The New Environmental Grounding Pro Sustainability Factors as to the Organizing and use of Territorial Ground Resources

Abstract

The New Spanish Law is here considered in its environmental and sustainability aspects. To do so in the
light of present circumstances, the author begins by attempting to contrast the concepts sustainability, sustainable
development and environment to then move on to an analysis of the contents of the Law under
consideration itself. From this he adduces the traditional emphasis upon the building up of territory has been
now set against another consideration, that emphasizes those areas that must be set aside as not available
for building if the territorial whole is to be held viable. The author would further add to this conclusion a
call for moving on from an administrative emphasis upon the efficient functioning of the urban fact to one
in which the entire territory be it of whatever nature it may, is to be held the central matter in question.
The Law is seen as offering a number of noteworthy contributions amongst which rural ground use is to be
once more considered residual, an attempt is to be made to slow down the humans-first consideration of ground
use by limiting urban growth, prior environmental impact curbs are to become obligatory to any project information
but above all its major contribution is here seen as its making it evermore more difficult to alter
the scheduled definition as to use or even in any way cut into such nature reserves covered by the provisions
of Red Natura 2000.