Áurea Sousa

Biographic Data

ID6790017
NAMEÁurea Sousa
GIVEN NAMESÁurea
FAMILY NAMESousa
SIGNATURESOUSA A
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade dos Açores
ORCID0000-0003-3151-5237
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Planning for peripheral resilience: Territorial drivers of rural development in ultra-peripheral regions

    R A Castanho, Carlos Santos Cardozo et al.ARTICLEEuropean Planning Studies2026

    Ultra-peripheral regions face persistent structural constraints linked to insularity, limited accessibility, and fragile socio-economic systems, posing significant challenges for territorial planning and regional policy design. In this context, this paper reconceptualizes rural development as a territorially embedded and governance-driven process, rather than a sector-specific outcome. Focusing on the Azores, an ultra-peripheral European region, …

  • Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children in the Azores Islands (Portugal): Sociodemographic and clinical profile

    Open AccessAna Rita Conde, Pilar Mota et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2025

    Prevalence studies are essential to provide objective indicators about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and are a source of information for public policies. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of ASD among children in the Azores Islands (Portugal). Administrative data on the number of children with a proven diagnosis of ASD were collected from all schools. Parents completed a questionnaire about the child’s sociodemographic characteristics,…

  • Inclusive tourism and children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: Systematic review of the literature

    Open AccessAna Rita Conde, Suzana Nunes Caldeira et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Tourism…2023

    The present work undertakes a systematic review of the literature and research on the subject, using the PRISMA- P guidelines. The research was carried out in five electronic databases. It was found that there are few publications on inclusive tourism aimed at families with children with diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (n=11). Most of them are qualitative studies. They focus on the needs of families, from which they draw implications in te…

  • Post-Covid tourism planning: Based on the Azores residents’ perceptions about the development of regional tourism

    Áurea Sousa, R A Castanho et al.ARTICLEEuropean Planning Studies2023

    During 2020, in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, many touristic destinations noticed a drop above 70% of tourists compared to the previous year - 2019. Moreover, some destinations registered a drop in more than 80% in overnight stays compared to 2019. Therefore, in the current period of economic crisis, residents' perceptions of the impacts of tourism may differ substantially from those relating to periods of economic prosperity. Furthermore, th…

  • Assessing Rural Tourism Experiences: What Can We Learn from the Azores Region

    Open AccessMaria da Graça Batista, R A Castanho et al.ARTICLEHeritage2023References: 2

    This research paper focused on tourists’ experiences after engaging in a rural tourism experience, the activities developed during that period, and the relevant factors they considered when planning the holidays. We collected data in the Azores, a region known to implement rural tourism. Therefore, the collected data were analyzed using mainly summary statistics, graphical representations, and exploratory data analysis methods, including the nonl…

  • Understanding Undergraduate Plagiarism in the Context of Students’ Academic Experience

    Open AccessJorge Ávila de Lima, Áurea Sousa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Academic Ethics2021References: 13