La invasión urbanística en el término municipal de Castalla (Alicante): el descontrol del poblamiento diseminado ilegal

Abstract

Construction became a prominent economic activity in Spain during the property bubble years, but especially in the areas of tourism development on the Mediterranean coast. In this context, and taking advantage of the boom of the residential tourism in the pre-coastal areas still outside the overcrowding of the beach-front, the town of Castalla (Alicante, Spain) was immersed in a construction development mainly driven by municipal corporations, and of which three aspects stand out: the construction of a large housing development, the extension of the nucleus of Castalla in several developable areas, and the accentuation of a phenomenon rooted from long ago as it is the scattered settlement. The overtones of illegalities and the suspicions of corruption aren't apart from this process that once the bubble burst, shows the scars of a dismal urban planning in a territory that now shows enormous difficulties facing the management.