The project completed six integrated work packages combining quantitative, spatial, and qualitative methodologies. Data compilation (WP2) strategically expanded from the originally planned 12 GXTBR municipalities (6 Portuguese + 6 Spanish) to all 308 Portuguese municipalities, providing robust national comparative context. Ethnographic fieldwork (WP3) in GXTBR Transition and Buffer Zones identified key agents, capitals, and strategies through semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and collaborative mapping with local communities, "Comunidades de Montes," government agencies, and NGOs.
Geometric Data Analysis and geospatial analysis (WP4) integrated MCA, PCA, hierarchical clustering with satellite imagery processing (PM2.5 2019-2025, infrastructure/nightlight 2021-2023) and atmospheric science methodologies (air pollution, critical infrastructure, land use and land cover, wind patterns). This revealed environmental exposure patterns reflect regional atmospheric transport mechanisms beyond local sources—a methodological innovation advancing environmental inequality research.
The main achievement is the "emplaced capital footprints" framework advanced in 5 peer-reviewed articles, bridging Bourdieusian social theory with geospatial environmental analysis. This identified multiple spatial clusters manifesting objectified capital competences across GXTBR, revealing socio-environmental asymmetries in connectivity, industrialization, and urbanization.
Training activities (WP5) included quarterly research sub-group workshops, teaching at 3rd IS-UP International Summer School, and knowledge transfer through 16 computational outputs with permanent DOIs implementing FAIR principles. All mandatory deliverables (Data Management Plan, Career Development Plan, Communication/Dissemination/Exploitation Plan) were submitted on schedule.
