Papers by Gonçalo Lages Gomes
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Serão os recursos naturais e respetivos estatutos de proteção, condições suficientes para garanti... more Serão os recursos naturais e respetivos estatutos de proteção, condições suficientes para garantir o sucesso do Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) na Serra da Estrela? Para o verificar definem-se três perspetivas de sucesso: (A) uma que considera o sucesso determinado pelo mercado; (B) outra em que é determinado pela satisfação do gestor; (C) outra ainda pela satisfação do turista. Conclui-se que o sucesso do TER pode ser medido de diferentes formas, dependendo da perspetiva e dos critérios adotados. O uso conjunto de diferentes perspetivas, numa análise multidimensional, permite perceber melhor os fatores de sucesso nos alojamentos de TER. A localização dentro do PNSE não é, por si só, um fator de sucesso deste tipo de empreendimentos. Entre outros fatores pertinentes, destaca-se a utilização das tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC) e práticas de gestão atentas às necessidades do turista.
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Tourism Recovery from COVID-19
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A adoção das redes sociais pelos idosos tem vindo a aumentar nos últimos anos. No entanto, muitos... more A adoção das redes sociais pelos idosos tem vindo a aumentar nos últimos anos. No entanto, muitos ainda não conseguem fazer uso das mesmas redes sociais, uma vez que estas simplesmente não se encontram adaptadas a eles. Através de uma série de observações diretas, entrevistas e focus groups, foram identificadas recomenda - ções para o design de redes sociais focadas nos idosos. Com base nisto, foi desenvolvido um protótipo para tablets, com suporte para a partilha e visualização de conteúdos no Facebook. De seguida, realizaram-se es - tudos com utilizadores, de modo a comparar o nosso protótipo com aplicação móvel nativa do Facebook. Des - cobrimos que a aplicação nativa do Facebook não vai de encontro às necessidades dos utilizadores idoso, tais como a privacidade e o foco na família, enquanto que as nossas recomendações seguiram casos de uso rele - vantes, postos em prática no protótipo de uma forma útil e acessível.
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Social networks have become a pervasive instrument of information consumption and production. Wit... more Social networks have become a pervasive instrument of information consumption and production. With their growing availability, they have become ubiquitous tools to share and consume information in many different content formats. In this paper, we survey how the different content formats and their sources influence social network's usage. The results show that the importance of different media types is perceived differently depending on whether users are producing of consuming media. They also show that different sources of content are given different importance by Facebook users, and that sources also impact the importance of the media type of the information consumed.
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European Journal of Tourism Research, 2017
Over the past few decades, tourism has come to be considered a way of promoting economic and soci... more Over the past few decades, tourism has come to be considered a way of promoting economic and social development in peripheral, rural areas where traditional agriculture has declined. This is the case of the Portuguese region of Serra da Estrela, where rural tourism has been seen as a strategy for regional development. However, it is important to understand the extent to which tourism activities are able to meet the expectations of tourists and entrepreneurs, in order to represent a realistic development strategy. The current exploratory study compared the performance of 42 small tourism businesses operating in Serra da Estrela in an attempt to understand the impact of several factors on their success. Using occupancy rate as an indicator of success, a linear model was estimated, revealing the importance of adopting information and communications technologies (ICT) in tourism service as a factor for success. The study also shows that the supply of other services, besides housing, and...
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Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management, 2021
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New Governance and Management in Touristic Destinations, 2022
This chapter presents the results of the exploratory study regarding the profile of local residen... more This chapter presents the results of the exploratory study regarding the profile of local residents and visitors of the Historical Villages of Portugal Network (nHVP). This network integrates 12 villages located in low density territories in the center of Portugal. It is important to conduct this study in order to conceive strategies and policies that will contribute to reversing the desertification tendency and to retaining resources and surpluses that would otherwise leave the region. The authors concluded that the local residents present a medium/high level of satisfaction in terms of the impact of tourism in their villages and also with the association of their village with the nHVP brand. However, the local residents' participation in the activities and touristic events is low, which is in part due to the high age of most local residents. Regarding the visitors of the nHVP, they are generally satisfied or very satisfied with several points. The lowest level of satisfaction ...
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This paper aims to show a project carried out by a student of the Design Master’s at Universidade... more This paper aims to show a project carried out by a student of the Design Master’s at Universidade de Aveiro, which consists of a Food Diary supported by a ludic and pedagogical kit implemented in 1st grade schools. Western lifestyles have had several consequences in Public Health, particularly in children’s diets. With this project we intended to demonstrate the role of design in the development of a social project, in its ability to design in a participatory way and in its ability to change behaviours, in particular, children’s food behaviours. The methodology applied has its roots in participatory design, thus the conceptual process was undertaken collaboratively with a diverse team of professionals, several institutions in the region and the children themselves, being the designer a mediator between their different contributions. In its results, we would like to highlight the positive impact of this project in the children involved, who through the Kit’s usage, became aware of th...
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The 12 historical villages of Portugal (HVP) present a set of distinctive characteristics—history... more The 12 historical villages of Portugal (HVP) present a set of distinctive characteristics—history, culture, and heritage—that enable the creation of a common identity. These villages, located in “low-density territories,” registered the effects of human desertification, enhanced by its interiority and desertification. With this scenario, a sustainable tourism emerges as a great opportunity to develop these territories. This chapter presents the work developed within the scope of the PLowDeR project. Its aim is to identify a framework of analysis and a set of indicators that will enable the evaluation of the economic and social impacts of the tourism of HVP in the territory these villages are inserted in.
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The Historical Villages of Portugal network (nHVP) integrates 12 historical villages of the Centr... more The Historical Villages of Portugal network (nHVP) integrates 12 historical villages of the Central Region of Portugal with a set of distinctive characteristics: history, culture and heritage. These villages, located in ‘low density territories’, registered the effects of human desertification, enhanced by its interiority and desertification. This article presents the work developed within the scope of the PLowDeR project. This project aims to identify a set of indicators that enable the evaluation of the economic and social impact of the touristic activity of the rAHP, in order to facilitate the planning and the formulation of strategies that promote its sustainability. Seven ‘characterization dimensions’ of analysis were identified. These support a set of indicators, organized in nine ‘dimensions of aggregation’. This framework was validated by the stakeholders of the nHVP, using a focus group design, aiming at replicating it to other low density territories. After this validation...
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The use and democratisation of new digital technologies have given visibility to groups of people... more The use and democratisation of new digital technologies have given visibility to groups of people and grassroots organizations that can be considered agents of change in the transition to a more sustainable world. Design plays an important role in the definition of strategies and in the development of innovative solutions to tackle some of the contemporary problems society faces. This paper aims to show several projects developed over the last 5 years in the subject Design for Social Innovation at the Master in Design and the Master in Engineering and Product Design at the University of Aveiro, and its relation to the new social media and technologies. By using Service Design tools to improve Social Innovations and the integration of new digital technologies, we design new and improved solutions to foster sustainable development. The creation of a DESIS Lab has also allowed to develop innovative design solutions within local communities. The methodology used is based on Learning-by-...
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International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2020
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Global Health Promotion, 2021
Background: The World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization recognize tha... more Background: The World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization recognize that workplace health is not only affected by occupational hazards, but is mainly affected by social determinants and individual factors. An accelerated rise in noncommunicable diseases has fostered the importance of creating supportive environments and encouraging healthy behaviours. Therefore, an operational approach to making workplaces healthy and sustainable is needed. This paper describes the development of an e-Health monitoring program entitled ‘Integrated eHealth Monitoring System for Health Management in Universities’ (e.cuidHaMUsTM) as a possible solution to that operational approach. Methods: We developed the program e.cuidHaMUsTM that proposes to detect risk behaviours related to noncommunicable diseases and to implement problem-solving measures by establishing a health-promoting workspace in a Portuguese higher education institution. Based on the ‘I-Change’ conceptual model, o...
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Psicologia, Saúde & Doença, 2020
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There is an increasing demand for large scale hydrological models not only in the field of modeli... more There is an increasing demand for large scale hydrological models not only in the field of modeling the impact of climate change on water resources but also for disaster risk assessments and flood or drought early warning systems. These large scale models need to be calibrated and verified against large amounts of observations in order to judge their capabilities to predict the future. However, the creation of large scale datasets is challenging for it requires collection, harmonization, and quality checking of large amounts of observations. For this reason, only a limited number of such datasets exist. In this work, we present a pan European, high-resolution gridded dataset of meteorological observations (EFAS-Meteo) which was designed with the aim to drive a large scale hydrological model. Similar European and global gridded datasets already exist, such as the HadGHCND (Caesar et al., 2006), the JRC MARS-STAT database (van der Goot and Orlandi, 2003) and the E-OBS gridded dataset ...
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This paper aims to present and debate a museological and museographic initiative in the area of P... more This paper aims to present and debate a museological and museographic initiative in the area of Portuguese Design. The project is not so much a museum as an Interpretation Centre for Portuguese Design (ICPD), whose role will be to investigate (gather, connect, study, classify, communicate and display) the extent of the heritage of Portuguese artefacts, presently dispersed about the country and at risk of disappearing into oblivion. We believe that an "reverse design" approach (a term that has been coined through analogy with "reverse engineering"), involving retracing the creative process from the object itself to the idea that gave rise to it, will enable us to identify a particularly Portuguese identity for these artefacts, which will do justice to its long history and the wealth of geographic and cultural influences that have contributed to it.
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