abstract: 'The coast and the pre-littoral zone of Bajo Segura region (Alicante) is

  a geographical area suffering from a natural scarcity of water

  resources. However, since 1960 until today, water consumption has

  increased due to a profound economic, demographic and landscape

  transformation. Statistical confirmation of this change is verified by

  the value reached by the use-indicators: participation in the gross

  domestic product, employment generated, disposable household income,

  population growth and concentration. The new economic trend has

  increased the allocation of water resources to ensure the enhancement of

  the territory. The water infrastructure of Tajo-Segura is that which

  ensures urban supply and production of the irrigated area. Overcoming

  water shortages involves converting the risk or bottlenecks into a great

  productive opportunity embodied in a growing urban/tourist impact, which

  reduces the irrigated area by competing for water. This dynamic

  urban-residential process of expansion penetrates from the coast to the

  inland municipalities because of the increased availability of cheap

  land and urban planning flexibility. As the prosperity of this area of

  Alicante will always be linked to solving the problem of water, water

  conflicts need to be resolved in order to avoid increased competition

  with other uses of the land. For this reason, the aim of this work is to

  understand and study the current status of the territorial model as well

  as to offer a diagnosis of the deficits, advantages and potential for

  better management of land and water without affecting the environment.'
affiliation: 'Sanchez, CJ (Corresponding Author), Univ Alicante, Inst Geog, Alicante,
  Spain.

  Juarez Sanchez R, C.; Hernandez Hernandez, M.; Rico Amoros, A. M., Univ Alicante,
  Inst Geog, Alicante, Spain.'
author: Juarez Sanchez R, C. and Hernandez Hernandez, M. and Rico Amoros, A. M.
author_list:
- family: Juarez Sanchez R
  given: C.
- family: Hernandez Hernandez
  given: M.
- family: Rico Amoros
  given: A. M.
booktitle: 'SUSTAINABLE CITY VI: URBAN REGENERATION AND SUSTAINABILITY'
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.2495/SC100341
editor: Brebbia, CA and Hernandez, S and Tiezzi, E
files: []
isbn: 978-1-84564-432-1
issn: 1743-3541
keywords: 'tourist and residential development; water resources; comparative

  advantages; sustainability; water indicators; adaptive and integral

  management'
language: English
note: 'Sustainable City 2010: 6th International Conference on Urban

  Regeneration and Sustainability, A Coruna, SPAIN, APR 14-16, 2010'
number-of-cited-references: '6'
orcid-numbers: Hernández, María Hernández/0000-0002-8823-0083
pages: 393+
papis_id: f5cfaf3212c072a8b085055448b21fae
ref: Juarezsanchezr2010guaranteewater
researcherid-numbers: Hernández, María Hernández/H-2198-2015
series: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
times-cited: '2'
title: Guarantee of water availability and change in land use in the southern coastal
  area of the community of Valencia (Spain)
type: Proceedings Paper
unique-id: WOS:000289269700034
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '129'
web-of-science-categories: Engineering, Environmental; Regional \& Urban Planning;
  Urban Studies
year: '2010'