Diachronic aspects of land planning of the Alberche river basin

Abstract

The planning scope of this study is a section of the edge of the metropolitan area southwest of Madrid, comprising the townships of Alamo, Navalcarnero, Villamanta and Sevilla la Nueva, which falls in the region of the Rio Alberche. The characteristics of the natural environment, the peculiar morphology of population settlements, together with the unique organization and economic dynamics, increased immigration in recent times and the seasonal residence, has resulted in a pattern of relationships and flows that interrelate to municipalities each other and manifested in population movements daily for work and labor, and important phenomena of outsourcing, which gives the most singular and main feature, along with the role of backbone of the region of Alberche river basin. Through the case study, questioning the methodology, we approach the study and research issues related to municipalities that are enrolled in spaces within the forms of protection (Regional Park of the middle river Guadarrama) and others not. All in all, after the previous analysis, we analyze the problem.