliveira, Rafael Martins, Hélia Faria, Cláudia Vieira, Paulo Laranjeira, Anaé Yatoui, Eva Pinto, Aldina Correia, Stephen Aurice Wekoye, Steeve Wilson Mwanja, Raquel Figueiredo, Filipa Paulino, João Figueiredo, Ana Amaral, Liliana Pitacho, Daniela Rossana Lima, João Pedro Cordeiro, Nuno Dias, Sara Paraschiv, Ana Paula Amaral; Ana Rita Rosa; João Paulo Figueiredo, Ana Ferreira, Fernando Miguel Moreira, Nuno Azevedo, José Sousa, Bernardo Neves, Afonso Aguiar, Bruna Friães, Cláudia Andrade, Sofia Julião, Gary Navarro, Ema Leite, Ana Isabel Correia, Patrícia Almeida, Pedro Miguel Miranda, Teresa Cotrim, Mariana Regala, Beatriz Beleza, António Loureiro, Daniel Lucas, Mariana Oliveira, Cristina Reis, Carlos Oliveira, Paula Braga, Alfonso Cobo Escamilla, Maria de Las Nieves González García, Lícinio Santos, Helder Simões, Leonor Osório Crista, Maria Luísa Matos, Maria Paula Neves, Joana Santos, Carlos Carvalhais, Mariana Ferraz, Telma Margarida Alves, Ana Pinto, Paulo Carvalho, José Eduardo Teixeira, Natalina Casanova, Ermelinda Marques, Joana Carvalho dos Santos, Alfredo Silva, Ana Luísa Brito, Ana Luísa Santos, João Almeida, Mafalda Carvalho, Maria Antónia Gonçalves, Mariana Rocha, Marlene Brito, Obete Matine, Carla Cardoso, Oktay Sahbaz, Jahit Sacarlal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2026)
The 11th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2026) continues a long-standing tradition of bringing together researchers, engineers, designers, and practitioners from around the world to discuss advances, challenges, and emerging directions in the broad fields of engineering mechanics, materials science, manufacturing technologies, and biomechanics. This series of conferences started in 1996, in Toronto (Canada) and they are wholly devoted to advances in mechanics, materials, structural integrity and design. M2D2026 is jointly sponsored by the University of Porto, the University of Toronto and the Portuguese Society of Experimental Mechanics. Held in the beautiful coastal city of Albufeira, Portugal, from 22 to 26 June 2026, this edition of the conference reaffirms the vitality and relevance of interdisciplinary research in shaping the future of engineering design. The response from the scientific community has been remarkable. For M2D2026, we received over 170 submitted papers, authored by more than 530 contributors representing 25 different countries. This impressive level of participation reflects both the international reach of the conference and the growing importance of integrated approaches to mechanics and materials in modern engineering practice. The diversity of contributions - spanning theoretical developments, experimental investigations, numerical modelling, design methodologies, and industrial applications - demonstrates the richness and dynamism of the field. The papers included in these Proceedings underwent a rigorous peer-review process conducted by an international panel of experts. Their careful evaluations ensured the scientific quality, clarity, and relevance of the accepted contributions. We extend our sincere appreciation to all reviewers for their dedication, professionalism, and timely efforts. Their work is essential to maintaining the high standards that characterize the M2D conference series. The conference themes, which address novel and advanced topics on Mechanics and Materials in Design, focused on Theory, Experiments and Applications in Engineering, including Aerospace, Automotive Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Bioengineering and Biomechanics, Computational Mechanics, Advanced Materials, Experimental Mechanics, Tribology and Surface Engineering, Energy and Thermo-Fluid Systems, and Additive Manufacturing, among other topics organized as special sessions, in the form of specialized Affiliated Symposia. The conference also included an Affiliated Colloquium on "The Role of Applied and Experimental Mechanics in Empowering Future Progress", where an expert panel with many years of collective and active researchers and educators shared with the audience the prospects and the challenges faced in their disciplines.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2026 J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker A. Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
A ideia de reeditar a primeira série do Boletim do Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica da FEUP resultou do interesse que suscitam os inícios, nos anos setenta, do actual DEMec da FEUP. Reedita-se a primeira série do Boletim do DEMec porque ela é um testemunho de tempos passados que formataram o DEMec que hoje conhecemos. O Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica da FEUP atingiu, em cerca de cinquenta anos de existência, protagonismo a nível nacional e considerável reputação internacional. Que passos terão sido dados para o conseguir? O Boletim do DEMec é uma fonte de informação traduzindo bem o ethos prevalecente nesses períodos fundadores - mesmo que fonte reconhecidamente precária, registando factos de forma nem sistemática nem exaustiva, e deixando de fora muito do que de importante sucedeu.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2026 Paulo M. S. Tavares de Castro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Problemas Resolvidos de Eletromagnetismo e Circuitos
Este livro complementa o livro Eletromagnetismo e Circuitos dos mesmos autores (https://villate.org/eletromagnetismo). Mostra-se a resolução dos primeiros problemas propostos em cada capítulo desse livro. Uma parte muito importante na aprendizagem da Física é a resolução de problemas; alguns dos problemas poderão ser resolvidos pelos estudantes após terem estudado o respetivo capítulo, mas quando houver dificuldades será conveniente consultar a resolução neste livro. Também é recomendável a todos os estudantes que comparem as suas próprias resoluções com as resoluções neste livro. Os problemas resolvidos neste livro, deveriam ser abordados após terem sido estudados os problemas resolvidos no Eletromagnetismo e Circuitos, onde são designados de exemplos. Este livro também poderá ser útil, de forma independente do Eletromagnetismo e Circuitos, para quem já conheça a teoria envolvida mas esteja interessado em resolver mais problemas. Os primeiros 5 capítulos são uma introdução à eletrostática e à teoria da eletricidade. O capítulo 6 é sobre circuitos de corrente contínua. Os capítulos 7 e 8 são sobre magnetismo e magnetostática. No capítulo 9 é abordada a indução eletromagnética. O capítulo 10 é sobre circuitos de corrente alternada e o tema do capítulo 11 são as ondas eletromagnéticas. A formatação do livro e todas as figuras foram feitas pelos autores, usando vários pacotes de Software Livre. Usou-se o sistema LaTeX para o texto e as figuras foram feitas com o módulo physics.asy (https://villate.org/software/) para Asymptote. Os gráficos de funções e de linhas de campo foram feitos no Sistema de Computação Algébrica Maxima; este sistema foi também usado para conferir as resoluções dos exemplos e problemas. Os retratos dos físicos na abertura dos capítulos são da autoria de Jaime Villate e foram feitos a lápis de grafite, baseados em fotografias encontradas na Web. Nesta segunda edição, para além de terem sido corrigidas várias gralhas, a principal alteração foi no capítulo 6, de circuitos de corrente contínua. Em vez de usarmos o método do equivalente Thévenin, passamos a utilizar o método dos nós. Na nossa experiência docente com a primeira edição, chegamos à conclusão de que o método do equivalente Thévenin não acrescentava nenhuma vantagem no tipo de problemas que são abordados. Esperamos que com esta alteração esse capítulo seja mais fácil de assimilar pelos estudantes.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2025 Jaime E. Villate, Luís Miguel Martelo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Este livro é fruto da experiência de mais de 30 anos e 20 anos dos primeiro e segundo autores, respetivamente, no ensino do Eletromagnetismo a estudantes de Engenharia. Espera-se que também seja útil a estudantes de outras áreas que tenham Eletromagnetismo ou circuitos elétricos no seu currículo. A tecnologia eletromagnética tem evoluído muito nas últimas décadas. Isto faz com que algumas aplicações que faziam há alguns anos parte da experiência quotidiana dos estudantes, como, por exemplo, lâmpadas incandescentes ou tubos de raios catódicos, passem a ser objetos de museu. A nova geração de estudantes está mais habituada a tecnologias que eram desconhecidas para a maioria da população há alguns anos, tais como, células de combustível, ultracondensadores ou LEDs. Torna-se assim importante atualizar os nossos manuais com novos exemplos de aplicação. Embora os assuntos abordados se encontrem tratados em muitos outros livros, tentamos apresentar, sem descuidar o rigor na introdução dos diferentes conceitos, uma abordagem elementar e original ao Eletromagnetismo e aos circuitos elétricos. A maior parte dos problemas foram adaptados dos livros na bibliografia, mas vários problemas são originais. Este livro é acompanhado por outro livro, Problemas de Eletromagnetismo e Circuitos, onde é apresentada a resolução de alguns dos problemas propostos no fim de cada capítulo. A resolução de problemas reveste-se de grande importância na aprendizagem dos temas desenvolvidos neste livro. Os primeiros 5 capítulos são uma introdução à eletrostática e à teoria da eletricidade. O capítulo 6 é sobre circuitos de corrente contínua. Os capítulos 7 e 8 são sobre magnetismo e magnetostática. No capítulo 9 é estudada a indução eletromagnética. O capítulo 10 é sobre circuitos de corrente alternada. As equações de Maxwell e ondas eletromagnéticas são discutidas no capítulo 11 e o último capítulo, 12, é uma discussão breve sobre as história das teorias da luz. A formatação do livro e todas as figuras foram feitas pelos autores, usando vários pacotes de Software Livre. Usou-se o sistema LaTeX para o texto e as figuras foram feitas com o módulo physics.asy (https://villate.org/software/) para Asymptote. Os gráficos de funções e de linhas de campo foram feitos no x Prefácio Sistema de Computação Algébrica Maxima; este sistema foi também usado para conferir as resoluções dos exemplos e problemas. Os retratos dos físicos na abertura dos capítulos são da autoria de Jaime Villate e foram feitos a lápis de grafite, baseados em fotografias encontradas na Web. Nesta segunda edição, para além de termos corrigido várias gralhas, a principal alteração foi no capítulo 6, de circuitos de corrente contínua. Em vez de usarmos o método do equivalente Thévenin, passamos a utilizar o método dos nós. Na nossa experiência docente com a primeira edição, chegamos à conclusão de que o método do equivalente Thévenin não acrescentava nenhuma vantagem no tipo de problemas que são abordados neste livro. Esperamos que com esta alteração esse capítulo seja mais fácil de assimilar pelos estudantes. Outra alteração importante é a passagem da secção sobre corrente de deslocamento, do capítulo 11 para o capítulo 9. Assim, o capítulo 11 começa logo com o problema de resolver as equações de Maxwell no vácuo, que é o tema central do capítulo. A secção sobre corrente de deslocamento está agora no fim do capítulo 9 sobre indução eletromagnética. Acrescentamos também duas novas secções, nos capítulos 4 e 9, sobre a energia armazenada nos campos elétrico e magnético.
This booklet contains extended abstracts of PhD theses of the Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering (PRODEM), DEMec, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal. These theses were defended between 1 September 2023 and 31 July 2024, corresponding approximately to the academic year 2023-2024. The booklet contains nineteen extended abstracts covering diverse topics within the broad field of Mechanical Engineering. These include, but are not limited to, innovative methodologies in gear design, varied aspects of composite materials and their applications, simulation-driven product analysis and development, additive and other manufacturing techniques, studies of adhesive joints, fatigue and structural health monitoring, passive vibration control, application of solar energy, and the analysis of viscoelastic fluid flows. The abstracts are organised by the defence date and, when more than one defence occurred on the same day, by the name of the student. PRODEM is very grateful to the former students for preparing these abstracts and extends its acknowledgment to both the students and their supervisors for the development of the corresponding PhD theses. The abstracts, and the sample publications mentioned in a few of them, illustrate the vibrant intervention of PRODEM students and their supervisors in the scientific community. The success of PRODEM is built upon an active research environment, the knowledge and conditions accumulated by the host and collaborating institutions, and the dedication and expertise of students, lecturers and supervisors. Various funding sources, alongside FEUP’s contribution as host institution, supported the PhD theses. Most extended abstracts include acknowledgments to the respective funding sources, to which PRODEM also expresses its gratitude.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2025 Pedro Ribeiro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Este livro é uma introdução à investigação sobre o comportamento informacional humano. Não é um livro sobre a rica diversidade de tal comportamento como é relatado em milhares de artigos de investigação, teses de doutoramento e relatórios para agências de financiamento. Esse trabalho já foi feito por Donald Case no seu livro Looking for information. É, em vez disso, um relato muito pessoal, baseado em larga medida na minha própria investigação e nos meus próprios quadros teóricos. Outro texto introdutório, com um âmbito bastante mais lato do que este, é Introduction to information behaviour, de Nigel Ford. Inevitavelmente, faz-se referência à extensa literatura, uma vez que o resultado da investigação sobre o comportamento humano oferece uma maior compreensão da riqueza desse comportamento e da complexa interação de fatores que têm impacto sobre o indivíduo que procura informação. No entanto, sempre que possível, tento fornecer links para fontes disponíveis em acesso aberto, acreditando que é muito mais provável que o leitor clique num link para encontrar um documento relacionado do que tentar descobrir a fonte para um documento citado. O livro é destinado a quem se inicia na investigação, talvez preparando uma dissertação de mestrado, ou começando a pensar na investigação para doutoramento. Espero que, quando o leitor chegar ao final do livro, eu lhe tenha transmitido três coisas: em primeiro lugar, o que se entende por comportamento informacional; em segundo lugar, quais as teorias e modelos que orientam a nossa abordagem à investigação; e, finalmente, uma sólida compreensão dos vários métodos de investigação empregues na investigação em comportamento informacional, e como os utilizar. O livro pode também ter alguma relevância para ajudar os gestores de informação a compreenderem as circunstâncias complexas subjacentes às necessidades de informação e ao comportamento informacional dos seus clientes. Espero fornecer uma introdução de agradável leitura a este tema, e que me falem da vossa experiência de ler e usar o livro, para que eu possa melhorá-lo em qualquer edição subsequente. Posso ser contactado em wilsontd@gmail.com O texto beneficiou de ter sido lido por várias pessoas em vários momentos, cujos comentários e sugestões foram de grande utilidade. Agradeço, portanto, (em ordem alfabética), a Marcia Bates, Charles Cole, Nigel Ford, Ina Fourie, Elena Maceviciute, e Hester Meyer. O texto também beneficiou de questões levantadas por estudantes de Berlim, Pretória, Vilnius e Dublin, em sessões de pergunta e resposta que ocorreram via Zoom, por força das circunstâncias. Quero também agradecer à Doutora Maria Joaquina Barrulas e à Doutora Zita Correia pela tradução para Português.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2024 T.D. Wilson; Maria Joaquina Barrulas, Zita Pereira Correia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2025)
IRF2025 is the eighth international gathering of a prestigious series of Integrity-Reliability-Failure conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee on Mechanics and Materials in Design. This series of conferences started in 1999 and they are wholly devoted to advances in assessing the integrity, reliability and failure of engineering systems, materials, manufacturing and biomechanics. IRF2025 is jointly sponsored by the University of Porto, the University of Toronto and the Portuguese Society of Experimental Mechanics. The conference attracted over 160 contributions, with 148 accepted submissions involving 454 authors from 27 different countries. The conference themes, which address novel and advanced topics on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, focused on Theory, Experiments and Applications in Engineering, including Composite and Advanced Materials, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Structural Dynamics, Mechanical Design and Prototyping, Civil Engineering Applications, Biomechanical Applications, Energy and Thermo-Fluid Systems, and Industrial Engineering, among other topics. We believe that the meeting and these proceedings offered our delegates an excellent opportunity for the discussion and dissemination of their recent work in assessing the integrity, reliability and failure of engineering structures, components and systems. They fostered research that integrates mechanics and materials in the design process, and promoted exchange of ideas and international co-operation among scientists and engineers in this important field of engineering. We are particularly indebted to the authors and special guests for their contributions. Each of the 138 approved papers offers an opportunity for thorough discussions with the authors and the scientific community. Particularly, we acknowledge the excellent contributions of the participants, their innovative ideas and research directions, the novel modelling and simulation techniques, and the invaluable critical comments. We also take this opportunity to thank the members of the International Scientific Committee and the reviewers for their time and helpful suggestions, the symposia organizers for their efforts and valuable contributions to the success of conference and this publication, and the local organizing committee for an absolutely superb organization of this “virtual” meeting. To all of them, we offer our deepest gratitude.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2025 J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker A. Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
We are delighted to welcome you to the 21st edition of the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO’2025. This year, we proudly continue our hybrid format, enabling participants from around the globe to engage with our symposium and demonstrating our commitment to inclusivity and adaptability in the face of global challenges. The unwavering support of the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO) and our dedicated community has made this possible. As we embark on the third decade of promoting advancements in occupational safety and hygiene, SHO serves as a distinguished platform for experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts to share knowledge, experiences, and the latest innovations in our field. This symposium fosters collaboration, innovation, and excellence. We extend our heartfelt tribute to the visionary founder of SPOSHO, Professor A. Sérgio Miguel, whose pioneering spirit and dedication laid the groundwork for SHO's success and its influential role in shaping discourse around workplace safety and hygiene. Though he is no longer with us, his legacy of innovation and commitment continues to resonate within our community, and we honour his invaluable contributions. The proceedings of the 21st edition of SHO feature diverse topics that reflect current challenges and advancements in occupational safety and hygiene. Key areas of focus include a comparative analysis of the legal frameworks governing work accidents and occupational diseases in the Czech Republic and Portugal, as well as the evaluation of ultrafine particle exposure among wood industry workers. Health impacts of environmental pollutants are explored through case studies, including the analysis of airborne bacteria and particulate matter in poultry environments, highlighting potential threats to worker health. Additional contributions emphasise ergonomic considerations in hospital settings and the psychosocial support necessary for reintegrating employees facing health challenges. Innovative methodologies such as chemical risk assessment techniques, competency-based human resource management in occupational safety, and individualised workstation adaptations for complex clinical cases are examined. The proceedings also tackle critical issues such as exposure to carcinogenic and mutagenic chemicals in healthcare settings, the impact of occupational noise on health, and the timelines for certifying occupational diseases in Portugal. Moreover, best practices for mitigating psychosocial risks and the integration of smart technologies in waste collection to reduce occupational hazards are discussed. Overall, these proceedings provide a comprehensive overview of empirical research, theoretical frameworks, and practical applications essential for advancing safety and health standards across various occupational settings. This year, we received an impressive 126 submissions, with 119 accepted, reflecting an acceptance rate of 94%. The rigorous peer review process involved 253 reviews by our International Scientific Committee (ISC), comprised of 105 professionals from 13 countries, ensuring that accepted contributions meet the highest standards of scholarly inquiry and practical relevance. The participation of 380 authors from 18 countries underscores the symposium's global impact, bringing together diverse perspectives and cutting-edge research. As in previous years, the papers will be published by SPOSHO in both the Symposium Proceedings and Abstracts books. Additionally, selected papers will be featured as book chapters by Springer Nature for the seventh consecutive year and indexed in SCOPUS. Outstanding contributions may also be published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety (IJOOES), enhancing the visibility of research presented at SHO. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all participants, organisers, and supporters who have made SHO a vital platform for knowledge exchange and advancement in our field. The enthusiastic participation and contributions from authors reflect our community's vibrant and collaborative spirit. We also acknowledge the invaluable support from academic institutions, professional organisations, and companies, including the Portuguese Ergonomics Association (APERGO), the Portuguese Association for Safety (APSEI), the Commercial Association of Safety Engineers of Ljubljana (DVI Ljubljana), the European Network of Professional Safety and Health Organizations (ENSHPO), the Research Network on Working Conditions (RICOT), the Galician Society for the Prevention of Occupational Risks (SGPRL), Spanish Society For Health And Safety At Work (SESST), Brazilian Association of Occupational Hygienists (ABHO), the Portuguese Society of Labour FOREWORD Medicine (SPMT), and the Portuguese Acoustics Society (SPA). We also appreciate the support from various media partners, such as Segurança magazine, for their efforts in promoting this significant event. As we reflect on our journey with SHO, we take pride in the impact we have made and the progress we have achieved. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all speakers, participants, sponsors, and organisers who have contributed to the success of this symposium over the years. Let us all work together to make SHO’2025 a remarkable event as we continue to build on the solid foundation laid by our predecessors.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2025 SPOSHO https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Encontro Nacional do Betão Estrutural 2024 (BE2024)
O Encontro Nacional Betão Estrutural 2024 – BE2024, organizado conjuntamente pelo Grupo Português de Betão Estrutural (GPBE) e pela Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), constituiu uma oportunidade de atualização técnica no domínio do Betão Estrutural. Num momento em que Portugal regista grande vitalidade no domínio das Obras Públicas, o BE2024 possibilitou a apresentação e divulgação de casos de estudo envolvendo grandes empreendimentos, a par do aprofundamento dos mais recentes conhecimentos ligados à conceção e projeto de estruturas, aos novos materiais e à reabilitação. De relevância para o público alvo do BE2024 são igualmente os desafios com que se debate o setor da Construção, num contexto em que se destacam a mudança impulsionada pela transformação digital e o imperativo da sustentabilidade ambiental, associados a temas incontornáveis como a pré-fabricação, a construção modular e a tecnologia BIM. O BE2024 foi delineado para dar resposta a uma dupla necessidade: permitir a troca de experiências e divulgar os novos conhecimentos no âmbito do Betão Estrutural. Foi desta forma que se identificaram os temas a abordar, ligados aos Materiais e Produtos, à Sustentabilidade, à Análise e Projeto de Estruturas, à Reabilitação e às Realizações. Foi dedicada uma importância especial às temáticas da Pré-fabricação e da Construção Modular, bem como às grandes obras em curso em Portugal, com relevo para as ligadas à ampliação das redes dos metros do Porto e de Lisboa. O programa do BE2024 incluiu três palestras convidadas: o engenheiro George Jones, convener do TG6.7 da fib, apresentou o recente Bulletin 101 - Precast Concrete in Tall Buildings; o professor Eugen Brühwiler, apresentou uma palestra centrada nas aplicações do UHPFRC (Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete); na manhã do último dia do BE2024 decorreu uma conferência plenária dedicada à apresentação do projeto da Ponte Ferreirinha, a cargo dos engenheiros Miguel Sacristán e Filipe Vasques. O programa do BE2024 incluiu ainda um conjunto de Sessões Temáticas, implementadas em formato exclusivamente oral, e uma Exposição Técnica, que decorreu em paralelo. Finalmente, o BE2024 incluiu mais uma edição do Prémio Jovens Mestres, destinada a divulgar e premiar as melhores dissertações de mestrado dedicadas à temática do Betão Estrutural. As presentes Atas reúnem as versões digitais (formato PDF) dos artigos submetidos ao BE2024 pelos respetivos autores, bem como as cinco comunicações selecionadas para apresentação oral dos concorrentes ao Prémio Jovens Mestres. A Comissão Organizadora e a Comissão Científica do BE2024 agradecem a todos os conferencistas e autores o cuidado despendido na preparação de todas as comunicações submetidas, assim como a todos os revisores, cujo trabalho diligente muito concorreu para garantir a qualidade dos artigos publicados. Finalmente, agradece-se a ajuda financeira concedida pelos patrocinadores que, reconhecendo a importância do BE2024, se disponibilizaram para apoiar mais uma edição deste evento que bienalmente se repete desde 1986.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2024 Mário Pimentel, Rui Faria, António Abel Henriques, Carlos Sousa, Lino Maia, Ana Mafalda Matos, José Sena-Cruz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
12th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (XII DBMC)
The DBMC Conferences - Durability of Building Materials and Components - have had a long history that started in 1978 and thereafter travelled through different countries and cities including: Canada - Ottawa, 78'; United States - Gaithersburg, 81' ; Finland - Espoo, 84'; Republic of Singapore - Singapore, 87'; United Kingdom - Brighton, 90'; Japan - Omiya, 93'; Sweden - Stockholm, 96'; Canada - Vancouver, 99'; Australia - Brisbane, 2002; France - Lyon, 2005; Turkey - Istanbul, 2008. In the distant past, construction solutions were validated empirically through several years of experience, whereas with the onset of further industrialization of the construction process, it was recognized within the construction community that a performance-based selection of materials, components and systems was required if innovation was to be fostered and progress in the construction domain achieved. However, it was equally apparent to those promoting such novel approaches that the selection on the basis of understanding of performance requirements could only be met if the results of research and development were made available and indeed exploitable by practitioners. The DBMC has had over the years the aim to contribute to the systematization and dissemination of knowledge related to the long-term performance and durability of construction and, simultaneously, to show the most recent advances in this domain. Given the availability of new construction solutions, these days ever evolving in the construction domain, and these offering greater levels of construction complexity, there is perhaps a presupposition that their performance over time can be readily estimated on the basis of a knowledge of material properties and the ability to simulate the performance of the individual’s parts of a complex system. In fact, only an in-depth knowledge of the area of durability allows the prediction of performance over time and from this, the designation of suitable solutions for the most complex problems affecting the built environment. As well, the adoption of innovative technological solutions can only truly be undertaken with assurance to provide the expected performance over time with appropriate and focused research; the costs of a non-durable alternatives are simply too high. It is not possible to effectively understand the durability of building materials, components and systems without recourse to an interdisciplinary approach to resolving the nature of deteriorating actions on materials and components and their effect on the long-term performance of built sys­tems. Hence, in this conference, several themes were selected, that ranged from theory to practice and the authors presented significant contributions on: Building Physics and Durability; Service Life Prediction Methodologies; The Durability Approach for Historical and Old Buildings; Building Pathology vs. Durability; Asset and Maintenance Management; The Durability of Materials, Systems and Components; Life Cycle Analysis and Durable Construction and on Information Technology as a Tool for Durable Construction Design. More than 400 abstracts were submitted which allowed the selection and publication of over 260 papers. The demanding and rigorous review process represented a heavy obligation for the International Scientific Committee and, of course, for the authors. The editors wish to express to all people involved in the review process their deep and sincere thanks and acknowledgement of their keen efforts in completing this necessary task. The 12DBMC Proceedings have been published in four volumes. The first volume contains papers focusing on the themes of Building Physics and Durability, specifically, degradation mechanisms, environmental characterization and natural and accelerated ageing tests, and as well, Service Life Prediction Methodologies, that includes predictive models. The second volume presents papers focusing on the other two parts as relate to Service Life Prediction Methodologies, namely field studies and risk analysis; the subsequent themes in volume two include the Durability Approach for Historical and Old Buildings, that contains the durability of traditional materials and durability of refurbishment solutions, and the theme of Building Pathology vs. Durability, in which can be found methodologies of research. The third volume offers papers on the second part of Building Pathology vs. Durability, and includes cases of failure. In this same volume are provided papers on the themes of Asset and Maintenance Management and Durability of Materials, Systems and Components; in the former theme papers related to service life planning are given as are those on inspection routines and repair actions: in the later theme, mortars and cement-based materials and that part on concrete materials (strength and durability) is given. The fourth volume presents papers focusing on the themes of Durability of Materials. Systems and Components; the subsequent part on concrete materials (strength and durability) is offered as is waterproofing systems, masonry walls and external coatings, and innovative materials and products for durability. The final set of themes in the fourth volume include: Life Cycle Analysis and Durable Construction; and, Information Technology as a Tool for Durable Construction Design. The editors, the reviewers and the authors made a considerable effort to produce a set of proceedings without significant errors or omissions. However, it should be conceded that in a set of four volumes containing over 2000 pages it was not possible to completely capture all faults or inaccuracies. In this regard, the editors regret any oversights and express in advance their apologies for any errors that may subsequently be uncovered. The 12DBMC has received sponsorship from several Institutes and Companies. To our sponsors and to all other organizations involved in supporting the conference, without which this conference would not have been possible, we would like to express publicly our most sincere thanks. The organization of an international conference of this breadth and scope depends strongly on the earnest work of a number of committed people namely: the papers’ authors, the keynote speakers, the Steering Committee, the International Scientific Committee and the Local Organizing Committee; a special thanks to all of them for their hard work. We are especially grateful to the staff of the Building Physics Laboratory of the FEUP whose incomparable work and dedication to the organization of this conference has greatly contributed to this unique event. Finally it is hoped that the 12DBMC conference can be considered to have provided a highly useful venue for exchange and dissemination of information for all those who participated in this event and that being in Porto and the Northern Region of Portugal, as a complement to the conference, has offered an opportunity to discover a country of more than 800 years of history, and one which has a great joy in welcoming visitors, and whose countryside, cultural patrimony and gastronomic diversity the Portuguese are immensely proud.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2011 Vasco Peixoto de Freitas, Helena Corvacho, Michael Lacasse https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
3.° Encontro sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios (PATORREB 2009)
Realizaram-se em Março de 2003 e em Março de 2006, na Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, o 1.º e 2.º Encontro sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios - PATORREB, que contaram com mais de 600 participantes (professores, investigadores, estudantes, construtores, projectistas e outros profissionais). O extraordinário interesse manifestado pelo tema motiva a realização do 3.0 Encontro sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios - PATORREB 2009, organizado conjunta­ mente pela Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, pela Universidade Politécnica da Catalunha e pela Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo, com o intuito de dar um novo impulso na divulgação e sistematização do conhecimen­to, neste domínio, e, simultaneamente, contribuir para um intercâmbio técnico­ cientifico entre Portugal, Espanha, Brasil e diferentes países da América Latina. As linguas oficiais das actas do PATORREB 2009 serão o português e o espanhol. Com o objectivo de internacionalizar o PATORREB organiza-se, em simultâneo, a reunião anual do CIB-W086: Building Pathology, que tem o apoio do lnternational Council for Research and lnovation in Building and Construction. A reabilitação é uma área estratégica, que deve não só preocupar-se com as construções históricas e os edifícios antigos, mas também com aqueles que o tempo de utilização exige intervenções de adaptação às exigências actuais. Por outro lado, foram construidos centenas de milhares de fogos, nas duas últimas décadas, que nem sempre apresentam o desempenho esperado, o que exige o diagnóstico das patologias observadas e a sua reparação. Será um erro se no futuro não encararmos a rea­bilitação de todo o património edificado mas apenas de uma parte dos edifícios. Consideramos que é necessário clarificar as estratégias Nacionais e Municipais e o enquadramento legislativo no domínio da reabilitação do património edificado; tipifi­car os edifícios que é necessário reabilitar e qual a metodologia de abordagem; discu­ tir a compatibilização das exigências dos regulamentos actuais com a especificidade dos projectos de reabilitação; avaliar a implementação da reabilitação de edifícios na requalificação urbana; propor o desenvolvimento de um código da construção e do seguro da construção como pilares da qualidade; divulgar tecnologias utilizadas em reabilitação; apresentar tecnologias de diagnóstico e tipificar patologias. O PATORREB 2009, que conta com a apresentação de cerca de 140 comunicações e 26 palestras, procura reflectir sobre esta problemática, mostrando os últimos avanços da investigação e da prática. A Comissão Organizadora expressa um profundo agradecimento a todos os membros da Comissão Científica, aos Palestrantes convidados, aos Autores das comuni­cações, bem como a todas as Empresas e Instituições que patrocinaram ou apoiaram a organização do PATORREB 2009, sem os quais esta iniciativa não seria possível. Deseja-se que o PATORREB 2009 seja útil para todos os que nele decidiram participar, contribua para a sistematização e o avanço do conhecimento neste domínio e tenha a continuidade desejável com a organização do PATORREB 2012.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2009 Vasco Peixoto de Freitas, César Diaz Gómez, Paulo Helene, Vitor Abrantes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
1.° Encontro Nacional sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios (PATORREB 2003)
Muito embora haja uma preocupação crescente com a qualidade da cons­trução, traduzida pela introdução de regulamentação específica na área do con­forto, verifíca-se que os edifícios construídos nos últimos anos não apresentam a qualidade esperada. Pode mesmo afirmar-se que há alguns milhares de fogos, construídos recentemente, com patologias muito graves que condicionam a sua utilização. A falta de sistematização do conhecimento, a ausência de informação téc­nica, a inexistência de um sistema efectivo de garantias e de seguros, a veloci­dade exigida ao processo de construção, as novas preocupações arquitectóni­cas, a aplicação de novos materiais, a inexistência na equipa de projecto de es­pecialistas em física das construções são causas fundamentais da não qualidade dos edifícios. Nestas circunstâncias, será da maior importância uma reflexão profunda sobre as causas da patologia da construção em Portugal, bem como a definição de uma estratégia, a médio prazo, para a melhoria da qualidade e da durabili­dade dos edifícios, em particular, da sua envolvente. O investimento na reabilitação e conservação de edifícios em Portugal é extremamente reduzido, não atingindo sequer os 10% do investimento total do sector da construção, contrariamente a muitos países da União Europeia em que esse sector corresponde a uma fatia do mercado superior a 40%. A ausên­cia de investimento na reabilitação tem como consequência a degradação dos centros urbanos e da qualidade de vida dos cidadãos. Consideramos que é necessário inverter esta situação nas próximas décadas o que exige: o desenvolvimento de metodologias para a elaboração de projec­tos de reabilitação de edifícios, a implementação de estudos de diagnóstico su­portados por medições in situ e em laboratório, o conhecimento das patologias mais correntes, o conhecimentos do desempenho dos materiais e tecnologias utilizadas em reabilitação, bem como a elaboração de cadernos de encargos exigenciais suportados por manuais exigenciais. Neste contexto o 1.º Encontro Nacional sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios - PATORREB 2003 procura reflectir sobre esta problemática, contri­buindo para o diagnóstico da situação e para perspectivar o futuro. Para além das cerca de cinquenta comunicações, o Encontro inclui também dois workshops sobre o ensino da patologia e reabilitação e sobre as potencia­lidades laboratoriais no domínio da higrotérmica. Pretende-se manifestar o agradecimento a todas as personalidades que nos honraram aceitando integrar a Comissão de Honra, aos membros da Comissão Cientifica, aos Palestrantes convidados, aos Autores das comunicações, bem como a todas as Empresas e Instituições que patrocinaram ou apoiaram a orga­nização desta iniciativa. Espera-se que o Encontro seja útil para todos os que nele decidiram parti­cipar, contribua para a sistematização do conhecimento neste domínio e tenha a continuidade desejável com a organização do PATORREB 2006.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2003 Vasco Peixoto de Freitas, Vitor Abrantes https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
2.° Encontro sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios (PATORREB 2006)
Realizou-se em Março de 2003, na Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, o 1.° Encontro Nacional sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios - PATORREB 2003, que contou com mais de 600 participantes (professores, inves­tigadores, estudantes, construtores, projectistas e outros profissionais). O extra­ordinário interesse manifestado pelo tema motivou a realização do 2.° Encontro sobre Patologia e Reabilitação de Edifícios - PATORREB 2006 organizado con­juntamente pela Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto e pela Uni­versidade Politécnica da Catalunha, com o intuito de dar um novo impulso na definição de uma estratégia clara para o futuro da reabilitação do património edifica­do. A reabilitação é uma área estratégica, que deve não só preocupar-se com as construções históricas e os edifícios antigos, mas também com aqueles que o tempo de utilização exige intervenções de adaptação às exigências actuais. Por outro lado, foram construídos centenas de milhares de fogos, nas duas últimas décadas, que nem sempre apresentam o desempenho esperado, o que exige o diagnóstico das patologias observadas e a sua reparação. Será um erro se no fu­turo não encararmos a reabilitação de todo o património edificado mas apenas de uma parte dos edifícios. Consideramos que é necessário clarificar as estratégias Nacionais e Munici­pais e o enquadramento legislativo no domínio da reabilitação do património edifi­cado; tipificar os edifícios que é necessário reabilitar e qual a metodologia de abordagem; discutir a compatibilização das exigências dos regulamentos actuais com a especificidade dos projectos de reabilitação; avaliar a implementação da reabilitação de edifícios na requalificação urbana; propor o desenvolvimento de um código da construção e do seguro da construção como pilares da qualidade; divulgar tecnologias utilizadas em reabilitação; apresentar tecnologias de diagnós­tico e tipificar patologias. O PATORREB 2006, que conta com a apresentação de cerca de 70 comuni­cações e 14 palestras, procura reflectir sobre esta problemática, mostrando os úl­timos avanços da investigação e da prática. A Comissão Organizadora expressa um profundo agradecimento a todos os membros da Comissão Científica, aos Palestrantes convidados, aos Autores das comunicações, bem como a todas as Empresas e Instituições que patrocinaram ou apoiaram a organização do PATORREB 2006, sem os quais esta iniciativa não seria possível. Deseja-se que o PATORREB 2006 seja útil para todos os que nele decidiram participar, contribua para a sistematização e o avanço do conhecimento neste domínio e tenha a continuidade desejável com a organização do PATOR­REB 2009.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2006 Vasco Peixoto de Freitas, Vitor Abrantes, César Díaz Gómez https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Handbook. Onboarding doctoral candidates
This handbook was created in the scope of the PRIDE “Professionals in Doctoral Education” Network working group on doctoral candidates’ onboarding. The working group was led by Monika Tasa (University of Tartu, Estonia), Mili Losmanová (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic), and Chiara Ceriotti (University of Vienna, Austria), with Hanna Brinkmann (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Radka Mrazkova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic), Emer Cunningham (University College Dublin, Ireland), David Zuser (University of Vienna, Austria), Ivana Jaskova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic), Lukáš Nachtigal (Charles University, Czech Republic), and Ana Freitas (University of Porto, Portugal). The working group was facilitated by PRIDE board members Verity Elston (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) and Mathias Schroijen (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium).
Direitos de Autor (c) 2024 Monika Tasa, Lukáš Nachtigal, Ivana Jaskova, David Zuser, Emer Cunningham, Radka Mrazkova, Hanna Brinkmann, Chiara Ceriotti, Mili Losmanová, Ana Freitas https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of CITTA 14th Annual Conference on Planning Research
Community, equity, fairness, and social justice have traditionally been key principles in spatial and transport planning. However, the ongoing planetary transformations – such as those driven by climate change, global urbanization, sociodemographic, cultural and political change, technological transition and the restructuring of finance, labour, and welfare – introduce complex and, in some ways, unprecedented challenges. These transformations not only call into question how we define and apply those principles but also test the ability of spatial and transport planning and policy to enact impactful change. In this context, CITTA chose Safe, Equitable, and Just Communities as the theme for its 14th Annual Conference on Planning Research, held on June 17, 2022. This decision highlights the significance of continuously reflecting on our research concepts, strategies, and methodologies, as well as their ability to describe and explain real-world processes accurately. It also acknowledges the critical connections between knowledge production and collective action, underscoring the importance of normative discussions around values and aspirations. The Conference benefited from the inspiring contributions of Jennifer Robinson on Settings of community engagement: What role for planning in social justice?, and of Pierluigi Coppola on Planning the future of urban mobility: Green smart and fair solutions, and brought together 53 papers, organised around four main topics, each expressing how the theme of the Conference intersects the current CITTA’s research: Planning for social and environmental justice; Equitable and just urban policies; Accessible and inclusive transport systems and mobility services; and Safe and efficient transport systems. This Book of Proceedings includes six papers, which in a way represent and record the diversity of perspectives and debates that shaped the Conference. The papers show a wide range of research topics, spanning from autonomous vehicles to public transport, from socio-spatial segregation to citizen engagement, and from active ageing to sports facilities planning. They highlight the variety of geographical contexts and scales of intervention, as well as the global mobility of concepts and policies. Their diversity extends to the research approaches as well, ranging from more conceptual debates to more applied research. This Book of Proceedings is thus a (small) contribution to the more general challenge facing the renewal of planning research, from the perspective of building Safe, Equitable, and Just Communities which lies precisely in the ability to work and learn globally from the diversity – but also from the interconnection – of spatial and social contexts.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2024 Paulo Conceição, António Lobo, Sérgio Pedro Duarte https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Temos o prazer de celebrar a 20.ª edição do Simpósio Internacional de Segurança e Higiene no Trabalho - SHO 2024. O evento deste ano, realizado num formato híbrido, reflete o nosso compromisso com a adaptabilidade e a inclusão, garantindo que os participantes possam participar no simpósio independentemente dos desafios globais. A dedicação da Sociedade Portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacional (SPOSHO) e o apoio inabalável da nossa comunidade tornaram isto possível. Este marco assinala duas décadas dos nossos esforços coletivos para fazer avançar o campo da segurança e higiene no trabalho, promovendo a colaboração, a inovação e a excelência. Desde a sua criação, a SHO evoluiu para uma plataforma de referência para especialistas, profissionais e entusiastas de todo o mundo trocarem conhecimentos, partilharem experiências e discutirem os mais recentes desenvolvimentos na nossa área. Ao comemorarmos este marco significativo, prestamos também homenagem à liderança visionária do Professor Doutor A. Sérgio Miguel, o fundador da SPOSHO e a força motriz por detrás da criação deste simpósio. A sua dedicação e visão lançaram as bases do sucesso da SPOSHO e do seu papel na formação do discurso sobre segurança e higiene no trabalho. Infelizmente, A. Sérgio Miguel faleceu no início deste ano, deixando um legado duradouro de inovação e empenho na promoção da segurança no local de trabalho. Honramos a sua memória e expressamos a nossa profunda gratidão pelas suas inestimáveis contribuições para a nossa comunidade. As atas da 20ª edição do SHO abrangem um conjunto diversificado de tópicos que refletem os desafios contemporâneos e os avanços na segurança e higiene no trabalho. Os temas principais incluem a avaliação e a atenuação dos riscos profissionais, estratégias para melhorar a saúde e a segurança no local de trabalho e abordagens inovadoras à identificação e ao controlo dos perigos. As contribuições também exploram a intersecção da saúde ocupacional com preocupações mais amplas de saúde pública, enfatizando a promoção da saúde e a prevenção de doenças entre os trabalhadores. Os estudos de caso, a investigação empírica e os debates teóricos fornecem uma visão abrangente das práticas atuais e das orientações futuras. Este ano, recebemos um número impressionante de 141 submissões, com 135 aceites, o que reflete uma taxa de aceitação de 96%. O rigoroso processo de revisão por pares, que envolveu 290 revisões pelo nosso Comité Científico Internacional (ISC), composto por 98 profissionais de 13 países, garante que as contribuições aceites mantêm os mais elevados padrões de investigação académica e relevância prática. A participação de 376 autores de 19 países sublinha o impacto global do simpósio, reunindo diversas perspetivas e investigação de ponta. Como habitualmente, as comunicações serão publicadas pela SPOSHO no livro de Atas do Simpósio. Além disso, os trabalhos selecionados foram incluídos como capítulos de livros pela Springer Nature pelo quinto ano consecutivo e indexados no SCOPUS. Os trabalhos que se destacaram têm a oportunidade de ser publicados no International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety (IJOOES), aumentando a visibilidade da investigação apresentada no SHO. Agradecemos sinceramente a todos os participantes, organizadores e apoiantes que fizeram do SHO uma pedra angular do intercâmbio de conhecimentos e do avanço no nosso domínio. A ampla participação e as contribuições dos autores destacam a natureza vibrante e colaborativa da nossa comunidade. Agradecemos também o inestimável apoio de instituições académicas, organizações profissionais e empresas, incluindo a Associação Brasileira de Ergonomia (ABERGO), a Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho (ACT), a Associação de Especialistas em Prevenção e Saúde Ocupacional (AEPSAL), a Associação Portuguesa de Ergonomia (APERGO), a Associação Portuguesa para a Segurança (APSEI), Associação Comercial dos Engenheiros de Segurança de Liubliana (DVI Liubliana), European Network of Professional Safety and Health Organizations (ENSHPO), Hungarian Occupational Safety and Health Academy (HOSHA), Research Network on Working Conditions (RICOT), Sociedade Galega de Prevenção de Riscos Profissionais (SGPRL), Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina do Trabalho (SPMT), Sociedade Portuguesa de Acústica (SPA). Além disso, agradecemos o apoio de vários parceiros de comunicação social, incluindo a Proteger e a revista Segurança, pelos seus contributos para a ampla divulgação deste importante evento. Ao olharmos para trás, para o percurso do SHO, estamos orgulhosos do impacto que causámos e dos progressos alcançados. Estendemos a nossa sincera gratidão a todos os oradores, participantes, patrocinadores e organizadores que contribuíram para o sucesso deste simpósio ao longo dos anos. Um brinde à celebração dos 20 anos do SHO e a muitos mais anos de promoção da segurança, saúde e bem-estar nos locais de trabalho em todo o mundo.
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Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2020)
IRF2020 is the seventh international gathering of a prestigious series of Integrity-Reliability-Failure conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee of Mechanics and Materials in Design. This series of conferences is wholly devoted to advances in mechanics, materials, structural integrity and design. IRF2020 is jointly sponsored by the University of Porto, the University of Toronto and the Portuguese Society of Experimental Mechanics. The conference attracted over 250 contributions, with 216 accepted submissions involving 593 authors from 36 different countries around the world. The conference themes, which address novel and advanced topics on Integrity, Reliability and Failure, focused on Theory, Experiments and Applications in Engineering, including Computational Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Fracture and Fatigue, Composite and Advanced Materials, Tribology and Surface Engineering, Mechanical Design and Prototyping, Biomechanical Applications, Civil Engineering Applications, Energy and Thermo-Fluid Systems, and Industrial Engineering and Management, among other topics. Unfortunately, due to the serious restrictions imposed by the pandemic COVID-19, which is affecting people all around the world, the oral and poster presentations scheduled for the IRF2020 conference had to be cancelled from its traditional model, as it was planned taking place in Funchal, from 6 to 10 September 2020. Nevertheless, given the advanced stage of the whole editorial process, we decided to go ahead with the publication of the present volume of the conference Proceedings, which includes all the Extended Abstracts / Full Papers approved by the IRF2020 International Scientific Committee. The document is published online for free access, from where an e-book and a PDF version of the Proceedings can also be downloaded. We do believe that the publication of this volume offers our authors a forum for discussion and dissemination of their recent work in assessing the integrity, reliability and failure of engineering structures, components and systems. It fostered research that integrates mechanics and materials in the design process, and promoted exchange of ideas and international co-operation among scientists and engineers in this important field of engineering. We are particularly indebted to the authors and special guests for their contributions. Each of the 216 approved papers offers an opportunity for thorough discussions with the authors and the scientific community. Particularly, we acknowledge the excellent contributions of the participants, their innovative ideas and research directions, the novel modelling and simulation techniques, and the invaluable critical comments that will come out of this kind of “virtual” conference. We also take this opportunity to thank the members of the International Scientific Committee and the reviewers for their time and helpful suggestions, the symposia organizers for their efforts and valuable contributions to the success of this publication, and the local organizing committee for an absolutely superb organization of this “virtual” meeting. To all of them, we offer our deepest gratitude.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2020 J.F. Silva Gomes; Shaker A. Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2018)
IRF2018 is the sixth international gathering of a prestigious series of Integrity-Reliability-Failure conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee of Mechanics and Materials in Design. This series of conferences are wholy devoted to advances in mechanics, materials, structural integrity and design. IRF2018 is jointly sponsored by the University of Porto, the University of Toronto and the Portuguese Society for Experimental Mechanics. The conference attracted over 200 participants with 258 accepted submissions involving 702 authors from 42 different countries around the world. The conference themes which address novel and advanced topics on Integrity, Reliability and Failure focused on Automotive, Locomotive, Aerospace, Civil Engineering and Biomechanics, including Computational Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Fracture and Fatigue, Composite and Advanced Materials, Tribology and Surface Engineering, Mechanical Design and Prototyping, Biomechanical Applications, Civil Engineering Applications, Energy and Thermo-Fluid Systems, and Industrial Engineering and Management, among other topics. The conference also included an Open Forum on “Can Professors Balance Scholarly Work, Teaching and Admin? The Challenges Going Forward”, where an expert panel with many years of collective and active researchers and educators addressed the issue of balancing the activities of teaching, research and services within the universities. We believe that the meeting offered our delegates a forum for the discussion and dissemination of their recent work in assessing the integrity, reliability and failure of engineering structures, components and systems, fostered research that integrates mechanics and materials in the design process, and promoted exchange of ideas and international cooperation among scientists and engineers in this important field of engineering. We are particularly indebted to the authors and special guests for their presentations. Each of the 258 contributions offered opportunities for thorough discussions with the authors. Particularly, we acknowledge the excellent contributions of the participants, their innovative ideas and research directions, the novel modeling and simulation techniques, and the invaluable critical comments. We are also indebted to the outstanding keynote speakers who highlighted the conference themes with their contributions and covered the main topics of the conference. We also take this opportunity to thank the members of the International Scientific Committee and the reviewers for their time and helpful suggestions, the symposia organisers for their efforts and valuable contributions to the success of the event, and the local organising committee for an absolutely superb organization of the meeting in this magnificent city. To all of you, we offer our gratitude. Given the rapidity with which science is advancing in all areas related to the topics discussed in the present meeting, the next conference in this series (Integrity-Reliability-Failure / IRF2020) will take place in the beautiful city of Funchal/Madeira, in July 2020. Undoubtedly, we expect IRF2020 to be as stimulating and interesting as IRF2018, as evidenced by the excellent contributions offered in this current event. We look forward to seeing all of you in Madeira in July 2020.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2018 J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker A. Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Integrity-Reliability-Failure (IRF2016)
IRF2016 is the fifth international gathering of a prestigious series of Integrity-Reliability-Failure conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee of Mechanics and Materials in Design. This series of conferences are wholy devoted to advances in mechanics, materials, structural integrity and design. IRF2016 is jointly sponsored by the University of Porto and the University of Toronto, and it took place in the facilities of FEUP-Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, in the beautiful city of Porto/Portugal, from 24 to 28 July 2016. The conference attracted over 200 participants with 220 accepted submissions involving 510 authors from 38 different countries around the world. The conference themes which address novel and advanced topics on Integrity, Reliability and Failure focused on Computational Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Fracture and Fatigue, Composite and Advanced Materials, Tribology and Surface Engineering, Mechanical Design and Prototyping, Biomechanical Applications, Civil Engineering Applications, Energy and Thermo-Fluid Systems, and Industrial Engineering and Management, among other topics. We believe that the meeting offered our delegates a forum for the discussion and dissemination of their recent work in assessing the integrity, reliability and failure of engineering structures, components and systems, fostered research that integrates mechanics and materials in the design process, and promoted exchange of ideas and international cooperation among scientists and engineers in this important field of engineering. We are particularly indebted to the authors and special guests for their presentations. Each of the 220 contributions offered opportunities for thorough discussions with the authors. Particularly, we acknowledge the excellent contributions of the participants, their innovative ideas and research directions, the novel modeling and simulation techniques, and the invaluable critical comments. We are also indebted to the outstanding keynote speakers who highlighted the conference themes with their contributions and covered the main topics of the conference. We also take this opportunity to thank the members of the International Scientific Committee and the reviewers for their time, effort and helpful suggestions. We offer our sincere gratitude to the symposia organisers for their efforts and valuable contributions to the success of the event, and the local organising committee for attending to the conference demands and delegates needs. All in all, IRF2016 was a great success and the credit must go to all the participants for their significant contributions and lively discussions, the keynote speakers for bridging the gap between the different disciplines and the organizing committee for an absolutely superb organization of the meeting in this magnificent city. To all of you, we offer our gratitude. Given the rapidity with which science is advancing in all areas of mechanics and materials, the next conference in this series (Mechanics and Materials in Design - M2D2017) will take place in Algarve, Portugal in June 2017. Undoubtedly, we expect M2D2017 to be as stimulating and interesting as IRF2016, as evidenced by the excellent contributions offered in this current event. We look forward to seeing all of you in Algarve 2017.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2016 J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 8th Internacional Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2019)
International Conference Mechanics and Materials in Design is the international gathering of scientists and engineers interested in the fields of mechanics, engineering design, advanced materials, energy harvesting, reliability, quality, and safety engineering. The goal is to enable engineers, researchers and scientists to exchange ideas on the following and other derivative topics.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2019 Dario Croccolo, J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker A. Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2017)
M2D2017 is the seventh international gathering of a prestigious series of conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee of Mechanics and Materials in Design. This series of conferences is wholy devoted to advances in mechanics, materials, structural integrity and design. M2D2017 is sponsored by the University of Porto, the University of Toronto and the University of Algarve. The conference attracted over 230 participants with 360 accepted submissions from 40 countries out of 416 submissions. These papers were presented in June 11-15, 2017 in the magnificent city of Albufeira/Algarve, Portugal. The conference themes which address novel and advanced topics in Mechanics and Materials in Design focused on computational mechanics, experimental mechanics, fatigue and fracture mechanics, composite and advanced materials, nanotechnologies and nanomaterials, tribology and surface engineering, mechanical design and prototyping, biomechanical applications, civil engineering applications, impact ant crashworthiness, energy and thermo-fluid systems, and industrial engineering and management. The conference also included an Open Forum on The Challenges Facing Engineering Education, where an expert panel with over 100 years of collective and active researchers and educators addressed the roles of professors that they meet, the obligations of their stakeholders and current challenges facing engineering education. We believe that the meeting offered our delegates a forum for the dissemination of their recent work in mechanics and materials and their applications in engineering design, fostered research that integrates mechanics and materials in the design process, and promoted exchange of ideas and international co-operation among scientists and engineers in this important field of engineering. We are particularly indebted to the authors and special guests for their presentations. Each of the more than 360 contributions offered opportunities for thorough discussions with the authors. Particularly, we acknowledge the excellent contributions of the participants, their innovative ideas and research directions, the novel modeling and simulation techniques, and the invaluable critical discussions. We are also indebted to the outstanding keynote speakers who highlighted the conference themes with their contributions. We also take this opportunity to thank the members of the International Scientific Committee, the members of the Advisory Committee and the reviewers for their time, effort and helpful suggestions. We offer our sincere gratitude to the symposia organisers for their efforts and valuable contributions to the success of the event, and the local organising committee for attending to the conference demands and delegates needs. All in all, M2D2017 was a great success and the credit must go to all the participants for their significant contributions and lively discussions, the keynote speakers for bridging the gap between the different disciplines and the organizing committee for an absolutely superb organization of the meeting in this magnificent city. To all of you, we offer our gratitude. Given the rapidity with which science is advancing in all areas of mechanics and materials, the next conference in this series (Integrity, Reliability and Failure - IRF2018) will take place in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, in July 2018. Undoubtedly, we expect IRF2018 to be as stimulating and interesting as M2D2017, as evidenced by the excellent contributions offered in this current event. We look forward to seeing all of you in Lisbon in 2018.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2017 J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker A. Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design (M2D2022)
M2D2022 is the ninth international gathering of a prestigious series of the Mechanics and Materials in Design conferences coordinated by the International Scientific Committee of Mechanics and Materials in Design. Due to the serious restrictions imposed by the pandemic COVID-19, which affected people in Europe and in the whole world, the M2D2022 conference initially scheduled for June 2021 in Funchal/Portugal had to be postponed to 26-30 June 2022 in the same venue. This series of conferences are wholly devoted to advances in mechanics, materials, structural integrity and design. M2D2022 is jointly sponsored by the University of Porto, the University of Toronto and the Portuguese Society of Experimental Mechanics. The conference attracted over 270 contributions, with 242 accepted submissions involving 689 authors from 34 different countries around the world. The conference themes, which address novel and advanced topics on Mechanics and Materials in Design, focused on Theory, Experiments and Applications in Engineering and Biomechanics, including Composite and Advanced Materials, Computational Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials, Tribology and Surface Engineering, Mechanical Design and Prototyping, Biomechanical Applications, Civil Engineering Applications, Energy and Thermo-Fluid Systems, and Industrial Engineering and Management, among other topics. The conference also included an Open Forum on “Overcoming Unethical Publishing Practices”, where an expert panel with many years of collective and active researchers and educators addressed the obligations of publishers and authors with ethical practices in publishing their work. We believe that the meeting offered our delegates a forum for the discussion and dissemination of their recent work in assessing the integrity, reliability and failure of engineering structures, components and systems, fostered research that integrates mechanics and materials in the design process, and promoted exchange of ideas and international co-operation among scientists and engineers in this important field of engineering. We are indebted to the authors and special guests for their contributions. Each of the 242 approved papers offers an opportunity for thorough discussions with the authors and the scientific community. Particularly, we acknowledge the excellent contributions of the participants, their innovative ideas and research directions, their novel modeling and simulation techniques, and their invaluable critical comments. We are also indebted to the outstanding keynote speakers who highlighted the conference themes with their contributions and covered the main topics of the conference. We also take this opportunity to thank the members of the International Scientific Committee and the reviewers for their time and helpful suggestions, the symposia organizers for their efforts and valuable contributions to the success of the event, and the local organizing committee for an absolutely superb organization of the meeting in this magnificent city of Funchal. To all of you, we offer our gratitude.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2022 J.F. Silva Gomes, Shaker Meguid https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of CITTA 13th Annual Conference on Planning Research
After the interruption of the traditional annual CITTA conference in 2020 (the conference series started in 2008), due to all the initial oubts and uncertainties that characterised the first months of the Covid pandemic, the Centre’s management board decided to go head with the 2021 conference, this time online. The board was very much aware of the difficulties the organizing team would face iven the persistence of the pandemic and the then-generalised lockdown situation in the country. Still, a group of researchers, eaded by Cecília Silva, decided to prepare and submit a proposal to CITTA’s internal call for the organization of the conference. One f the motivating reasons for this decision had to do with the closing of the BooST research project – Boosting cycling strategies in tarter cycling cities – and the possibility to articulate the final conference of this project with CITTA’s 13th annual conference on planning research. The organizing team chose “Planning for human scale cities” as the main topic and title of the conference. The revisitation of this recurrent topic in planning was very justified. Over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, cities all over the world have been experiencing unprecedented changes and challenges. Never before has the importance attached to local scale proximity, to the sense of place and of the closeness of neighbourhoods, as well as to the quality of public spaces and of local services, become so evident. As the introductory text to the conference emphasises, a human-centred approach is much needed these days, focussing on fostering the user-friendliness of the urban environment and on generating lively and liveable cities. This book of proceedings includes nine texts out of over 50 conference presentations. The range of topics covered by this collection of texts, as well as the diverse origins of the authors/presenters, is fairly representative of the debate that took place in the various plenary and parallel sessions of the conference. As expected, the discussions’ common denominator centred on the different approaches to human-scale city planning.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2021 Cecília Silva, Catarina Cadima, Miguel Lopes, Paulo Pinho https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of CITTA 10th Annual Conference on Planning Research
I’m particularly pleased and honoured to write these introductory lines to this book of proceedings. Firstly, because it is a wonderful way to celebrate the 10th annual conference organized by our research centre – CITTA. Ten years ago, when we started this journey and organized the first CITTA Conference, I still remember to make the point in the closing speech that more difficult than organizing a first international conference would be to keep its regular organization over the years with the same enthusiasm, rigour and quality standards of the first one. Clearly, this challenge has been successfully met thanks to the collaboration, talent and dedication of all the senior and junior researchers that, over the years, have been contributing to the development and consolidation of our research centre. Secondly, because the theme of the conference - Planning for Climate Change – has long been central to several research projects carried out at CITTA. The subtitle – Political climate for policy changes – is an obvious reference to the recent fallacies and denials brought about by the Trump administration to the wider political debate. This new rhetoric is dangerously weakening international long term initiatives that could, if not reverse current trends at least slow down and contain the widespread climatic changes that are occurring on the earth’s surface, hitting in particular the poorer and more vulnerable sectors of our societies, specially in the so-called global South. Thirdly, because for the first time, the organization of the conference was based on an internal call open to all the staff of the research centre, which resulted in the selection of the proposal prepared by Ruben Fernandes and Luísa Batista. To these two CITTA researchers I shall address my deepest thanks and congratulations for the overall success of the conference, which accounted with an excellent choice of keynote speakers, including the Portuguese Ministry for the Environment João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Prof. Filipe Duarte Santos (U Lisbon) and Dr. Vanesa Castan Broto (UC London) and with a most effective and professional organization of the event. In addition, the conference ended with an original round table gathering representatives from five Portuguese Local Authorities – Amarante, Guimarães, Ílhavo, Porto and Viana do Castelo – that, in a vividly and documented way, presented their rich and diversified experiences of implementing adaptation and mitigation strategies at local level to tackle the challenge of climate change. In the following pages, the reader is going to find a selection of twelve full papers which can be considered a fair sample of the forty oral presentations at the conference CITTA 10th Annual Conference on Planning Research which were initially organised into four thematic tracks, as follows: Climate Change and Territorial Efficiency; Climate Change and Multilevel governance; Climate Change and Transportation Planning; and, finally, Climate Change and Urban Infrastructure. In comparison to some previous books of proceedings of the CITTA’s annual conferences this one is surely much less bulky but, from a research point of view, its contents are no less relevant and the average overall quality still kept at a very high level as the presence of some prominent authors clearly denotes. Enjoy the reading!
Direitos de Autor (c) 2017 Luísa Batista, Miguel Lopes, Paulo Pinho https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Book of Proceedings (joint conference) of CITTA 8th Annual Conference on Planning Research and AESOP TG / Public Spaces & Urban Cultures Meeting
This book includes a representative sample of the most relevant papers (42 in total) presented at the 8th CITTA Annual Conference on Planning Research. The conference took place in Oporto in September 2015 and resulted from a joint venture between our research centre CITTA and the AESOP’s Thematic Group on Public Spaces and Urban Cultures. The main theme and title of the conference “Generative Places, Smart Approaches, Happy People” proposes a reflection on an ambitious and wide scoped triangle in which seems to converge timeless and contemporary edge cutting planning issues, such as planning for inspiring and friendly places, planning with people for better equipped and happier communities, and innovative approaches and methodologies to design and jointly implement locally based and socially responsive policies and initiatives. The book is organized in three main chapters. The first one, gathering ten papers, deals with the physical dimension of planning and with the increasingly subtle and fuzzy boundaries between the real and the virtual world, and the corresponding challenges for thinking and planning the cities of the XXI century. The second chapter deals with the social dimension of urban planning and, in particular, with the factors, conditions and participatory methodologies to build successful mediation processes. This chapter includes eleven papers. Finally, the third chapter, the bulkiest one with 21 papers, is dedicated to the cultural dimension of planning, embracing a wide range of topics related to local identities and meanings. Surely not by chance, this cultural dimension gathers the largest number of research papers presented at the conference, illustrating the increasing importance of culture and culture related topics, in the way we currently see a new and far-reaching role for urban planning and management.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2015 Sara Santos Cruz, Fernando Brandão Alves, Paulo Pinho https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of CITTA 5th Annaul Conference on Planning Research
The 5th Annual Conference of our research centre, CITTA, with the general theme – Planning for Ageing: Think, Act and Share Age-Friendly Cities – took place in the European Year on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity, emphasizing the relevance of addressing population change and new demands to communicate and serve the entire citizenry. The conference intended to stimulate the debate on the importance of planning for ageing. It is imperative nowadays to bring ageing into planning by raising awareness of planners in developing inclusive communities and environments, but also to encourage policymakers and other stakeholders in creating better opportunities for older people to live in our contemporary societies. The populations of the world are changing. In some countries, the number of senior citizens will strongly increase. The number of older persons (60+) will double from the current 600 million to 1.2 billion by 2025, and again, to 2 billion by 2050. Homes, communities and environments have not been designed with older people’s needs and capacities in mind. Policy makers, planners and other urban actors should approach new agendas (like WHO Age Friendly Cities Guidelines) to ensure the quality of the tools and interventions they use. Experts need to guide policies and processes to achieve better results in the planning of services and infrastructures not only for the elderly but also for all ages; changing patterns of behaviour, lifestyle and expectations of new generations of older people should be taken into account. We were pleased to have the valuable contributions of Prof Taner Oc, from the Barttlet School of Planning of the University College of London, and of Prof Mike Biddulph, from Cardiff University, as keynote speakers, who have enriched and stimulated the debate with new perspectives and recent advances. The participants included mainly researchers from the academic world, both national and international planning research centres, with a large contribution of members of CITTA. The theme of the conference, for its transdisciplinarity, had the capacity to join papers from different research interests and fields of knowledge, focusing on diverse topics like: urban policies, social patterns and behaviours, urban design, mobility and transports, urban infrastructures and services, and others. This book follows the organization of the conference, being divided in four parts corresponding to the four parallel sessions. Part A includes five papers organized under the heading Urban Policies and Ageing, focusing on urban policies and (new) agendas regarding better results in the planning of services and infrastructures for all ages; Part B gathers eight papers under the heading Inclusive Communities - Tools and Approaches, highlighting new opportunities and solutions for building inclusive communities; Part C includes six papers under the heading Designing Age-Friendly Environments, addressing how age friendly design can support active living, healthy environments and social connectedness for all citizens and ages; and finally, Part C is organized with seven papers under the heading New Paradigms for Ageing Cities, discussing the need to shift the planning paradigm facing the new challenges of ageing cities. The editors of this book would like to thank all the authors and contributors involved in the organization of the conference, and, in particular, the scientific commission for all the work in the selection of the papers.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2012 Sara Santos Cruz, Fernando Brandão Alves, Paulo Pinho https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of CITTA 3rd Annual Conference on Planning Research
Following two previous and successful conferences organized around the topics of ‘Evaluation in Planning’ and ‘Planning in times of uncertainty’ the idea of ‘Bringing city form back into Planning’ was chosen to inspire the 3rd Annual Conference of our research centre, CITTA. City form and structure have long been associated with modern urban planning and yet, over recent decades, the mainstream theoretical debate on urban planning have seemed to privilege planning processes rather than planning policies, plans and outcomes. In our view, this focus has surely contributed to the growing and damaging divide between planning theory and planning practice. More recently, the urban sustainability debate has underlined the importance of the physical dimension of our cities and city regions, through design-responsive urban regeneration strategies and urban transport policies. In this more general context, the main objective of the conference was to bring the whole debate on urban form and city structure back into planning by exploring recent advances on space syntax and revisiting classical disciplines such as urban morphology. We were honored with the presence and the stimulating keynote speech of Prof. Bill Hillier from the Bartlett School of the University College of London, surely one of the main contributors to the emergence, development and consolidation of these themes worldwide. This book of proceedings includes an interesting selection of the papers presented at the conference. It is organized in five parts and reports research work carried out at CITTA and at other planning research centres in Portugal and abroad. In the first part we include a keynote speech on the return to urban design from a Portuguese perspective and the reporting of two major CITTA lines of research on urban and suburban morphologies. The second part includes fifteen papers organized under the heading of Planning and Environmental Assessment. The third part also gathers fifteen contributions under the heading of Urban Planning and Housing. The fourth part includes seven contributions covering the fields of Transport Planning and Logistics. Finally, the book closes with five short papers addressing, nonetheless, a number of relevant issues to the general theme of the conference.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2010 Paulo Pinho, Vitor Oliveira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Proceedings of CITTA 2nd Annual Conference on Planning Research
The second annual conference of CITTA took place in a time of economic decline, raising unemployment, and deep concerns about our near future. The general theme of the conference – Planning in Times of Uncertainty – aimed to capture these particular circumstances. Our objective was to gather a number of theoretical and practical contributions, coming from the planning research field, which would approach the challenges ahead from a positive and constructive perspective. Planning as both a professional field and as a scientific discipline, has long seemed to be better equipped to deal with managing growth and change, rather then decline, complexity and uncertainty. However, we firmly believe that planners’ understanding of the spatial dimension of social, economic and environmental processes may provide an important help to find a way out of this current crisis. Our planning doctrines, paradigms, methods and techniques have to be revisited and reinvented to face the challenges ahead. In this difficult context, it is time to discuss the role of planning research to prepare a more balanced, sustainable and socially sensitive future. This book contains a selection of the large number of papers presented at the conference. This selection reflects the work carried out at the CITTA research centre, as well as some of the most relevant research work carried out elsewhere in other Portuguese research centres and abroad. Generally speaking, the organization of the papers closely follows the conference programme. The first part of this book includes Patsy Healey’s keynote speech and the presentations at the plenary sessions of two European research projects; MOPUS – Mobility Patterns and Urban Structures, and SUME – Sustainable Urban Metabolism for Europe. The second part covers seventeen papers included in the Planning and Environmental Assessment tracks. The third part gathers seven papers presented in the Urban Planning and Housing track. The fourth part, dedicated to Transport Planning and Logistics, includes six papers. Finally, the fifth part includes a number of short papers that did not follow the suggested format but, nonetheless, deserve publication in our opinion. To all authors and contributors involved we would like to express our most sincere thanks.
Direitos de Autor (c) 2009 Paulo Pinho, Vitor Oliveira https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0