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From destination to town. The urban reformulation of mature coastal tourist destinations. The case of Costa Daurada central

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    Identifier: imarina:5903986
    Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5903986
    Authors:
    Rovira Soto MAnton-Clavé S
    Abstract:
    This article explores the urban evolution of coastal tourist destinations. It is based on the analysis of the urban planning of three municipal districts in central Costa Daurada, Catalonia. It is devised as a case study and evaluates how both the practice of urban planning and the actual plans that have regulated their development and, in particular, the partial planning of the municipalities of Salou, Vila-seca and Cambrils, have evolved from holiday resort approaches to urban consolidation strategies. Thus, the article allows evaluating how in the case of the destinations analysed evolutional dynamics take place on a local scale, in which the traditional concept of sea, sun and sand destination gives way, from the point of view of urban planning and in a stage of the destination's maturity, to the shaping of urban spaces that are comparable with medium-sized towns of similar dimensions (between 20,000 and 35,000 inhabitants). The fundamental hypothesis of the approach pursued could be defined as follows: the result of the dynamics of tourist urban development in the medium term in developed Mediterranean countries with complex urban environments, as is the case of Catalonia, may be a fundamental factor for the creation of new urban structures both from the functional and the structural perspectives. A major role is played in this by the transformation of areas of residential second homes used for holidaying into spaces suitable for permanent residence. As shown empirically in this article, changes in the planning criteria for such spaces, especially in the last decade, have been crucial for the case of the three municipalities analysed in Catalonia's central Costa Daurada and explain their transformation from mere holiday destinations to spaces that, in addition to v

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    Author, as appears in the article.: Rovira Soto M; Anton-Clavé S
    Department: Geografia
    URV's Author/s: Rovira Soto, Maria Trinitat
    Keywords: Urban transformation Tourism geography Second homes Restructuring destinations Partial urban planning
    Abstract: This article explores the urban evolution of coastal tourist destinations. It is based on the analysis of the urban planning of three municipal districts in central Costa Daurada, Catalonia. It is devised as a case study and evaluates how both the practice of urban planning and the actual plans that have regulated their development and, in particular, the partial planning of the municipalities of Salou, Vila-seca and Cambrils, have evolved from holiday resort approaches to urban consolidation strategies. Thus, the article allows evaluating how in the case of the destinations analysed evolutional dynamics take place on a local scale, in which the traditional concept of sea, sun and sand destination gives way, from the point of view of urban planning and in a stage of the destination's maturity, to the shaping of urban spaces that are comparable with medium-sized towns of similar dimensions (between 20,000 and 35,000 inhabitants). The fundamental hypothesis of the approach pursued could be defined as follows: the result of the dynamics of tourist urban development in the medium term in developed Mediterranean countries with complex urban environments, as is the case of Catalonia, may be a fundamental factor for the creation of new urban structures both from the functional and the structural perspectives. A major role is played in this by the transformation of areas of residential second homes used for holidaying into spaces suitable for permanent residence. As shown empirically in this article, changes in the planning criteria for such spaces, especially in the last decade, have been crucial for the case of the three municipalities analysed in Catalonia's central Costa Daurada and explain their transformation from mere holiday destinations to spaces that, in addition to visitor accommodation, incorporate the typical structural dynamics of conventional towns.
    Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Thematic Areas: Urbanismo Urban studies Human geography and urban studies Geography, planning and development Geografía Environmental studies Direito Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Arquitectura Architecture
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 18864805
    Author's mail: mtrinitat.rovira@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0001-7938-7284
    Record's date: 2023-10-21
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4795506
    Papper original source: Architecture, City And Environment. (25): 373-392
    APA: Rovira Soto M; Anton-Clavé S (2014). From destination to town. The urban reformulation of mature coastal tourist destinations. The case of Costa Daurada central. Architecture, City And Environment, (25), 373-392. DOI: 10.5821/ace.9.25.3632
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.5821/ace.9.25.3632
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2014
    Publication Type: Journal Publications

  • Keywords:

    Architecture,Geography, Planning and Development,Urban Studies
    Urban transformation
    Tourism geography
    Second homes
    Restructuring destinations
    Partial urban planning
    Urbanismo
    Urban studies
    Human geography and urban studies
    Geography, planning and development
    Geografía
    Environmental studies
    Direito
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Arquitectura
    Architecture

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