El horizonte de crecimiento posible según los planes urbanísticos y territoriales de las islas Baleares (España)

Abstract

This study analyses the degree of influence which urban planning and land use plans have had in the Balearic Islands, against a background of a growing number of residents and tourists. To do so, we analysed what is known as territorial urban load capacity according to the municipal urban plans. The main conclusion that is reached is that the limits established are far higher than the effective demand for growth in the short and medium terms. Secondly, we study the Land Use Directives of 1999 and their development through the Island Land Use Plans approved in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively, to evaluate whether land use development plans are modulating growth. We concluded that they also did not slow the quantitative growth in the number of resident and tourist beds in the archipelago. Economic policy, not land use or urban planning policies, has shaped the sustained process of growth