Anàlisi d’una àrea urbana [Ressenya del llibre L’àrea urbana de Girona: un espai per al futur, de Joan Vicente, Margarida Castañer i Joaquim Bover (ed.)]

Ressenya del llibre L’àrea urbana de Girona: un espai per al futur. A l’obra s’hi tracten aspectes de caràcter social, econòmic, cultural, urbanístic, infraestructural i institucional de Girona, tot plegat des d’una perspectiva globalitzadora i sintètica

El desenvolupament local en l'espai en xarxa: xarxes socials i milieu a l'àrea urbana de Manresa

The paper focuses on the question of local development and applies the local territorial systems model to the urban area of Manresa (Barcelona). The concept of local development is discussed first, as well as the change in place's position within the network derived from metropolitan expansion processes. The role of Manresa's social agents and its development policies are explained, to stress the relevance of the position of places in the network and, foremost, of the role and capability of local actors in putting into value theirs milieu's resources

Un Cinturó verd per a Girona

Un cinturó verd és una zona d'espais oberts que, a mode d'anella cicumdant, voreja el nucli urbà d'una ciutat i els nuclis adjacents. El Cinturó Verd de l'àrea urbana de Girona és un instrument estratègic d'ordenació territorial i de foment de la qualitat paisatgística

La Costa Brava ante los nuevos retos del turismo

The first section of this paper summarises the most relevant charateristics of the contemporary tourist model, also called postfordist or postmodernist. In the second part the traditional tourist model developed in the Costa Brava in the past decades, is reviewed. Emphasising the saturation of tourist facilities on the coast line, expansive urban growth, thanks to a tolerant administration, poor complementary supply and concentrated demand in few markets and the proximity of Barcelona conurbation, stressed by second homes. In the third section, some strategies developed in recent years to readapt the Costa Brava to the new tendencies in tourism, are presented. Incorporation of the inland to the tourist product, new planning policics, lessening urban densities and height, and a change in mind in favour of protected natural areas, diversification of demand with new markets, specially form Eastern Europe (although this might be considered as a continuation of the traditional tourist model) and the emergence of local strategies oriented towards the creation of new tourist products based upon natural and cultural resources

Assaig de definició de l’àrea urbana de Girona

This article is an essay aiming at the definition of the urban district of Girona, having as a base the analysis of the intensities and directional tendencies of labour mobility fluxes in it. Several cathegories will be signaled inside this area which wil enable us to differenciate a number of crowns of municipalities according to their respective links with Girona town. A reflection set forth by Francesco Indovina on the concept of diffused town will be the first step in the attempt to typify this area. Thus, the existence of a diffused city core of which would be Girona town will be argued, an issue this one which is to be analysed in future studies