The imbalances between the political-administrative organization and the territorial realities: The functional articulation of the Tiétar Abulense Valley

Abstract

The municipality is a historical administrative entity, which has many difficulties to be an efficient unit in the current government of the Spanish territory, however, by the "enshrinement" of the municipal and provincial map, it is proving very difficult to outline entities of intermediate scale, counties or areas Functional, that respond to the problems and the existing social demands, being evident, in the case of Castilla y Leon, the necessity to review in depth the model of organization and management of the rural territory. This report is focused in the valley of Tiétar (Ávila province), after to introduce the administrative political organization of the region, the characteristics of the settlement are analysed, the explosive growth of the park built by the excessive prominence of the secondary residence and the typological and morphological changes of the settlements (traditional centres, expansions, urbanizations and disseminations), to conclude explaining the functional articulation and identifying the governing centres of the territory.