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Id : 2209

Author :
Fontes C.; Cordeiro G.Í.

Title


Portraying Urban Change in Alfama (Lisbon): How Local Socio‐Spatial Practices Shape Heritage

Reference :


Fontes C.; Cordeiro G.Í. Portraying Urban Change in Alfama (Lisbon): How Local Socio‐Spatial Practices Shape Heritage,Urban Planning 8 1

Link to article https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85147033693&doi=10.17645%2fup.v8i1.6073&partnerID=40&md5=f0ce0ace69aba429aca5e4faa692ff3d
Abstract Alfama, a neighborhood whose history dates to Lisbon’s origins, held simultaneously the power and burden of representing the “old Lisbon.” It is recognized as a territory that was never a part of the efforts to modernize the city but also through its inherent values. The latter derives exactly from the nostalgic images it projects and through which the city’s history is kept alive. As part of a city’s ecosystem and embroiling global phenomena, the neighborhood faces inevitable changes, affect-ing both the closely intertwined urban fabric and socio‐cultural aspects to shape a landscape of tangible and intangible heritage. Based on a multidisciplinary and humanistic approach, the article portrays the urban change in the neighborhood through a spatial and ethnographic lens, along different scales and angles, contributing with a critical dimension to understanding urban development processes. We examine how Alfama has been dealing with political intentions steered by economic prosperity and global influences. Thus, we look at policies fostering urban regeneration and tourism development and describe impacts on the territory and responses where traces of the community’s resilience emerge. We further discuss how increased tourism led to a “touristification” scenario and implied local responses. Namely, the community has been activating specific mechanisms and leveraging certain socio‐spatial features to cope with the process of change. Some examples highlight how the community is adapting practices of space and social interactions to take advantage of the new possibilities brought up by tourism, while defending its core socio‐spatial networks, in a continuous process of heritage creation. © 2023, Cogitatio Press. All rights reserved.



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                            Impact                            

                   Certainity                   

Health and Wellbeing

0.0038
Urban and Territorial Renovation 0.7751
Peoples Engagement and Participation 0.2983
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