Over the last few decades, the coastline of the Valencian Community has undergone an extensive process of artificialisation that has substantially modified its environment. The importance of the coastal area has prompted the drafting of this study, the main objective of which is to quantify the artificialisation of the land during the period of the last real estate expansion (1997-2007). In order to correctly analyse the situation, previous data is available, as well as more current data, corresponding to the period of the real estate crisis (covering the period from 1987 to 2009). Structured in three chapters, the document contains the basic information on the study: objectives, basic characteristics of the coastal system and delimitation of the zones; the analysis of the data, and finally the implications that the observed model has for the territory.... [Leer más...]