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- Environmental justice: accessibility of urban public green spaces in two European citiesPublication . Silva, Catarina de Sousa; Panagopoulos, Thomas; Bell, SimonAlthough it is unanimous that urban green infrastructure is essential to increase the population’s wellbeing, in many developed countries the availability of green spaces is limited or its distribution around the city is uneven. Also, the availability of public green spaces may be directly related with the geographical location of the city. In Europe, Northern and Central European countries tend to have higher amount of public green spaces compared with the Mediterranean countries. It is also recognized that the distribution of public green spaces is related to the location of social classes. This means that some minorities in society, such as the elderly or ethnic minorities, have less access or are deprived of access to green spaces compared to the rest of the population. In addition, the current planning for urban regeneration and renewal of degraded areas, including slums or ghettos redevelopment, creating new high quality recreational public green spaces, result sometimes in projects that enhance the paradox of green gentrification. Aim of this study is to present evidence about environmental justice in the distribution of the public green spaces in both Tartu, Estonia and Faro, Portugal. Quantitative indicators of public green spaces were calculated in each city districts. The accessibility of those spaces was measured using the “walkability” distance and grid methods. The results revealed that there were more availability and accessibility of public green spaces in Tartu than in Faro. Even so, in Tartu there were inequalities between the soviet-era housing block districts, where the majority of Russian inhabitants live, and the rest. Roma communities in Faro were located in districts without access to public green spaces. Availability of public green spaces was varying from 1.22 to 31.44m2/inhabitant in districts of Faro and 1.04 to 164.07m2/inhabitant in districts of Tartu. In both cities 45% of the inhabitants had accessible public green spaces within 500m from the residence, meanwhile after the development of the proposed new green infrastructure will be 68% for the city of Faro and 86% for Tartu.
- Impact of a personnel performance evaluation system on organization’s objectives achievement – the case of University of AlgarvePublication . Shram, Svetlana; Cândido, CarlosEste estudo é parte de uma revisão de literatura existente sobre sistemas de avaliação de desempenho, tendo abordado a capacidade destes sistemas para ajudar organizações a implementar uma estratégia e para melhorar o seu desempenho. O estudo investigou o atual sistema de avaliação de desempenho do pessoal docente da Universidade do Algarve e os objetivos estratégicos da Universidade. Com base nas perceções dos professores da Universidade, visava compreender se o primeiro contribui para alcançar o último. Para coletar os dados necessários para responder à pergunta deste estudo, foi utilizado um questionário eletrónico que foi enviado via e-mail a todos os professores de todas as escolas e faculdades da Universidade do Algarve. Os resultados obtidos mostram que, embora a maioria dos professores pense que o sistema de avaliação de desempenho do pessoal docente deveria existir na Universidade, muitos indicaram que não há coordenação suficiente entre os indicadores de desempenho do sistema e os objetivos estratégicos da Universidade para serem eficazes e alcançá-los.