Metodologías de innovación educativas en geografía: el ejemplo de la planificación y gestión territorial de los destinos turísticos

[ES]Esta comunicación presenta los resultados obtenidos de la aplicación de dos proyectos de innovación docente (PID) en la asignatura de geografía humana de Planificación y Gestión Territorial de Destinos Turísticos, que se imparte en tercer curso del grado de turismo de La Universidad de La Laguna. El objetivo de los proyectos es que los alumnos adquirieran un aprendizaje práctico continuado de la asignatura a través del uso turístico de los geomorfositios volcánicos de Tenerife y de la promoción turística oficial en youtube.

Las Palmas ciudad-puerto africana. Análisis geográfico sobre la identidad y funciones de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria como ciudad portuaria; evolución histórica y prospectiva

Doctorado en la Insularidad: Sociedades y Cultura

The Role of Small and Medium-sized Centers for Territorial Development in Switzerland

This paper describes the role of small and medium-sized urban centers in Switzerland. Switzerland is a highly urbanized country where small and medium-sized urban centers play an important role in ensuring a balanced national urban system. Besides the four largest metropolitan regions （Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern）, small and medium-sized towns function as central places for a wider, often extensive hinterland. They provide opportunities for living and working and they connect rural and mountain regions to national and international networks. Using secondary statistics and a case study, the paper shows that small and medium-sized urban centers are home to significant concentrations of export-oriented industries. Firms in these value-adding secondary sectors are rooted in these places and benefit from strong local embeddedness while also being oriented towards global markets. Small and medium-sized urban centers also profit from their strong local identities. While these places face various challenges, they function as important pillars in creating a balanced regional development pattern. Swiss regional development policy follows the goal of polycentric spatial development and it employs various instruments that aim to ensure a balanced urban system.