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;
- Guidelines and recommendations for Municipal Territorial Plans and the Legal Framework for Urbanisation and Building, to help contain and reverse soil sealing and increase the resilience of cities to climate change;
- 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;
- Scientific article on the co-creation of interventions developed with the municipalities studied.
Project dissemination activities:
- 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.