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Introduction
Planning for the sustainability of regions and cities is nowadays a key element in the promotion of social wellbeing.
Such a
planning process undoubtedly requires the spatial analysis of the urban
realm, given the major role that cities currently play in the human
demand for the resources of the planet.
The project SIMURBAN aims at developing a methodology to support future land planning for the sustainable development of metropolitan areas.
For this
purpose, it is first necessary to develop a deep understanding of the
principles, attributes, implications, etc. that have characterised the
recent growth of metropolitan areas. In addition, it is also important
to identify the effects that the different instruments of spatial
planning have had on the urban development.
Building
on this knowledge, it will be possible to generate scenarios informing
of the consequences that future urban growth might have on the
territory. To do so, both predictive and normative simulation models
will be used. Those will allow us to identify what would happen if
current trends were continued into the future. It will also be possible
to compare such outcome with an ideal scenario on which high levels of
sustainability, efficiency and spatial justice were provided.
To
conclude, this project will explore how to assess the environmental
costs and the sustainability of urban development (based on some
estimation of the Total Land Value).
This
methodology will be applied to two metropolitan areas: those of Madrid
and Granada. These areas are of different size, and they have also
evolved through different processes.
SIMURBAN
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Funding: Ministry of
Science and Innovation (MICINN) for Spain, through the 2006 call for
projects within the National Plan for Scientific Research, Development
and Innovation 2004-2007 (National Programme of Social, Economic and
Legal Sciences). Reference code: SEJ2007-66608-C04-00/Geog.
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Chair: Dra. Montserrat Gómez Delgado
- Research groups :
1. Department of Geography, National University of Distance Education (UNED) http://www.uned.es/dpto_geo/index.htm
Principal Researcher: Dr. David Cocero Matesanz
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2. Environmental Planning Section of the Urban and Land Planning Laboratory (LUOT), University of Granada (UGR), http://www.urbanismogranada.com/
Principal Researcher: Dr. Luis Miguel Valenzuela Montes
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3. Department of Geography, University of Alcalá (UAH) http://www.geogra.uah.es/web_aplicasig/index.php
Principal Researcher: Dr. Montserrat Gómez Delgado
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4. Research Group "Environmental Planning and Development (PAD)”, Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) http://www.escet.urjc.es/~pad
Principal Researcher: Dr. Raúl Romero Calcerrada.
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