Keeping afloat – fishing in the Tagus estuary

Abstract

The paper presents the evolution of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century, concerning in particular the municipalities that circumscribe the Tagus estuary and the processes of appropriation and transformation of space, namely of its waterfronts. Under the analysis of urban development, the research addresses groups that immigrated to the area under study and work on local fishing.

Keywords

• internal migrations
• territory
• urban development
• local fisheries
• Tagus estuary