Maia

Type: Municipality

Population: 138 971 inhabitants

Extension: 82,99  km²

Density: 1675,6 inhabitants per km²

Key Aspects

The use of the Municipalities in Transition System (MiTS) in Maia is integrated in a wider municipal project entitled BaZe – Zero Net Carbon. This is a program of actions and projects integrated in the concept of a living laboratory implemented in a real context: The Maia Living Lab.

It is a project that allows the application, demonstration, appreciation and appropriation of integrated and transversal solutions that promote decarbonization as a determining factor in the construction of sustainability.

The proposal is markedly multisectoral and multidisciplinary, covering all areas with influence on the transition from the current urbanity paradigm, namely Energy, Circular Economy and Environment, Mobility and in a transversal way to citizenship – awareness, sharing and community involvement.

The application of the MiTS within BaZe, has been named Maia em Transição (MeT). Check this page for more information.

Challenges

The main challenge will be to work together with a high diversity of stakeholders and inform their practices and perspectives through experimenting the Municipalities in Transition system process.

Local Implementation Team

Tutor:

Amandine Gameiro 

Sara Silva