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From the 1990s until the pre-COVID-19 outbreak, commercial nightlife has become central to the urban branding, and tourism marketing strategies of many European cities. However, the night-time leisure industry has stalled in Europe as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented lock-down and physical distancing measures imposed by several national governments. This short paper aims to picture the uncertain scenario that the nightlife industry of Europe, and Portugal, might have to face in post-pandemic times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the principal features of climate is its spatial variability. Long distance travels are an essential part of life in contemporary societies. In 2012 tourism arrivals reached 1 billion people at the global scale. In a short time one can move to extremely different climatic conditions and one's organism is under great pressure of atmospheric stimuli which can be very different from those experienced at home. Spatial differences in climate stimuli need various adaptation strategies in humans. The paper considers adaptation strain in tourists from seven central and northern European cities travelling to the Mediterranean regions of Barcelona, Rome and Athens for the period 1991-2000. The Adaptation Strain Index (ASI) was applied for this purpose. Seasonal and spatial patterns of bioclimatic contrasts are considered. Summer was the season with greatest spatially differentiated adaptation strain, but in winter the need for adaptation was the highest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Simultaneous trends for ethnicization and gentrification are contributing to the fragmentation of contemporary urban spaces. This is characterised by the emergence of new social and urban units that break the homogeneity of the modern city and lead to the development of new networks, territorially discontinuous, less neighbourhood centred and with a limited intersection. With Mouraria (Lisbon, Portugal) and San Francisco (Bilbao, Spain), two traditional and multiethnic neighbourhoods, as case-studies this paper aims to critically discuss the nature of gentrification, its coexistence with ethnicization and its contribution for socio-urban fragmentation. The empirical analysis of the residents' social networks will be used to test levels and types of interaction and the spatial formats they assume. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This special issue of Finisterra is based on the findings of the GEITONIES project, and intends to shed some light on questions relating to ethnic diversity, social relations and participation in urban settings. The research was conducted in 6 European cities: Lisbon, Bilbao, Thessaloniki Rotterdam, Vienna and Warsaw and the neighbourhood context was adopted as the field of research. A random survey was implemented to 3600 residents in 18 neighbourhoods in the six cities. The papers included in this special issue of Finisterra - Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, focus on processes of change and social relations at the neighbourhood level and stress the role of place and time in the development of positive inter-group contacts, representations and integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]