Morphology and Landscape Ecology in Agro-urban Peripheries: the orchards of Campanar and Rovella in Valencia

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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.20242310424

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urban morphology, landscape ecology, agro-urban peripheries, Valencia Orchard, territorial mosaic city

Abstract

The peri-urban spaces of Spanish cities have undergone substantial transformations in recent decades with respect to their initial natural or agrarian configuration. These spaces have a strategic location as transition zones between the city and the surrounding territory, so it is necessary to develop specific concepts and tools for their analysis and diagnosis, allowing to characterized them and identify their transformation patterns. In this article, some considerations are first made that lead us to propose the term "agro-urban peripheries" as the most appropriate to designate peri-urban spaces linked to agricultural uses. Next, we will explore some tools and concepts associated with landscape ecology, a discipline that relates the morphological parameters that define the physical structure of the landscape with its functioning and transformation as an ecosystem. Finally, we will verify the applicability of these tools and concepts to the analysis of the transformation processes of the Campanar and Rovella orchards in Valencia.

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Javier Pérez Igualada, Universitat Politècnica de València

Javier Pérez Igualada. PhD Architect from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Associated Professor and Director of the Department of Urbanism at the UPV. Author of the books Diseño urbano. Una aproximación desde la arquitectura (2023), Landscape project. Architecture, urbanism and ecology (2020), Landscape architecture. Form and matter (2016), Arquitectura para el transporte (2010), Compared architectures (2022), lementos del proyecto urbano, (2007) y Manzanas, bloques y casas. Formas construidas y formas del suelo en la ciudad contemporánea (2005). Ha publicado artículos en las revistas ACE Architecture, City and Environment, En Blanco, Estoa, Geometría, Urbanismo COAM, Mediterraneé, Cuadernos de Investigación Urbanística , EGA-Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica, and book chapters in Historias vividas (2017), Historia de la Ciudad VI (2010), VII (2015) and VIII (2019) and Renta Limitada (2008).

Ana María Portalés Mañanós, Universitat Politècnica de València

PhD in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, she is a Permanent Professor in the Department of Urbanism at UPV. In addition to her teaching work, she has worked as a management assistant to the Director at the School of Architecture os Valencia. She has benn Visiting Professor at various international universities such as L'Ecole d'Architecture et Paysage Bordeaux, the School of Art, Architecture and Design of Guadalajara and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her research focuses on 20th century architecture and urban planning in the Valencian Community, and more recently on public space and its habitability in Valencia, with special attention to neighbourhood parks and the morphology of peri-urban agricultural landscapes. She is a founding member of ISUF-H and a member of its Executive Council, and has been co-director of the VIII International ISUF-H Valencia 2024 Congress.

Rafael Temes-Cordovez, Universitat Politècnica de València

PhD in Architecture from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and Master's Degree in Urban Planning from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Associate Professor at the Department of Urbanism at the ETSA in Valencia. Academic director of the Master's Degree in "Geographic Information Systems applied to Land Use Planning, Urban Planning and Landscape" (UPV) and of the Specialization Diploma in "Urban Rehabilitation and Regeneration" (UPV-IVE-GV). Among his main lines of research are those focused on "Imperfect Landscapes" resulting from the real estate bubble and urban renewal processes in residential and tourist areas. He received the Sandalio Miguel-María Aparicio Research Award in its 16th edition in 2015 for the Project "R-alergo. “Allergy-healthy routes” and the 1st Prize in the Accessibility Competition of the Accessibility Laboratory of the Valencia City Council in its 2019 edition for the “Sense Barreres” Project.

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Published

2024-12-26

How to Cite

Pérez Igualada, J., Portalés Mañanós, A. M., & Temes-Cordovez, R. (2024). Morphology and Landscape Ecology in Agro-urban Peripheries: the orchards of Campanar and Rovella in Valencia. ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, (23), 100–113. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.20242310424

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