Nuevo paradigma normativo sobre la ciudad: Retornando a la ciudad tradicional

Abstract

Spanish urbanism has been characterized historically for giving priority to the urban sprawl and new buildings. The attention to the existing urban space and buildings has been marginal in the legislation and slightly systematic in the practice. After the explosion of the real-estate bubble, but not only for this reason, the economic and financial reality of Spain, has turned into a priority the treatment of cities and buildings with new approaches, promoting integrated and energetically efficient urban regeneration, stimulating a new normative paradigm with the Act 8/2013, of June 26, regarding urban renewal, regeneration and renovation.