Urbanismo y Medio Urbano bajo el signo del desarrollo sostenible

Abstract

The present study seeks to inform about the refoundation of the state framework for the policies of territory and urban planning under the sign of the principle of sustainable development and the orientation of the common european model of «compact city», that is, that one that was established by the agreed guidelines regarding urban area within the EU context. And it does it from the first step taken by Act 8/2007 of 28th May of Land and its consolidated text from 20th June of 2008 (by a crucial change of direction in the look to the urban world) to the recent full incorporation of that world to the core of the system of Act 8/2013 from 7th July inspired in the principle of sustainable urban development from the point of view not only of the restoration of the existing building park but also of the regeneration and renovation ¿where relevant integral by the incorporation of socio-economic facets¿ of the whole urban fabric (buildings and theis elements of urbanization) even including the objective of energetic efficiency. And not forgetting the intermediate evolution which the recovery, although not sufficient, of the city as the object of public policies first in the context of Act 2/2011 of 4 de March regarding sustainable economy and then the Royal-Decree Law of 8/2011 from July 7th.

Keywords

• energetic efficiency of the existing building park
• energetic efficiency
• restoration of buildings
• sustainable urban development
• urban regeneration and renovation