Percepción de los procesos de urbanización y pérdida de paisajes identitarios en la vega del río Segura

  1. Ponce Sánchez, María Dolores
Book:
Geografía y desafíos territoriales en el siglo XXI
  1. Gozálvez Pérez, Vicente (coord.)
  2. Marco Molina, Juan Antonio (coord.)

Publisher: Asociación Española de Geografía

ISBN: 978-84-938551-0-9

Year of publication: 2011

Volume Title: Urbanismo expansivo: de la utopía a la realidad. Comunicaciones

Volume: 2

Pages: 555-566

Congress: Congreso de geógrafos españoles (22. 2011. Alicante)

Type: Conference paper

Abstract

The present paper reveals the opinion, preferences and attitudes of the habitants of the fertile plain of the Segura River faced with the pressing need of protecting and revitalizing a declining space, seriously threatened with an extraordinary cultural, natural and economic value, that is, Murcia fertile irrigated area. It is a contribution to the diagnosis previous to the elaboration of a territorial action scheme. Some important information gathered through open and personal interview whose aim is to incorporate the subjective space to the citizen participation not only a form of government but an essential instrument in making decisions processes related to territorial development and planning. The results of this investigation reveal strong identifying narratives that claim the recovery and marketing of this cultural landscape.