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- Handbook For Sport Clubs On The MovePublication . Simões, Paula; Amoroso, JoséThe benefits of physical activity for health have been widely acknowledged, namely by the World Health Organization (WHO) and by the European Union. In view of that, worldwide policies and initiatives for the promotion of physical activity have been launched from different sectors of society, namely from organizations whose core is on health, education, sports, youth, old age, or on social inclusion. Sports clubs are important players in this arena because, besides the physical activity, through socio-cultural processes, they encourage social interaction, reinforce a sense of place and community, and the range of physical and mental health benefits contribute significantly to well-being. There is evidence of better psychological and physical health outcomes in club-based (team) sports’ participants compared to the lonely ones. Moreover, especially in small communities, sport events are likely to be an important tool in promoting cultural exchange and social networks and to have a non-neglectable economic impact on the local economy due to tourism expenses. Hence, especially in the most remote rural areas, the work of small sports clubs is valuable from different perspectives.
- Gestão Conjunta da Floresta - abordagem exploratória ao caso portuguêsPublication . Fernandes, Maria Eduarda; Simões, PaulaO presente trabalho, elaborado no âmbito do projeto Florest@Conjunta, centra-se na gestão conjunta da floresta. Primeiro, com base na literatura, apresentam-se os objetivos e os benefícios esperados desta forma de gestão e identificam-se as barreiras e os facilitadores. Procede-se depois a uma abordagem exploratória ao caso português, com base em dados recolhidos através de um questionário dirigido a organizações (associações, cooperativas e empresas) diretamente ligadas às atividades florestais.
- Non-market Valuation of Environmental Goods in PortugalPublication . Barata, Eduardo; Simões, Paula; Cruz, LuísThis paper reviews the empirical research of the non-market environmental valuation methodologies in Portugal and identifies opportunities for linking results to policy. Four research questions are addressed: what has been done; what common features can be observed; what do we know about the validity of the values; and which trends have been found in the recent research. We conclude that environmental valuation in Portugal has a noticeable regional application, e.g., natural parks and traditional landscapes. Contingent valuation is the leading method. Price, income and the use of the resource for recreational purposes are among the most important explanatory variables. The results confirm the theoretical validity of the methods and their potential for local/regional policy purposes.
- Using Count Data and Ordered Models in National Forest Recreation Demand AnalysisPublication . Simões, Paula; Barata, Eduardo; Cruz, LuisThis research addresses the need to improve our knowledge on the demand for national forests for recreation and offers an in-depth data analysis supported by the complementary use of count data and ordered models. From a policy-making perspective, while count data models enable the estimation of monetary welfare measures, ordered models allow for the wider use of the database and provide a more flexible analysis of data. The main purpose of this article is to analyse the individual forest recreation demand and to derive a measure of its current use value. To allow a more complete analysis of the forest recreation demand structure the econometric approach supplements the use of count data models with ordered category models using data obtained by means of an on-site survey in the Bussaco National Forest (Portugal). Overall, both models reveal that travel cost and substitute prices are important explanatory variables, visits are a normal good and demographic variables seem to have no influence on demand. In particular, estimated price and income elasticities of demand are quite low. Accordingly, it is possible to argue that travel cost (price) in isolation may be expected to have a low impact on visitation levels.