Manuel Borobio gave the lecture "Coastal planning and new landscape strategy"

Submitted by laborate on Sun, 25/12/2011 - 17:21 GMT.

Last December 20th Manuel Borobio, head of the Department of Sustainability and Landscape of the Xunta de Galicia, gave the lecture "Coastal planning and new landscape strategy", which is also part of the Master in Sustainable Land Planning (MTT) organized by the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC).

In his speech Mr. Borobio explained the process of drafting the Coastal Planning Management (POL: Plan de Ordenación del Litoral) document and the used methodology, particularly the criteria used to define the Galician coastal area. The landscape, geological and geomorphological components, as well as coastal biotic processes were key elements in this definition. He also noted that the aim of the POL was integrating nature (biotics) with the human (anthropogenic), that is, trying to make that uses and human activities were in equilibrium.

Finally, he made an initial evaluation of the POL, after a year in force, indicating how their 10 determinations influenced municipal planning and sectoral policies such as aquaculture. The lecture ended with a discussion with students of the master, where they debated on the planning in Galicia, the role of the coming Land Planning Institute and the new landscape strategy for Galicia as an extension of the methodology used by the POL.

related links:

  • USC newspaper: "O director xeral de Sostibilidade e Paisaxe explicou na EPS o proceso de redacción do Plan do Litoral"
  • Xunta de Galicia press release: "O Instituto de Estudos do Territorio nacerá en 2012 como unha ferramenta ..."
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