Naturbanization and Urban – Rural Dynamics in Spain: Case Study of New Rural Landscapes in Andalusia and Catalonia

Pallarès-Blanch Marta (), Prados Velasco Maria-José () and Tulla Pujol Antoni Francesc ()
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Pallarès-Blanch Marta: Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici B, Barcelona, Spain
Prados Velasco Maria-José: Department of Human Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, University of Sevilla, C/S. Fernando, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
Tulla Pujol Antoni Francesc: Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici B, Barcelona, Spain

European Countryside, 2014, vol. 6, issue 2, 118-160

Abstract: The early 20th century saw the beginning of a process of urbanizing rural space (Berry, 1976a; 1976b), described as counter-urbanization (Champion, 1989). The creation of Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) has defined some rural spaces, relatively far from large urban metropolitan areas, where the ecological and scenic value is a magnet for urbanization (Prados, 2005). Thus, PNAs make rural areas more attractive to new economic and leisure activities and can promote a more positive type of development that has been called naturbanization (Prados, 2009). We address this topic in six sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Conceptual framework of naturbanization; (3) Methodology to analyse the process of naturbanization; (4) Processes of naturbanization in Andalusia and in Catalonia; (5) Comparative analysis of two case studies, and (6) Conclusions and Recommendations

Keywords: Naturbanization; Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) in mountain areas; Urban-rural dynamics; Landscape changes; rural migrations; Sierra Nevada Protected Natural Area (Andalusia); Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park (Catalonia); Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park and Alt Pirineu Natural Park (Catalonia); Naturbanization; Espacios Naturales Protegidos (ENP) en áreas de montaña; cambios del paisaje; migraciones rurales; Espacio Natural Protegido de Sierra Nevada (Andalucía); Parque Nacional de Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici; Parque Natural de Cadí-Moixeró y Parque Natural del Alt Pirineu (Cataluña) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2014-0008

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