The historic quarter of Orihuela (Alicante): from heritage to urban revenue
The town of Orihuela has a wealth of architectural and urban heritage, heir to the Ancien Régime, which has been strongly affected by the urban renewal promoted by the first general urban organisation plans. Prior to 1994 there was no special plan in place, but nonetheless it became subject to the p...
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| description | The town of Orihuela has a wealth of architectural and urban heritage, heir to the Ancien Régime, which has been strongly affected by the urban renewal promoted by the first general urban organisation plans. Prior to 1994 there was no special plan in place, but nonetheless it became subject to the practice of project-based urban planning. Hence, the strategies developed with regard to the historic quarter have been geared towards the generation of urban revenues. The proposals are of selective rehabilitation together with massive renovation, supported by public investments in facilities to create new centralities. The latter favour aristocratic and traditionalist recovery, based on a highly biased conception of historical landscapes. The hypothesis that the recovery of the historical town centre is oriented more towards the real estate business than towards rehabilitating a social space is maintained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77a09ce4a7a641a393f3a8e6b2baf86f2022-12-21T20:33:22ZengAsociación Española de GeografíaBoletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles0212-94262605-33222018-03-0107618321710.21138/bage.25202377The historic quarter of Orihuela (Alicante): from heritage to urban revenueGabino Ponce Herrero0Departamento de Geografía Humana Universidad de Alicante (España)The town of Orihuela has a wealth of architectural and urban heritage, heir to the Ancien Régime, which has been strongly affected by the urban renewal promoted by the first general urban organisation plans. Prior to 1994 there was no special plan in place, but nonetheless it became subject to the practice of project-based urban planning. Hence, the strategies developed with regard to the historic quarter have been geared towards the generation of urban revenues. The proposals are of selective rehabilitation together with massive renovation, supported by public investments in facilities to create new centralities. The latter favour aristocratic and traditionalist recovery, based on a highly biased conception of historical landscapes. The hypothesis that the recovery of the historical town centre is oriented more towards the real estate business than towards rehabilitating a social space is maintained.https://www.age-geografia.es/ojs/index.php/bage/article/view/2568 |
| spellingShingle | Gabino Ponce Herrero The historic quarter of Orihuela (Alicante): from heritage to urban revenue Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles |
| title | The historic quarter of Orihuela (Alicante): from heritage to urban revenue |
| title_full | The historic quarter of Orihuela (Alicante): from heritage to urban revenue |
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| title_short | The historic quarter of Orihuela (Alicante): from heritage to urban revenue |
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