Territorial asymmetries: socio-environmental issues and inequality factors

Nearly a quarter of a century after holding its XV Congress in the city of Évora, Alentejo, AISLF will again gather sociologists at the University of Évora, to reflect on the major social, environmental, and territorial transformations that influence our collective future. Évora, a city classified by UNESCO in 1986, is at the confluence of multiple cultures, temporalities, and “civilizations”. The traces of a well-preserved patrimonial and environmental richness can be seen in the architecture and in the immaterial culture of the city; they are acquiring a growing power of attraction not only for tourism, but also for being a dynamic pole of the region. However, these characteristics contrast with other areas of the Alentejo region, which have been severely affected by decades of depopulation, demographic ageing, and economic recession.
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