Spatial planning and territorial transition
Land use planning provides a foundation for the management and revitalisation of rural areas, enabling them to tackle today’s major demographic, economic and environmental challenges. Our research focuses on land use planning from a rural perspective, based on an analysis of the specific characteristics, potential and requirements of these areas, and adopting a holistic and integrated approach.
With this objective in mind, our research areas cover a range of topics:
- Spatial planning of agroforestry uses based on the physical, socio-economic and environmental land suitability. Analysis and modelling of the spatiotemporal evolution of land use for territorial diagnosis.
- The analysis and planning of rural population settlements, including infrastructure, services and facilities.
- The characterisation, assessment and planning of the landscape.
- The development of planning support systems based on geospatial information technologies and spatial simulation and optimisation models.
- The design and implementation of public participation and citizen science systems aimed at achieving more democratic and inclusive spatial planning processes.

| Type | Year | Lines | Title and Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publication | 2020 | Spatial planning | Plan Xeral de Ordenación Municipal de Guitiriz 👤 Alberte González Rodríguez, Juan Mario Crecente Maseda, Rosa Magadalena Fernández, Jorge Bernardo Gómez Cereijo, Eduardo Rego Ramil, Ana Crecente Maseda, Jorge Salvador Fernández, Manuel José López Guitar, Rafael Crecente Maseda, David Miranda Barrós, Lucía Trancón Loureiro, Nieves Pérez Rodríguez, Jaime Caldeiro Pérez, Carlos Díaz Redondo, Pablo Díaz Redondo, Pablo Ramil Rego, Inés Santé Riveira, Javier López González, Marcos Boullón Magán, Prof. Dr. Juan Piñeiro Chousa, Ada María Pérez Pico |
| Congress | 2019 | Spatial planning | Planificación municipal en España. Estado actual y comportamiento regulador de los gobiernos locales 👤 José María Tubío Sánchez, Eduardo Corbelle Rico |
| Congress | 2019 | Spatial planningGreen infrastructure | La infraestructura verde de Galicia |
| Publication | 2018 | Spatial planning | Mercados de suelo informal en las fronteras urbano-rurales El caso de Loja 👤 Verónica Muñoz Sotomayor, José María Tubío Sánchez, Verónica Morales-Ramos |
| Congress | 2018 | Spatial planning | Fusiones de municipios en Europa Occidental: La excepción latina |