Urban public space has become one of the main infrastructures for informal sports in cities. However, despite the high impact of that practice, local records only show the sports activity at the urban spaces specifically designed and regulated for that purpose. More information about where this practice arises and what attributes of urban space promote it would allow the adoption of specific measures in urban and sports policies. This paper proposes a methodology mainly based on the mapping of this informal sport activity and urban places where it appears by local communities and sportspeople. These collaborative maps are supported by the use of geographical information system (GIS) technologies and surveys on local communities. The research establishes a double objective of identifying urban spaces where citizens perform outdoor sports and deepen the knowledge of the physical attributes of public spaces that promote sports and local demands related to public space requirements. This methodology has been tested in the city of Malaga, the European City of Sport 2020, as a reference of a city with a growing outdoors’ sport activity. The main contribution is focused on the use of new tools that offer subjective information: opinions and habits of citizens in relation to sport urban practice. This information—which is difficult to obtain through other resources—should be considered for the design of urban and sports policies according to citizens’ demands.
Clustering of tourism-related activities leads to tourism gentrification because of urban tourism. This study proposes a methodology for identifying pattern of tourism intensification in cities. The main objectives were to conduct an in-depth measurement of tourism intensification and to consider the conflict of interest between stakeholders involved. The proposed indicator system is based on several variables measured by neighbourhoods as territorial units: citizen initiatives, population and tourist accommodations and facilities. All indicators were tested in two Spanish port cities: Malaga and Valencia. Geographic Information System mapping showed common patterns in both cities, such as tertiary use concentrated in the old town, new tourist offers around it, and emerging clusters far away. Statistical analysis showed a high spatial correlation between neighbourhoods with several citizen initiatives and a wide range of Airbnb listings or cultural facilities. The spatial analysis and correlations between tourism intensification indicators may serve as a basis for local administrations to propose an urban policy that deals with overtourism in the short and medium terms. This work serves as a basis for new research on urban tourism: redefinition and addition of variables, as well as further development of comparative case studies or field studies that check the datasets.
In recent years the urban public space has become the largest casual sports infrastructure in cities and suburbs. WHO establishes a direct relationship between the Active Healthy City, social cohesion of communities and public space. This approach provides a framework for research and work on the design of the city and urban space as support for this sport practice. Moreover, new technologies provide an opportunity to promote the sport in the city.“Malaga Activa” digital platform project is an initiative that wants to promote the informal sport practice on the urban public space (outside the regulated sports facilities) and healthy living in the neighborhoods of the city of Malaga. This paper presents the results of the first phase of the project identifying the active sport areas in the public space -those in which physical and casual sport activities take place-. It also includes a methodology for the analisys and promotion of public space as an activator of phsycal activity, which includes a performance test of the created digital platform, as well as an assessment of the experience and possible improvements to be incorporated in the successive phases of the project.
Tourist demands and the ensuing commodification of habitability in cities have led to the emergence of resistance movements. This study aims to define patterns in touristified cities by measuring the presence of citizen initiatives, together with tourism intensification and related socio-demographic variables. All the indicators have been tested in the Mediterranean port cities of Barcelona and Malaga as they lead the cultural offer. Both municipalities have been analysed at census-section level and show a common urban pattern: the Airbnb offer has spread out in the old town in direct competition with traditional accommodation and replacing long-term rentals. Statistical analysis reveals a significant correlation among citizen initiatives with tourism services, which are the driver mechanisms behind the movements. Cluster maps show a clear centre-periphery pattern according to the tourism intensification set with high coefficient values for tourist accommodation. Bivariate spatial autocorrelation indicates that protest movements emerge in tourism specialisation areas with a high concentration of tourist facilities. Monitoring the proposed indicator system over time may serve as a basis for local administrations to promote new urban policies dealing with overtourism. Future research may redefine and include new variables, test other tourist destinations and consider a smaller non-administrative territorial unit of analysis.
Uno de los retos a los que se enfrentan muchos jóvenes al terminar sus estudios de formación secundaria o ciclos formativos es la elección de una carrera universitaria. La elevada tasa de abandono de los estudios universitarios en España, especialmente en los primeros cursos académicos, es el reflejo de elecciones inadecuadas y desajustes entre las expectativas creadas y la realidad con que se encuentra el alumnado. Según datos del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, el abandono de los estudios afecta a casi un 20% del total de los estudiantes (curso académico 2013-2014) lo que revela la necesidad de atender esta situación, buscando soluciones y nuevas medidas preventivas. Son muchas las investigaciones que han analizado las causas de dicho abandono universitario tratando de establecer unas medidas de prevención que sean eficaces. Muchos de estos estudios coinciden en la importancia del papel de la propia universidad en la preparación de la inserción de estudiantes de bachillerato o ciclos formativos. Esta investigación tiene como objetivo prioritario profundizar en la colaboración entre centros de educación secundaria y universitarios, incidiendo en nuevos modelos colaborativos de innovación y creatividad en la etapa previa a la entrada en la universidad. La aportación más importante se traduce en mostrar una experiencia de talleres prácticos e interactivos entre alumnado de altas capacidades de centros escolares y alumnado y profesorado de la titulación de Arquitectura. Los objetivos de los talleres son introducir al estudiante en el campo de conocimiento de la Arquitectura, explicar la importancia de los estudios en la sociedad actual y despertar vocaciones entre otros. Para ello, se ha llevado a cabo una metodología basada en talleres interactivos que fomentan el trabajo en equipo y la creatividad del alumnado. Los resultados de la experiencia han sido satisfactorios, tanto la valoración de la encuesta realizada a los participantes como la valoración de los propios mentores del programa. Las conclusiones subrayan la importancia del cambio de modelo en la formación pre-universitaria: desde las actuales sesiones informativas, donde el alumnado es sujeto pasivo, hacia una formación en la que el alumnado se convierte en agente activo en el proceso de crear conocimiento.
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