... Portugal Municipalities New ventures Rural entrepreneurship With the ongoing challenges faced by rural areas and traditional rural sectors, the future success of much of these territories is linked to the capacity of local people to innovate and to identify new business opportunities that create...

... in Portugal, as well as how place branding has been approached (or not) in spatial development plans, strategic initiatives and policy documents by stating the territorial, spatial-economic and sectoral development trajectories for the country and its northern region. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ares Kalandides; Pedro Porfírio Guimarães Purpose The purpose of this article is to critically review some interventions made in Portugal through Commercial Urbanism Programmes. These public interventions, with the objective of revitalizing city centres and modernizing the retail sector...

.../approach The paper adopts participant‐observation within a case‐study area, “Parque das Nações”, in Lisbon, Portugal. Findings The paper identifies a number of spatial, social and experiential conditions that are conducive to social interactions amongst strangers. Often it is the combination of three...

...Helena Maria Baptista Alves; Ana María Campón Cerro; Ana Vanessa Ferreira Martins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact that an event such as the Cherry Festival, organized by the municipality of Fundão (Portugal), can have in a rural area. Design/methodology/approach...