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October 19, 2020
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Urban change and touristification in the neighbourhood of alfama (lisbon): An approach to the historic and politic factors of the process of airbnbisation

Publicated to:Estudios Geograficos. 80 (287): - 2019-01-01 80(287), DOI: 10.3989/estgeogr.201929.015

Authors: Nofre J; Sequera J

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Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Author

Abstract

© 2019 CSIC. The Great Recession (2008-2014) and the consequent crisis of both national financial and production system have led the Portuguese administration to adopt tourism and urban rehabilitation as new pivotal sectors to overcome critical crisis-derived impacts on the economy and society. This has involved profound urban and social changes in the central historical quarters of Lisbon. In this sense, the historical quarter of Alfama in Lisbon has recently become the most important urban hotspot in the country for local and transnational real estate investors. By focusing on this historic quarter of Lisbon, this paper examines how recent processes of touristification and Airbnbisation in Alfama have disrupted processes of gentrification and studentification that took place in the quarter since the late 1990s and early 2000s. The paper concludes by suggesting that both urban touristification and Airbnbisation of Alfama emerge today as the most aggressive form of urban accumulation by dispossession and spatial displacement against not only lower classes but also earlier gentrifiers of the quarter.

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GentrificationLisbonSpatial displacementTourist cityTouristification

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Estudios Geograficos, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Geography, Planning and Development, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

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Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-16:

  • Scopus: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 10 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Portugal.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (SEQUERA FERNANDEZ, JORGE).