ESTUDIOS Y PUBLICACIONES CIENTÍFICAS

Política Territorial, Planificación Ambiental y de las Infraestructuras

Publicaciones e investigaciones científicas

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

tesis doctorales

Análisis del modelo urbanístico de la Región de Murcia desde la perspectiva de la vulnerabilidad urbana frente a la inundabilidad: una visión retrospectiva del planeamiento municipal

2024

Desafíos de la planificación territorial en el arco mediterráneo: una evaluación retrospectiva basada en el análisis SIG de los instrumentos de ordenación del territorio de la Región de 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

Libros docentes

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

Premios

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