Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal
Setúbal Peninsula (SetPe) has played a critical role in Portugal’s industrial history, symbolizing economic growth in the 1960s and serving as the centre of the working-class movement during the Carnation Revolution. This study examines the impacts of deindustrialisation and integration into Global...
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| description | Setúbal Peninsula (SetPe) has played a critical role in Portugal’s industrial history, symbolizing economic growth in the 1960s and serving as the centre of the working-class movement during the Carnation Revolution. This study examines the impacts of deindustrialisation and integration into Global Network and Chain Structures (GNCS) on the region’s daily life and urban areas. Despite the decline in industrial employment and the challenges posed by abandoned industrial areas, the region has remained connected to GNCS through existing industrial facilities. The study utilised both quantitative and qualitative methods to analyse these transformations and highlighted the region’s vulnerability in the face of these global processes. The findings suggest that integration into GNCS in SetPe has led to economic dependence on multinational companies, social and cultural decline, and challenges in urban redevelopment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7b2bd018eefd4159a8163606bc3ba8cd2025-08-20T03:12:18ZengMDPI AGUrban Science2413-88512025-05-019516710.3390/urbansci9050167Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in SetúbalFerit Serkan Öngel0Jorge Gonçalves1Fernando Nunes da Silva2Islahiye Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27800, TurkeyCentre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture (CiTUA), Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalCentre for Innovation in Territory, Urbanism, and Architecture (CiTUA), Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisbon, PortugalSetúbal Peninsula (SetPe) has played a critical role in Portugal’s industrial history, symbolizing economic growth in the 1960s and serving as the centre of the working-class movement during the Carnation Revolution. This study examines the impacts of deindustrialisation and integration into Global Network and Chain Structures (GNCS) on the region’s daily life and urban areas. Despite the decline in industrial employment and the challenges posed by abandoned industrial areas, the region has remained connected to GNCS through existing industrial facilities. The study utilised both quantitative and qualitative methods to analyse these transformations and highlighted the region’s vulnerability in the face of these global processes. The findings suggest that integration into GNCS in SetPe has led to economic dependence on multinational companies, social and cultural decline, and challenges in urban redevelopment.https://www.mdpi.com/2413-8851/9/5/167deindustrialisationindustrial relocationglobal value chainsglobal production networksSetúbal PeninsulaPortugal |
| spellingShingle | Ferit Serkan Öngel Jorge Gonçalves Fernando Nunes da Silva Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal Urban Science deindustrialisation industrial relocation global value chains global production networks Setúbal Peninsula Portugal |
| title | Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal |
| title_full | Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal |
| title_fullStr | Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal |
| title_short | Industrial Relocation and Urban Restructuring: Between Decline and Global Connectivity in Setúbal |
| title_sort | industrial relocation and urban restructuring between decline and global connectivity in setubal |
| topic | deindustrialisation industrial relocation global value chains global production networks Setúbal Peninsula Portugal |
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