Propuesta metodológica para la evaluación y regeneración integral del espacio turístico litoral: la Costa del Sol Occidental

Abstract

The research presented in this abstract, which is in an initial phase, forms part of a future PhD thesis whose objective is the definition of a Methodology to assessment and integral regeneration of the Mediterranean coastal tourist areas in Spain, which is transformed since the start of tourism as massive activity in the mid-twentieth century, because it is verified that the interventions to renewal these consolidated tourist areas are limited and mostly have a sectorial character, despite of the important extents of these zones in our country. This Method, which will be tested on the Costa del Sol conurbation between Torremolinos and Marbella, must offer an answer to three key elements -climate change, health and efficiency- in order to propitiate self-sufficient urban areas in their functional and environmental behaviour.