Terres de l’Ebre rural areas: developed land analysis from a legal perspective

Abstract

Over the last decade, undeveloped land has been an object of special interest by the sectorial policies which have an impact on zoning and land-use planning. In the case of Catalonia, the law Llei 2/2002, de 14 de març, d’urbanisme, stated the need to preserve rural areas and specially to avoid their urbanization. However, since it was approved until today, rural land, in general, and Terres de l’Ebre in particular, has undergone a continuous development that society has worshiped as a synonym for living standard. This article presents the characteristics of that (un)known process from an interdisciplinary approach and its associated environmental, territorial, economic, political, legal, social and academicals consequences.

Key words: governance, planning, land policy, land–use planning and policies, Terres de l’Ebre.