Evolución del crecimiento urbano y el modelo territorial en el litoral del sureste peninsular español

Abstract

Abstract: Adequate land use planning is one of the problems facing the future cities. Although this situation affects any population settlement, it should be highlighted the trend recorded in large cities, because they have become the main demographic attraction pole over the last decades. For quantifying and determining the evolution of different urban models developed in the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Spain, the study has developed a series of territorial indicators based on cadastral cartography. In addition, these have been related to certain socioeconomic variables with the intention of establishing the corresponding predictive models able to explain the urban patterns followed. As a result, it has been shown that construction booms, tourist immigration, land uses and municipal surface have been the most influential agents on the current urban dispersion ratios.