Ekonomi

1. Public policies for cities: new local
authorities’ needs in Centro region
of Portugal
Ana Abrunhosa

2. • Bipolarized country, with a
growing importance of the
medium cities.
• Desertification of the interior
justifies the continuity of
policies for low density
territories.
Population
Resident
population and
Population´s
density
Resident population, 2017 Population´s density, 2017

3. Population
Crude birth rate,
Crude rate of
natural increase
and Ageing ratio
Ageing ratio, 2017
Crude rate of natural increase, 2017
Crude birth rate, 2017
• Double ageing.
• Birth
promotion.
• Relevance of
active and
healthy ageing
policies.

4. Investment
Portugal 2020 -
Incentives Scheme
for Enterprises
• 13.642 enterprise
projects/applications
approved.
• 9,4 thousand millions of
euros of eligible
investment.
• 4,9 thousand millions of
euros of approved fund.
• Of the 6 sub regions with
the highest value of fund
approved per enterprise, 4
are from the Centro
Region.

5. Gross Domestic Product per capita
Regional Disparity – GDP per capita by NUTS III – 2016 (Portugal=100)
• Regional cohesion is usually
measured by the regional
asymmetries of GDP per capita.
• The asymmetries of GDP per
capita among the twenty-five
regions have their maximum
expression in the comparison
of Alentejo Litoral (141.7) with
Tâmega and Sousa (62.8).
• The regional disparity
decreased in this indicator (the
difference between these two
regions went from 84.7 p.p. to
78.9 p.p.)

6. Regional Development Composite Index
Competitiveness
Index
Competitiveness by NUTS III (Portugal =100, 2017)
• The regions with the highest
competitiveness index are concentrated in
the mainland coast.
• The Lisbon Metropolitan Area (113.18) had
the highest index, standing out from the
other sub regions with values above the
national average: Aveiro Region (105.75),
Porto Metropolitan Area (105.21) and
Alentejo Coastal (101,90).
• The Competitiveness Index had the largest
regional disparity.

7. Regional Development Composite Index
Cohesion
Index
Cohesion by NUTS III (Portugal =100, 2017)
• The Cohesion Index shows a more
balanced territorial picture than that
observed for competitiveness.
• The NUTS III of the Continent coast
presented the highest values: Lisboa
Metropolitan Area (106,78), Cávado
(105,00), Coimbra Region (104,66),
Aveiro Region (101,77) and Metropolitan
Area of Porto (101,67).

8. Regional Development Composite Index
Environmental
Quality Index
Environmental Quality by NUTS III (Portugal =100, 2017)
• Territorial image symmetrical to
competitiveness.
• Higher Environmental Quality Indexes in the
interior of mainland and in the autonomous
regions.
• Progressive increase of environmental quality
from the coast to the interior.
• Less territorial disparity than in the other
components.

9. Regional Development Composite Index
Overall Index
Regional Development Composite Index by NUTS III (Portugal = 100), 2017
• The result of the joint performance of the
components (partial indexes)
Competitiveness, Cohesion and
Environmental Quality.
• 2017 results show that four of the 25 NUTS
III sub regions exceeded the national
average - Lisboa Metropolitan Area (106.36)
and Metropolitan Area of Porto (102.37),
the Cávado (101.18) and the Aveiro Region
(101.17)).

10. Urban decline
The causes of urban decline are many and complex
Economic factors
• deindustrialization
• consequences of
globalization
Suburbanization
• depopulation of the heart of
the cities
• degraded surrounding areas
Demographic and Social factors
• negative natural balance (death
exceeds number of births)
• ageing population (the youngest
and most skilled left for larger
urban centers with better
economic, social, cultural
opportunities)

11. Muito obrigada
Thank you
Ana Abrunhosa