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El artículo aborda la planificación y gestión territorial del turismo, enfocando el análisis en la estructura competencial de esta actividad y en los instrumentos de planificación territorial que se han implementado en España en las últimas décadas. La creación de una potente imagen de marca en el turismo español ha sido un proceso largo y no exento de contradicciones.Este trabajo cuestiona la importante inversión pública realizada por las diferentes administraciones españolas en la promoción del turismo en todo tipo de destinos, concluyendo que, a pesar de que la situación general no ha cambiado de manera sustancial en muchos de los territorios promocionados, especialmente en aquellos más alejados de los dinámicos ejes turísticos, el modelo debe revisarse pero manteniendo el dominio de lo público, aunque el carácter cambiante e innovador del turismo complique una gestión pública eficiente.The paper focus on the planning and territorial management of tourism, analysing the competence structure of this activity and the territorial planning instruments that have been implemented in Spain in recent decades. The creation of a powerful brand image in Spanish tourism has been a long process with several contradictions. This paper questions the public investment made by the Spanish administrations in the promotion of tourism in all types of destinations, concluding that, despite the fact that the general situation has not changed substantially in many of the promoted territories, especially in those further away from the dynamic tourist axes, the model must be revised but maintaining the domain of the public, although the changing and innovative nature of tourism complicates efficient public management.

The Health system in Spain is considered one of the most valued public services by the population. In fact, during the first decade of the 21st century, Spain became a health tourism destination for people from central and northern European countries. In addition to the health infrastructure, the quality of medical and nursing care stands out. Something similar also happens with the Spanish pharmaceutical system. However, there are some characteristics that should be addressed from a Geography perspective. The pharmacies' legal system does not consider them to be of public interest. One is when some of the main activities are the sale and distribution of medicines that are partially paid for by the Administration, that is, Social Security. In the same activity, the public function is combined with the private interests of the pharmacy owners to provide a balanced territorial service. One of the conclusions demonstrates how the borders that are sometimes created by the Administration are not always the most efficient in relation to the characteristics of the territory, nor do they provide the best service to the population and, therefore, create territorial imbalances within a country. To reach our conclusions, we carried out an exhaustive study of the pharmacy legislation in the EU and in Spain, as well as Geography of Health and theories of territorial location. We combined this information with statistics on the territorial characteristics of Spain. This allowed us to confirm the peculiarities that exist within the governance of the distribution of pharmacy offices in Spain.

A partire dal 1960, in Spagna sono stati registrati numerosi e importanti cambiamenti politici, sociali e territoriali, parallelamente a un forte processo di sviluppo urbano. In questo lavoro, in particolare, viene fornito un quadro delle trasformazioni rilevate nella rete infrastrutturale e dei trasporti, in relazione alle esigenze delle realtà urbane. Inoltre, l'analisi considera le politiche che hanno portato a tali modifiche, soprattutto nel corso del periodo 1981-2010. Tra i principali obiettivi, vi è quello di evidenziare la necessità di organici modelli progettuali e di apposite linee guida, al fine di garantire un'oculata e proficua gestione dei fondi.A partir des années 60, en Espagne on constate un certain nombre d'importants changements politiques, sociaux et territoriaux, qui vont de pair avec un développement urbain de grande envergure. Dans cet article, en l'occurrence, on présente un tableau des transformations du réseau infra-structural et des transports, relativement aux exigences de la réalité urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'analyse prend en considération les politiques qui ont mené à de telles modifications, en particulier durant les années 1981-2010. Parmi les objectifs principaux, il faut mentionner celui qui concerne la nécessité d'avoir des modélisations holistiques des projets, afin de promouvoir une gestion attentive et productive des fonds.

En el presente artículo se hace una aproximación al estado de la cuestión de la ordenación del territorio en Galicia. Se comienza con un repaso de las investigaciones habidas hasta la fecha sobre esta temática. A continuación se realiza un análisis pormenorizado de los retos actuales en materia de planificación territorial en Galicia, que debieran tener como referencia un marco normativo que, según la Lei de Ordenación do Territorio de Galicia, tendría que partir de unas Directrices de ámbito regional que, finalmente, serán aprobadas con un gran retraso y sin consenso en el año en curso. Ello contrasta con una desaforada producción legislativa en urbanismo, con sucesivas leyes del suelo, que lejos de suponer una asentada jurisprudencia, sólo indican la carencia de un acuerdo político mínimo en las cuestiones que afectan de modo directo al territorio. Se finalizará el trabajo con una serie de reflexiones sobre cuál debiera ser el camino a seguir en el futuro en materia de ordenamiento territorial en Galicia. ; This article looks at the current state of affairs in the sphere of spatial planning in Galicia. An initial overview of the literature published to date on this topic is followed by a detailed analysis of the present-day challenges facing spatial planning in Galicia, which should in theory be seen in the light of a regulatory framework which, according to the Lei de Ordenación do Territorio de Galicia (Galician Spatial Planning Act), would stem from a series of regional Guidelines that after much delay, and with no political consensus having been reached, are fi- nally set to be approved this year. This contrasts sharply with the proliferation of town planning legislation, in the form of a succession of land laws which, far from producing a firmly-grounded jurisprudence, only point to the lack of a minimum level of political agreement in matters with a direct effect on the territory. The study concludes with a series of reflections on what should constitute the way forward regarding spatial planning in ...

Résumé La restauration des monuments joue un rôle clé. En effet, elle permet de ré-habiter des bâtiments historiques qui, du fait de leur évolution, de leurs dimensions, de leur conception dans l'espace ou de leur situation géographique, constituent une offre de services pour la communauté à laquelle ils appartiennent. Cette renaissance se traduit, dans l'Espagne du xx e siècle, par l'aménagement de certains bâtiments classés patrimoine historique en « Paradores Nacionales » . L'un des exemples les plus éloquents et qui remonte à 1954, est la transformation en « Parador Nacional de Turismo » de l'ancien Hôpital inauguré par les Rois Catholiques en 1499 et stratégiquement construit à côté de la Cathédrale de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle. Les conséquences du passage d'un Hôpital Royal pour pèlerins à un Hôtel de luxe pour touristes, ainsi que la dimension touristique et le rôle moteur de cette restauration du patrimoine, ont été analysés dans le dialogue interdisciplinaire entre une géographe et une historienne de l'art.

Introduction -- Critical Geography: From the Office to the Streets -- Far Beyond the 'Natural Environment': Geography at the Crossroads of the Capitalocene -- Brazilian Geography and the Study of Territorial Formation -- Man in his being in the world -- Geography and Geographicity -- Physical Geography and the Study of Environmental Problems: The Brazilian Contribution -- The Study of Cities in Brazilian Geography -- The Production of Urban Space and "Critical Geography" -- Dialogues on Brazilian Political Geography and its Perspectives in the 21st Century -- The Consensual Divorce of Geography -- Adherence to Neoliberalism, the Cult of Freedom and the Overthrow of Democracy -- Scientific Research and the Construction of the Field of Teaching of Geography in Schools: Trends and Challenges -- The Contribution of Milton Santos to the Theoretical Formation of Brazilian Geography -- Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro and the Construction of Brazilian Geographical Climatology -- Aziz Nacib Ab'saber and the Professionalisation of Research in Geomorphology in Brazilian Geography Courses -- The Right to the City and the Housing in Brazilian Cities -- The Long March of the Brazilian Peasantry: Socioterritorial Movements, Conflicts and Agrarian Reform -- Land and Food: the New Struggles of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) -- Geography and Indigenous Peoples: Struggles of Resistance -- The Geography of Labour under Construction: Theoretical Challenges and Research Praxis -- A Popular Environmentalism in Defence of Life, Dignity and Territory (an autobiographical contribution from an activist geographer) -- Challenges in Decolonisation of the Brazilian/Latin American Geography/ies -- Brazilian Feminist Geographies: Occupying Space, Resisting Negation and Producing Challenges to Geography -- Association of Brazilian Geographers (AGB): The Construction of a Geography of Struggle -- Epilogue.

The current economic and financial crisis manifests itself specifically in cities and metropolitan areas. As in other ­periods of recession throughout history, one of the characteristic features of this crisis was the bursting of a housing bubble. In Spain, the spectacular construction boom slowed down, and many families could not afford to pay the mortgages on their main or second homes. At the same time, welfare spending was slashed to meet the obligations of the banks and cajas (savings banks) ruined by the property slump. In addition, the unemployment rate rose to above 20 %. As a result of this process, urban space reflects the resurgence of social and political movements of different kinds, ranging from more defensive movements focused on a particular place (against the closure of a company or an eviction order issued to a mortgage victim) to more general movements demanding direct democracy and an end to corruption. These movements fuelled the indignados protest with its camps on the streets of all major cities. This article primarily aims to classify urban social movements in contemporary Spain on the basis of their motives and demands. Secondly, it proposes a presentation of the movements assessing their impact on cities and their preferred demonstration spaces inside the city. Finally, it analyses their political-urban character in relation to local resistance, e.g. in Burgos, demands for urban communal ownership, the occupation of squares and houses, and the focus on creating new political expressions such as mareas ciudadanas (citizen tides) and the Podemos phenomenon.

Urbanization in Spain has advanced rapidly in the last twenty years or so. The phenomenon was particularly pronounced in the period spanning 1990-2007, when the construction of housing on a mass scale was a clear indicator of the second circuit of capital accumulation, with space playing a key role through the work of David Harvey. This led to a property bubble - one of the defining features of the economic and financial crisis in Spain between 2008 and 2013. In this contribution to the subject, we analyse the factors that triggered unchecked speculative urban growth in the context of the financialization of land. In tandem, our conclusions present the new resulting urban and metropolitan map of Spain, which is now characterized by uneven levels of occupancy among regions.

This book analyses the cultural elements of 21st-century tourism. The structure of the book is based on four main issues, which will help further the reader''s understanding of present-day experiential tourism: namely urban and cultural tourism on a global scale; specific studies of new products linked to reappraising the landscape; heritage; and nature. It also examines the influence of branding and of the images projected in order to promote this new type of tourism, using both theoretical and general approaches. Finally, the Camino de Santiago is analysed as a paradigm of the new pilgrimage

L'Espagne a été l'un des pays d'Europe les plus touchés par la pandémie. L'article expose les particularités de la décentralisation du système de santé entre les Communautés autonomes et montre comment la chronologie des vagues épidémiques et des décisions prises par les autorités pour y faire face a bousculé cette organisation si bien que l'appareil statistique a été dysfonctionnel au début de la crise. Le gouvernement devait gérer des contradictions géopolitiques complexes, entre le ministère central et les autorités autonomes compétentes, mais aussi avec ses alliés et opposants à la Chambre des députés. La crise sanitaire a révélé les défauts de l'organisation politico-administrative de l'Espagne démocratique, les frictions entre les différentes régions et nationalités qui composent l'État ainsi que celles qui opposent conservateurs et progressistes. Malgré cela, les institutions ont néanmoins fonctionné et su coopérer.

AbstractThe incorporation of territorial development into the Common Fisheries Policy has allowed for the decentralised and participatory management of part of its funds. In fact, the criteria for sustainable development in fishing zones follow the guidelines of Community‐Led Local Development. This work critically examines the implementation process of Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund in two areas of the Iberian Peninsula's Atlantic coast as case studies, looking into the creation of Fishery Local Action Groups and the analysis of the planning and execution phases of the funds. The results show, on the one hand, the limited development of this approach and the doubts about the effectiveness of area‐based partnerships as tools for local development, and on the other, the benefits for the revitalisation of the fishing sector, especially in the long term.