Sistemas de indicadores de sostenibilidad y desarrollo turísticoaplicación a la comarca del Bajo Segura (Alicante)

Resumen

Due to the massive arrival of residents and tourists in search of sun, beaches and mild winters, the coastal part of the Vega Baja region, also known as Bajo Segura, has experienced a deep transformation of its economy, demography and landscape between 1960 and the present day. The statistical confirmation of this process can be found in the value of any of the indicators used: participation in the gross domestic product (GDP), employment generated, available household income (AHI), population growth and high concentration degree. The new economic orientation involved increasing the availability of water resources to guarantee the revaluation of the territory. The construction of the Tajo-Segura transfer, based on the objective of achieving higher agricultural productivity, is the infrastructure that makes it also possible to ensure the growing urban supply. Infrastructure concentration, water consumption, reservoir capacity, efficiency in the distribution network, volume of water treated and its new uses in the coastal spaces improve territorial competitiveness and isolate this region as a privileged area within the general context of imbalances regarding economic growth and urban-tourist development sustainability.