Spanish geography has registered significant changes in the last three decades that have affected teaching, research and social consideration of the discipline.
New educational programs (bachelor’s degrees, master’s and doctorates) have been launched within the framework of the reforms developed (LRU, Bologna Declaration) on university education that have guided training, in most Spanish geography departments, towards the applied aspect (spatial planning). The master’s studies have allowed a specialization of geographic studies in different topics (spatial planning, SIG, landscape analysis, the environment and sustainability, natural risks, economic changes, demographic processes). Doctoral works have also evolved from monographic theses with a classical structure towards memoirs compiled from research articles published in high-impact journals. In research, new lines of work have been developed in the heat of currents from the international sphere or have been promoted as their own themes animated from Spanish geography and that respond to demands for research or application of the discipline. The reports on Spanish geographic research developed within the Spanish Geography Association and the analysis of the content of publications and activities carried out by other geographical entities in our country (Royal Geographical Society, Catalan Society of Geography) provide an overview of the evolution of research in geography, which has become, in general terms, more collaborative (larger teams and multidisciplinary participation) and thematically more specialized. Finally, the discipline has gained in social consideration due to the development of applied work demanded by the administration or the company, the participation of geography in current social debates and its projection in the media. So that Spanish geography, in 2022, is a dynamic, modern discipline with international projection that works for a constant improvement of its participation in the educational system (non-university and university), of its consideration in state or regional research programs, and its prestige as a science of social utility.
An overview of the evolution of Spanish geography (1992-2022)
Jorge Olcina Cantos, Jesús Manuel González Pérez, Nieves López Estébanez
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On borders and boundaries in Spain: A state of the art
págs. 111-134
Peio Lozano Valencia, Cristina Díaz Sanz, Asier Lozano Fernández, Rakel Varela Ona, Guillermo Meaza Rodríguez
págs. 135-157
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Rural geography in Spain (1940-2020): from a strong French influence to agrowing thematic and methodological diversity
Rubén Camilo Lois González, Juan Ignacio Plaza Gutiérrez, José María Gómez Espín
págs. 177-201
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From the economic geography of crises to critical economic geography: contributions from Spain
págs. 223-242
The Geographical Dimension of Human Mobility: a Spanish Perspective
págs. 243-263
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Activating local and regional development in the Iberian borderlands
Juan Antonio Márquez Domínguez, José Manuel Jurado Almonte, Jesús Felicidades García
págs. 287-308
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