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M.A.I.S. Estarreja

Several challenges such as climate change, carbon dioxide emissions, ecosystems preservation, unemployment, economic competitiveness, social equity, among multiple objectives of sustainable development, force local decision makers to have timely information to debate, plan and implement sustainability strategies. This research project aims to implement a participatory methodology to build a System of Sustainability Indicators for the Portuguese municipality of Estarreja - "MAIS Estarreja ".

Project duration: From September 1st, 2014 to June, 30th 2016.
Funding Entity: Homme-milieux International Observatory (OHIM) - Estarreja, through the French Research Center CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique).
Research Group: Crisis, Sustainability and Citizenship
Project Coordination: Sara Moreno Pires