Project deliverables:
- A guide systematising the policy measures and interventions recognised as good practices for curbing soil sealing in urban areas, including the identification of the data, indicators, and methods used in their monitoring (in Portuguese);
- Description of the proposed interventions in the intra-urban areas of the studied municipalities;
- Recommendations for controlling soil sealing and increasing cities' resilience to climate change (in Portuguese);
- Final project report, including a policy brief on international and national policies to control soil sealing and mitigate its effects in a climate change adaptation context;
Project dissemination activities:
- Nicolau, R; Condessa, B; Lopes, A; Ramos, I.; Sá, A. Principais resultados do projeto UnSealingCities. Final webinar of the project. Lisbon,12 January 2026. (Presentations and video of the event in Portuguese).
- Nicolau, R.; Condessa, B. Consumo de solo rústico em Portugal continental no âmbito dos artigos 72.º-a e 72.º-b do RJIGT. Desafios face à meta europeia “No net land take by 2050”. Encontro anual da Ad Urbem 2025. Coimbra, 28 November 2025.
- Nicolau, R.; Condessa, B. Enhancing local planning policies and practices to curb soil sealing – The UnSealingCities project. International Forum on Urbanism - IFoU25. Lisbon, 3 July 2025.
- Nicolau, R; Condessa, B. Boas práticas para travar a impermeabilização do solo e minimizar os seus impactos em áreas urbanas. UnSealingCities workshop. Lisbon, 19 may 2025 (Presentations and video of the event in Portuguese).
- Condessa, B.; Nicolau, R.; Sá, A. Net land take in Portugal: one step forward and two steps back. 19th annual conference of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights - PLPR2025. Cardiff, 4 March 2025.
- Condessa, B. Nicolau, R. Raising awareness among players in local planning of the need to curb soil sealing - the UnSealingCities project. PPOL Seminar: Policy Review and Assessment. Lisbon, 13 February 2025.