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Portugal's two metropolitan areas, Lisbon with over 2.8 million inhabitants and Porto with over 1.7 million inhabitants, are the largest agglomerations in the country. In the two metropolitan areas, in addition to the large cities of Lisbon and Porto , there are other cities that together form the metropolitan area.
1981-1985: Avelino Duarte House Ovar, Portugal. 1984-1994: Casa Vieira de Castro, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal. 1985: Campo di Marte Social Housing Project, Venice, Italy. 1985-1988: Housing Schilderswijk West, the Hague, Netherlands. [1] 1986-1993: Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Portugal.
UNU-ISP became operational on January 1, 2009 [5] to give an institutional identity and profile to the integrated academic activities of two former UNU programs: the Environment and Sustainable Development program, and the Peace and Governance program. The institute combines the strengths in natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities ...
During 1987–1989, United Nations University conducted two studies regarding the need for a research and training centre for computing in the developing nations. The studies led to the decision of the Council of the UNU to establish in Macau the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST), which was founded on 12 March 1991 and opened its door in July ...
While UNU was formally inaugurated in 1975, UNU-FLORES was founded on 20 December 2012. The founding director of UNU-FLORES was Prof. Reza Ardakanian of Iran. Prior to his directorship, Ardakanian was the Director of the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development since 2007, and was Vice-Rector of UNU in Europe, ad interim (2009–2011).
Aveiro (pronounced ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, [1] in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi): [2] it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra).
A fifth line was inaugurated in September 2009, Leixões line, connecting Porto to Leixões. [7] This line closed again in 2011. In 2018, a study was launched into a new 36.5 km rail line branching from Valongo on the Linha de Caide to Felgueiras, with an expectedly cost of €300 million.
Ovar (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ or ) is a city and a municipality in Aveiro District, Baixo Vouga Subregion in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 55,398, [ 1 ] in an area of 147.70 km 2 . [ 2 ]