Utopía y memoria del territorio: procesos de colonización interior en España a finales del siglo XIX

Abstract

This paper is a theoretical approach to utopian urbanism and internal colonization projects developed in Spain in the late nineteenth century, by both governmental and employer bodies. The research aims at reviewing the urban utopias and identifying alternatives and proposals for land planning and coordination between areas of production and reproduction, its spaces modeler principle, and structures of power. In order to assess the degree of practical application of utopian approaches, it explores, as case studies, some colonization experiences, in its industrial, agricultural and mining varieties