Polígonos. Revista de Geografía

Cover and map

2024-12-19T09:00:19+00:00

Review of "Geopolitics of the European Union"

2024-12-17T15:22:02+00:00

Review of "In Las Ubiñas, following M.B. Cossío to the Sierra Pambley Foundation"

2024-12-17T15:14:25+00:00

Review of "Resilience in deindustrialized spaces"

2024-12-17T15:17:37+00:00

The enhancement of the industrial heritage of small towns

2024-12-16T16:24:07+00:00

The purpose of this article is to show that the conservation and rehabilitation of industrial heritage can be a relevant strategy for the development of small towns that were once industrial and are trying to find a way out in the tertiary sector. However, they see how tourism development does not flow naturally and try to determine the causes and try to correct them. The study focuses on two localities, Thiers in France and Béjar in Spain. This choice is explained by the fact that, as will be shown, both towns have many characteristics in common, the basis for an adequate comparison. In order to carry it out, a comparative method has been chosen with bibliographical studies and meetings with actors in the field.

A special plan to contain the territorial decline in Southwestern Asturias

2024-12-17T08:13:16+00:00

Principality of Asturias is immersed in a process of population decline and aging. Added to this are notable internal imbalances between a Central Area, which concentrates population, economic activity and services, and the rest of the region, where problems become more acute as we move away from the center. In this context, the Southwestern region presents the worst records in Asturias in many indicators. With the purpose of facing this scenario, contain the process of territorial decline and reversing the situation in the medium-long term, the Plan Especial para los Concejos del Suroccidente Asturiano was created as a strategic document. For its preparation, a proprietary planning methodology was applied based on analysis and diagnosis, the development of a SWOT-CAME matrix, the detection of needs and an intense and broad participation process. All of this led to a comprehensive intervention strategy that, following European guidelines, is based on the territory as the central axis of planning. The final document, framed in the current context and seeking social cohesion and territorial balance, identifies and takes advantage of the multiple endogenous resources of the region and incorporates sectoral, transversal and territorial aspects with an integrative approach