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<journal-id>0430-5027</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Finisterra]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0430-5027</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro de Estudos Geográficos]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0430-50272020000300163</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18055/finis20297</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[COVID-19 no Alentejo: breves notas sobre territórios de baixa densidade e o seu futuro]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19 in Alentejo: brief remarks on low density territories and their future]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carmo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[André]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rêgo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Patrícia]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais Departamento de Geociências]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisboa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Évora ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia Departamento de Geociências]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Évora ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>115</numero>
<fpage>163</fpage>
<lpage>168</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0430-50272020000300163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0430-50272020000300163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0430-50272020000300163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo Desde o início da pandemia que, no contexto de Portugal Continental, a região do Alentejo se destacou pelo facto de ser aquela que apresenta o menor número de casos confirmados e de óbitos por Covid-19. Embora existam outros aspetos a considerar, a baixa densidade populacional que caracteriza o Alentejo será sempre um elemento chave para compreender a evolução da pandemia. Tomando este fenómeno eminentemente geográfico como pretexto, este artigo, que se desenrola em três momentos, começa por levar a cabo uma reflexão sobre os territórios de baixa densidade em Portugal Continental, para, depois, ensaiar uma aproximação ao modo como a Covid-19 se tem manifestado na região do Alentejo e, por fim, abordar a problemática do desenvolvimento futuro dos territórios de baixa densidade, tendo em conta o potencial que estes encerram.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Since the beginning of the pandemic, in the context of Mainland Portugal, the Alentejo region has stood out since it has the lowest number of confirmed cases and deaths by Covid-19. Although there are other aspects to consider, the low population density that characterizes Alentejo will always be a key element in understanding the evolution of the pandemic. Taking this eminently geographical phenomenon as a pretext, this article, which unfolds in three moments, begins by carrying out a reflection on the low-density territories in Mainland Portugal, and then rehearsing an approximation to the way in which Covid-19 has manifested itself in the Alentejo region and, finally, address the issue of the future development of low-density territories, taking into account the potential they contain.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[territórios de baixa densidade]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[desenvolvimento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[redes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Alentejo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[low density territories]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[development]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[networks]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Alentejo]]></kwd>
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