Antonio Pérez Díaz

Afección de las autovías a su entorno rural: Extremadura

The relationship between land transport, and more specifically road transport via high capacity roads or highways, has been extensively studied from the urban perspective, since such routes are structured as a network connecting large urban centres, although inevitably they run through rural territory, as is the case of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura. The question arises of what happens to rural villages located next to these transport corridors which were designed without taking them into consideration. A study has therefore been undertaken as to how a number of clearly rural parameters may be affected according to their proximity to a highway. The results indicate different behaviours of rural areas associated with their degree of accessibility to a network of highways.