Land use change and socio-environmental conflict in the Alt Empordà county (Catalonia, Spain)

The aim of the present article is to examine the processes of change in land use over the last 40 years in a traditional, rural western Mediterranean area. It is hoped to link these processes to the role played by such socio-economic structural forces as agricultural modernisation, tourism, and envi...

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Published in:Journal of arid environments 2003-07, Vol.54 (3), p.543-552
Main Authors: Pavón, David, Ventura, Montserrat, Ribas, Anna, Serra, Pere, Saurı́, David, Breton, Françoise
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alt Emporda
forces of environmental change
issues and policy
land use
land use change
littoralisation
modernization
planning
social and environmental conflict
Spain
tourism
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Summary:The aim of the present article is to examine the processes of change in land use over the last 40 years in a traditional, rural western Mediterranean area. It is hoped to link these processes to the role played by such socio-economic structural forces as agricultural modernisation, tourism, and environment conservation policies. It is also hoped to correlate the changes in land use with the appearance of conflicts of a social or environmental nature and demonstrate how these changes affect the basic resources of the area. It is therefore submitted that, to be really effective, the policies employed for the planning and regulation of rural Mediterranean areas must take these changes into account and assume the responsibility of attempting to resolve the related conflicts.
ISSN:0140-1963
1095-922X
DOI:10.1006/jare.2002.1077