Modalidades de ocupación del litoral atlántico uruguayo

Abstract

This research analyses the vacation residential and tourist dwelling processes that have driven various modes of coastal occupation. The objective of the study is to characterize the landscape identities and the historical evolution that conferred these territories significant morphological values as environmental and touristic resources. These sites of incipient urbanization, lacking general plans, either with partial planning or totally irregular, are currently under tension by new uses and accelerate growth. Thus the need of new research has emerged as a social consensus. A comprehensive approach that takes into account the compatibility among natural attributes, cultural landscapes and social expectations may contribute to the future planning and regulatory interventions. The proposed methodology, the comparison with similar cases, and the use of novel instruments and plans brings up the possibility of finding answers in accordance with the contemporaries premises to prefigure landscapes and sustainable territories.