Abstract

FERNANDES, José et al. Mountain villages: problems, perspectives and proposals as seen from Aboboreira, Marão and Montemuro in the Northwest of Portugal. GOT [online]. 2016, n.9, pp.113-137. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2016.9.006.

With few exceptions, villages that remain at a location marked by the peripheral conditions and (very) low density are marked by a context of depopulation, despite some cases, here and there, of more or less successful examples in attracting neo rural inhabitants or visitors. It is in this context that, in a mountain space, perhaps ultra-peripheral and of very low density that, in the case of the villages of Marão, Aboboreira and Montemuro villages, work has been carried on, aiming to provide support to policy options. In this paper we present this work and in particular its methodology, hoping to contribute to a debate - which started long time ago - on the advantages of establishing options and being selective in the investments for the maintenance and revitalization of some key points that allow to maintain the population and the socially advantageous use of large spaces.

Keywords : village; mountain; rural development.

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