Scientific Research
Implementation of low emissions zones (LEZ) through soft traffic calming strategies: the case study of Cartagena
Article 14 of Spanish Law 7/2021 on climate change and energy transition "Promotion of emission-free mobility" makes it mandatory for municipalities with more than ...
2024
Sustainable Urban Planning & Territorial Management: future challenges in a world in transition
Urban planning is an essential tool in our global society’s journey towards sustainability. This conference aims to be a space to share research work, ideas, experiences, projects, etc ...
2024
Territorial spatial evolución process and its ecological resilience
The large-scale territorial transformation of our planet is possibly the anthropogenic footprint that most clearly defines the behavioral patterns of human beings today ...
2024
Interplay between climate change, land use change, and human health: opportunities and challenges
The phenomena associated with climate change and land use change form a mix with dangerous and unpredictable consequences for human life on this planet ...
2023
Analysis of Correlation between Anthropization Phenomena and Landscape Values of the Territory: A GIS Framework Based on Spatial Statistics
The evaluation of anthropogenic impacts on the landscape is an issue that has traditionally been carried out from a descriptive or at least somewhat qualitative perspective ...
2023
Challenges in sustainable urban planning and territorial management for the XXI century
Urban and Territorial Planning are disciplines that have undergone a major transformation in recent decades. The increasing level of complexity of the reality ...
2023
Spatial Correlation between Urban Planning Patterns and Vulnerability to Flooding Risk: A Case Study in Murcia (Spain)
Cities in the Spanish Mediterranean regions have undergone an extensive process of urban growth in recent decades. This urban transformation has often failed ...
2023
Analysis of the Spatial Correlation between Port Areas Configuration and Alterations of the Coastal Shoreline: A Multidisciplinary Approach Using Spatiotemporal GIS Indicators
Transformations that occur in the coastal territory often have an important link with the construction of port infrastructures, although establishing a direct ...
2022
Spatial Analysis of Environmental Impacts Linked to Changes in Urban Mobility Patterns during COVID-19: Lessons Learned from the Cartagena Case Study
The impact of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 on urban pollution in our cities is a proven fact, although its mechanisms are not known in great detail ...
2021
The Contribution of MCDM to SUMP: The Case of Spanish Cities during 2006-2021
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) are increasingly popular planning tools in cities with environmental issues where numerous actions ...
2021
Diffuse Anthropization Impacts in Vulnerable Protected Areas: Comparative Analysis of the Spatial Correlation between Land Transformation and Ecological Deterioration of Three Wetlands in Spain
The management and conservation of wetlands and vulnerable protected areas of high ecological value dependent on the existence of water is complex ...
2021
Coastal resilience potential as an indicator of social and morphological vulnerability to beach management
Indicator-oriented approaches embrace several aspects of coastal erosion vulnerability assessments. Nonetheless, coastal erosion is mostly increasing because of both the ...
2021
Geostatistical Analysis of the Spatial Correlation between Territorial Anthropization and Flooding Vulnerability: Application to the DANA Phenomenon in a Mediterranean Watershed
Climate change is making intense DANA (depresión aislada en niveles altos) type rains a more frequent phenomenon in Mediterranean basins. This trend, combined with ...
2021
An integrated approach to analyze sedimentary stock and coastal erosion in vulnerable areas: Resilience assessment of san vicenzo's coast (Italy)
The assessment of coastal erosion risk is a major challenge, since environmental and geomorphic features, together with sea state parameters, can seriously change ...
2020
The spatial perspective in post-earthquake evaluation to improve mitigation strategies: Geostatistical analysis of the seismic damage applied to a real case study
The analysis of damage in cities after an earthquake to implement mitigation strategies of seismic risk is a complex job that is usually full of uncertainties. Numerous variables affect ...
2019
New strategies to improve co-management in enclosed coastal seas and wetlands subjected to complex environments: Socio-economic analysis applied to an international recovery success case study after an environmental crisis
Enclosed coastal seas and wetlands are areas of high ecological value with singular fauna and flora, but several cases of environmental catastrophes in recent decades can easily be ...
2019
The Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) of the Mar Menor as a model for the future in the comprehensive management of enclosed coastal seas
The Mar Menor, a coastal lagoon in south-eastern Spain of high environmental value and protected by the Natura 2000 network, suffered an intense phenomenon of ...
2018
Retro-diagnosis methodology for land consumption analysis towards sustainable future scenarios: Application to a mediterranean coastal area
Land consumption is a good indicator to directly diagnose present and future imbalances in territories, and indirectly, possible issues associated to the management ...
2018
Urban transformations as an indicator of unsustainability in the P2P mass tourism phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through three case studies
Globalization and the development of the so-called “collaborative economies” has coincided with an important transformation of mass tourism in the last decades ...
2018
Estimation of the buildings seismic vulnerability: A methodological proposal for planning ante-earthquake scenarios in urban areas
In spite of the enhancements related to building construction, many regions still present a major level of seismic risk as a consequence of the high vulnerability ...
2018
Predictive diagnosis of agricultural periurban areas based on territorial indicators: Comparative landscape trends of the so-called "Orchard Of Europe"
The Mediterranean southeastern area of Spain has traditionally been known as the “Orchard of Europe”. This configuration, which is based fundamentally on ...
2018
GIS assessment of mass tourism anthropization in sensitive coastal environments: Application to a case study in the Mar Menor Area
On the Mediterranean coast, the tourism activity which has developed since the 1950s has become a mass tourism industry in recent decades, cohabitating with natural spaces ...
2018
Urban transformations as indicators of economic change in post-communist Eastern Europe: Territorial diagnosis through five case studies
The fall of the communist regimes in the Eastern European countries supposed a drastic transformation in their economic systems that has been reflected ...
2018
Advances in seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings applied to the experience of Lorca (Spain) 2011 earthquake
Despite the technical advances in seismic structural design, many regions still present a high level of seismic risk, principally due to the high vulnerability of their buildings ...
2018
Diagnosis of complex coastal ecological systems: Environmental GIS analysis of a highly stressed Mediterranean lagoon through spatiotemporal indicators
This article explores the need for implementing spatiotemporal criteria in environmental planning of special protected areas, applying the analysis of reaction ...
2017
Proposal for new values of behaviour modifiers for seismic vulnerability evaluation of reinforced concrete buildings applied to Lorca (Spain) using damage data from the 2011 earthquake
This paper proposes a modification of the empirical method for seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings in urban areas. In the RISK-UE LM1 framework ...
2017
Integrated management in coastal lagoons of highly complexity environments: Resilience comparative analysis for three case-studies
Enclosed coastal seas are usually high environmental value territories that are located, in many cases, in developed countries often subjected to a large catalog of anthropic ...
2017
Rapid development as a factor of imbalance in urban growth of cities in Latin America: A perspective based on territorial indicators
One of the main factors of imbalance in the urban development of cities is undoubtedly their growth rate. In this sense, one of the main characteristics of rural-urban ...
2016
Geographic Information System (GIS) Analysis of Impacts in the Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) of a Mediterranean Resort
Tourism in Spain has evolved from being a residual sector in the economy during the 1950s to become at present the main source of wealth in the country. The Spanish Law of ...
2016
La Manga case study: Consequences from short-term urban planning in a tourism mass destiny of the Spanish Mediterranean coast
Urban planning is a lengthy and settled process, the results of which usually emerge after several years or even decades. That is why it is necessary for a ...
2015
New Strategies to Improve Governance in Territorial Management: Evolving from "smart Cities" to "smart Territories"
The economic, urban and social development of the territory that makes up the European Mediterranean area is based on many variables of very different fields ...
2015
New analysis and diagnostic tools for improving Governance in Urban planning and land management
The Spanish Region of Murcia was one of the several European regions, departments and provinces located in the Mediterranean area to participate ...
2015
Gis analysis of the consequences of short-Term urban planning in a mass tourism destination in Spain
Urban planning is a lengthy and settled process, the results of which usually emerge after several years or even decades. Therefore, for a proper urban design of cities ...
2015
Retrospective analysis of urban development in the Spanish Mediterranean coast
Spain’s economic development is strongly influenced by an important urban growth on the coast for the past 50 years. This fact is associated with economic cycles and especially with ...
2014
La acreditación y promoción del profesorado en la universidad española: situación, tendencias y perspectivas de futuro.
Los importantes cambios legislativos realizados por la Ley de Ordenación Universitaria desde 2001 han modificado severamente las pautas de acreditación ...
2014
The feedback between a tourism model and urban planning in La Manga, a mass tourist destination on the Spanish coast
The urbanization process that shapes the current Mediterranean coast started in Spain with mass tourism, encouraged by the National Law of Tourist Interest Areas in 1963 ...
2014
Causas y fundamentos de la asimetría territorial costera en el desarrollo litoral de la Región de Murcia
El perímetro costero de la Región de Murcia presenta una configuración territorial singular dentro de la fachada mediterránea, siendo éste actualmente el menos ...
2014
THE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN URBAN PLANNING: CASE LA MANGA
The urbanization process that shapes the present Mediterranean coast started with the mass tourism that encouraged the Centres and Areas of National Tourist Interest ...
2014
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF LAND TRANSFORMATION IN THE COASTAL PERIMETER OF THE MAR MENOR LAGOON (SPAIN)
The Mar Menor, a coastal lagoon located in the southeast of Spain, is one of the largest lagoons on the Mediterranean coastline. This singular area ...
2014
The new sismimur plan: Seismic urban planning in the region of Murcia (Spain) after the earthquake of May 11, 2011
The Lorca earthquake of May 11, 2011 was a traumatic yet very instructive experience for the Region of Murcia. Despite its limited scale of only 5.1 M w , the earthquake ...
2014
Actions, diagnosis and territorial management of the disaster in the city of Lorca after the earthquake of May 11, 2011
The Lorca earthquake of May 11, 2011 was the first earthquake with deaths in Spain in the past 40 years. Management of the process and the mechanisms for damage ...
2014
Impact analysis of urban structure and the economic sustainability of public transport in the city of Murcia (Spain)
One of the fundamentals of an efficient public transport system is economic sustainability. The poorly structured growth of cities sometimes leads to the difficulty ...
2014
Urban water infrastructure planning of regeneration works in the city of Lorca after the earthquake of 2011 and floods of 2012
The earthquakes of May 11, 2011 and the floods of September 28, 2012 in the city of Lorca caused most damage to the buildings and urban water infrastructure ...
2014
The economic sustainability in urban planning: The case of La Manga
The urbanization process that shapes the present Mediterranean coast started with the mass tourism that encouraged the Centres and Areas of National Tourist Interest ...
2013
The urban metamorphosis of La Manga and the "mediterraneanisation" process of the Mar Menor (Spain)
La Manga del Mar Menor is an ancient dune line located in the Murcia Region (Spain). This area had an accelerated urbanization process starting in the 1960s ...
2013
LA EVOLUCIÓN URBANA DE LA CIUDAD DE MURCIA EN RELACION CON EL RIO SEGURA
Murcia in southeast Spain is plagued by extreme drought periods alternating with extraordinary rainfall, which over time and in view of the severity of regular flash flooding ...
2012
PHD THESES
Analysis of the urban planning model of the Region of Murcia from the perspective of urban vulnerability to flooding: a retrospective view of municipal planning
2024
Challenges of spatial planning in the Mediterranean arc: a retrospective evaluation based on GIS analysis of spatial planning instruments in the Region of Murcia
2023
Coastal resilience potential as a coefficient of the coastal erosion risk assessment, and the management of risk areas via nature-based solutions
2021
Avances metodológicos en la evaluación de la vulnerabilidad sísmica en la trama urbana
2017
En los procesos de urbanización del litoral mediterráneo español, caso La Manga
2013
TEACHING BOOKS
Urbanismo y Ordenación del Territorio: problemas resueltos, propuestos y exámenes de casos reales
2019
La Actuación de Interés Regional (AIR): la política urbanística en el contexto de las inversiones estratégicas
2015
La evaluación ambiental estratégica en el planeamiento urbanístico y los proyectos de ingeniería
2015
Manual de urbanismo y Ordenación del Territorio
2014
Cuadernos de Planificación y Gestión Territorial vol. 2 - Manual para la integración urbana de las infraestructuras ferroviarias: caso Cartagena
2014
Catálogo de buenas prácticas para la mejora del paisaje en las áreas periurbanas de las huertas de Pliego y Mula
2014
Manual de diseño del Plan General - Taller de Planificación y Gestión Territorial
2014
Cuadernos de Planificación y Gestión Territorial vol.1 - Propuestas de integración de la Ronda Oeste en la ciudad de Murcia
2013
Awards
Outstanding Contribution Award in Reviewing - Journal of Habitat International
2020
Premio MDPI Top Reviewer Award 2019
2019
Premio Web of Science 1% World Top Reviewer 2019 - Environmental & Ecology Section
2019
Premio Web of Science 1% World Top Reviewer 2019 - Cross-Field Section
2019
Premio Especial a la Divulgación 2ª Edición "Premios de Obra Civil" de la Región de Murcia
2019
Premio a la mejor realización en la categoría “Transporte y Movilidad” en la 2ª de los Premios de Obra Civil de la Región de Murcia
2019
Outstanding Contribution Award in Reviewing - Journal of Cities
2018
Outstanding Contribution Award in Reviewing - Journal of Geoforum
2018
Outstanding Contribution Award in Reviewing - Journal of Ecological Indicators
2018
Outstanding Contribution Award in Reviewing - Journal of Cleaner Production
2017
Location
Contact details
Department of Civil Engineering
Technical University of Cartagena
Av. Alfonso XIII, 50 30203 Cartagena (Spain)
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