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have been observed as matters that could be solved only by the project itself, and
several recommendations have been made in order to guide it.
The final LNEC report, with the global assessment, in fact reached the same
conclusion [13] . The Ministry of Public Works Transportation and Communications
decided according to the LNEC report results, and the study has already been
through public consultation and discussion. Although several sectors of the
Portuguese society that defended the Ota location are not satisfied, there is a gen-
eral agreement upon the reliability of the study and its results. It is believed that the
methodology used is objective, reliable, and easy to implement and to provide the
desirable level of conclusions, capable of supporting a political decision. For the
case related here there were important time and information constraints, neverthe-
less the methodology fitted and is sufficiently flexible to be implemented for cases
with two or more locations in appreciation, and also when there are different levels
of information, concerning the sites and the projects development. The projected
NLA area was estimated to be of around 2,000 ha, but it is considered that the
methodology may be applied to various spatial scales.
Acknowledgements This study was developed in the context of a large team work, therefore
the material presented here benefited from the discussions that took place during the meetings.
In particular, the authors are grateful to Professor Maria do Rosário Partidário from the Lisbon
Technical University, who provided the insight into the methods for the strategical environmental
assessment, and to Eduarda Beja Neves from LNEC, responsible for the coordination. The
authors also acknowledge the kind help and all the information provided by the Campo de Tiro
de Alcochete (CTA), and the Center for Technical and Military Formation of the Air Force,
CFMTMA (Ota).
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