Governance and Territory - Case of the Jaizkibel's Corridor: An Approach to a Proposal for Urban, Economic and Social Regeneration

World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering-Architecture-Urban Planning Symposium - WMCAUS

土木建筑工程

Izkeaga, Jose Ramon^1

University of the Basque Country, Onate plaza 2, Donostia

20018, Spain^1

关键词: Different services;    Donostia-San Sebastian;    Geographical locations;    Iberian Peninsula;    Individual interests;    Integrated systems;    Modern infrastructure;    Transportation needs;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/245/5/052068/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/245/5/052068

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The Bay of Biscay is located in the heart of district known as Donostialdea (San Sebastian). Together with the towns of Donostia-San Sebastian, Lezo, Errenteria and Oiartzun, it makes up the so-called Oarsoaldea region, a supramunicipal area of common interest. A urban continuum peculiar to the region, than may be better understood as an area of shared territorially with several elements in common and as a community where individual interests intersect with common interests. The importance of the geographical location of this region is more than notable. It is on the Bay of Biscay right where Spain curves northward to meet France; it is the only natural point of passage on the west end of the Pyrenees Mountains, with La Junquera in Catalonia at the east end, thus communicating the Iberian Peninsula with the rest of Europe. This is the strategic point for each and every known means of transport. The rail system consists of three different types of track gauge; the road network includes major motorways and the national road system; the airports at Hondarribia and Biarritz and the natural port of Pasaia complements this transportation node. All of this takes place in a small space, a natural corridor at the foot of Mount Jaizkibel. What was once considered modern infrastructures sufficient to meet transportation needs is today absolutely insufficient, obsolete and in operative. A set of partial solutions lacking an overall vision cannot be considered an integrated system. Therein lies the origin of the problem. Here is the diagnosis: The Port of Pasaia is obsolete. Pressure is felt from urban growth in the surrounding cities and from the restrictions of the Hondarribia airport. The roads are completely saturated and traffic continues to increase. The railway service is inefficient owing to three different types of track gauge. And each of these infrastructures is subject to its own restrictions and management. This forces us to think about the current state of these services and to come up with a new way of organizing this "infrastructures complex" that can efficiently solve the problems of mobility, based on the different services complementing each other. The system must be understood as a "whole", a system made up of individual parts which are effective in their relationship with the rest of the parts, a single way of understanding and dealing with the problem. The complexity involved in managing this situation and in developing common interest's calls for the creation of a powerful and competent administrator and management entity. Governance is a fundamental 'factor' in achieving the objectives put forward by the community through its managers, as a goal for the transformation, improvement and development of the conditions in its territory and of its inhabitants. The 'social' character that any type of initiative means in this area takes on an unusual dimension due to the effect it reaches on this territorial scale. Hence, the importance of a territory-wide vision regarding local positions, and the need for an appropriate instrument.