The Tordera delta: Tensions, challenges and expectations of a complex rural landscape on the metropolitan periphery of Barcelona (DOI: 10.2436/20.3000.02.57)

Authors

  • Josep M. Panareda Institut d’Estudis Catalans

Keywords:

periurban landscape, changes in land use, coastal erosion, market garden, beach tourism

Abstract

The Tordera River delta is small (it occupies just 8 km2), is located on the far northern end of the Barcelona metropolitan region and was predominated by market gardens in the first half of the twentieth century. Later on industries moved in, the urbanised space was expanded and intense tourist activity cropped up around the beaches. This article presents the key ideas on the current status of the urban uses of a mosaic landscape with ongoing conflicts over water use, spatial occupation and the effects of river surges and the constant erosion of the beaches caused by storms at sea. The main challenges include acceptance of the natural dynamic the way it is and knowing how to place limits on urban consumption, spatial occupation and the economic and social activities conducted there.

Key words: periurban landscape, changes in land use, coastal erosion, market garden, beach tourism.

Original source: Documents d’Anàlisi Geogràfica, 66/2: 371-392 (2020)

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Published

2021-11-25

Issue

No. 11 (2021)

Section

Geography

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