Land and commercial guidance. Land heritage safeguard in the Autonomous Communities of Spain

Abstract

Services and commerce, especially retail activities (properly Shopping Centres, SC), are being in part responsible of urban/land transformations, taking part of the communication, environment and economic systems, which belong and interact with land planning. Actually, they have got into an accelerated rhythm and changes are bringing unexpected effects cause the urban spreading and a deep reflection on law, urban/land planning, city model, ... would be appropriate. In Spain it depends on autonomy administrations, first authorities in sectorial politics as retail activities norms and planning.