The sustainability by Lipor: which agriculture in the metropolitan area of Porto (Portugal)?
2013
Clement, Camille | Abrantes, Patricia
Lipor is the Intermunicipal Waste Management of Greater Porto. It is responsible for the management, the recovery and the treatment of the Municipal Waste in the eight municipalities of the metropolitan area of Porto. This communication aims to analyze the Lipor project for sustainability: what place for agriculture in Agendas 21 of the greater Porto, what is the content of trainings of the project “Horta da formiga”, what is the agriculture promotion in this project? It aims to understand the relations between the Lipor project and the agricultural sector of the region (mainly, dairy farming, market gardening and wine growing: the vinho verde): are there interactions, conflicts or complementarities? These objectives are to be analyzed in the context of the agriculture crises of the region: urban sprawl, small family farm structure, systemic crisis in these agricultural sectors…
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