Abstract

CORDOBA-HERNANDEZ, Rafael. Ecosystem approach to the capacity of the territory. The case of macrocomplex Eurovegas, Spain. Bitácora Urbano Territorial [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.2, pp.51-58. ISSN 0124-7913.  https://doi.org/10.15446/bitacora.v2n25.52017.

The recent spanish economic and social crisis, the fall of the housing market and the tourism boom are causing the resurgence of singular proyects. They are usually controlled by the leisure or second home markets. In this context, the project of building a gaming and entertainment complex similar to Las Vegas, but at a smaller scale, grew in a village close to spanish the capital. Political and economic reasons arising from the job creation potential of the project, put aside the evaluation of the territorial impact. The lack of information on the negotiations made the few quantifiable data of the complex were appearing in the national press in a partial and incomplete way. With them, through a comparison with official consumption data of other projects, we tried to make an estimate of the impact to the ecosystem. This analysis considers how, with the help of some high level numbers based on different ecosystem factors, we are able to make a first estimate of the adequacy of a project and what might be the effects on the territory sustainability point of view.

Keywords : Capacity of the ecosystem; territorial impact; Eurovegas; macroproject.

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