Rubén Camilo Lois González
Biographic Data
| ID | 227242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rubén Camilo Lois González |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rubén Camilo Lois |
| FAMILY NAME | González |
| SIGNATURE | GONZÁLEZ R C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4717-1061 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Critical success factors for tourism routes: Insights from route characteristics
Tourism routes, understood as formal stakeholder networks connected through shared products and objectives, have become central to destination development and heritage valorisation. However, routes vary considerably in their products, organisational structures, territorial scope, memberships, and goals, raising questions about how these characteristics influence their success. This study examines how route characteristics shape critical success f…
Is there space for regional identities in a centralized unitary state? Northern Portugal as case study
As European regions gain importance in development planning, regional identities have become increasingly significant for territorial governance and legitimacy. In centralized unitary states, however, their formation and mobilization remain poorly understood. This study examines how regional identities are framed in Northern Portugal, a planning region in Portugal – one of the most centralized countries in the European Union. Through geo-historic…
The Pilgrimonics of Camino
This article examines the economic entanglements of the Camino de Santiago, a network of nominally Catholic walking pilgrimages that start in various parts of Europe and end in the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela, which is home to the shrine of St. James the Great. It focuses on the Camino Francés, which starts in the French Pyrenees and tracks across northern Spain to Santiago. The article explores the paradoxes inherent in the Camino, w…
Incomplete Cities: Critical Urban Geography and the Reimagining of City Planning
Everything reminded Kiku of the human body diagram that hung in the school science classroom [...]
Governance of Fisheries in the International Watercourses of Spain and Portugal: The River Minho Condominium
International watercourses relations are influenced by the political context and can serve as arenas for governance aimed at the sustainable management of water resources. On the border between Spain and Portugal, the first fishing agreements were formalised in the late 19th century, shortly after the signing of the treaty delimiting the political borders. This study focuses on the analysis of the role of these agreements in the international str…
Heritage and Elderly People. The Preservation of Historic Centres of Medium and Small Cities Towards Healthy Ageing, Galicia Spain
Understanding the Significance of Cultural Heritage in Society from Preschool: An Educational Practice with Student Teachers
To understand the significance that cultural heritage has today and, above all, the role of citizens in decision-making for its valorisation, transmission, and management, it is necessary to approach it from a very early age, specifically through childhood education. Hence, this action research study is proposed for 56 infant teachers in initial training at the University of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). This is a descriptive case study that aims to…
Le Covid-19 en Espagne. Les défis géopolitiques de la gouvernance d’un problème de santé
L’Espagne a été l’un des pays d’Europe les plus touchés par la pandémie. L’article expose les particularités de la décentralisation du système de santé entre les Communautés autonomes et montre comment la chronologie des vagues épidémiques et des décisions prises par les autorités pour y faire face a bousculé cette organisation si bien que l’appareil statistique a été dysfonctionnel au début de la crise. Le gouvernement devait gérer des contradic…
Liberalization and Governance in the Geographical Distribution of Pharmacies in Spain
The Health system in Spain is considered one of the most valued public services by the population. In fact, during the first decade of the 21st century, Spain became a health tourism destination for people from central and northern European countries. In addition to the health infrastructure, the quality of medical and nursing care stands out. Something similar also happens with the Spanish pharmaceutical system. However, there are some character…
Palimpsestos de mudança territorial. Realidades, conflitos e respostas na América Latina
O início do século XXI é marcado por debates conceituais, ambientais ou urbanos em Geografia, associados ao planejamento, financeirização, desenvolvimento, administração e gestão, em busca de respostas para problemas sociais e territoriais. A partir dessas óticas dominantes, seis artigos foram selecionados nesta edição que focam sua atenção em algumas expressões espaciais da globalização e neoliberalismo. São, sobretudo, manifestações nas quais a…
Who Is Interested in Developing the Way of Saint James? The Pilgrimage from Faith to Tourism
The Way of St. James in Spain is the main European pilgrimage route. Currently, it is a cultural, tourist, monumental, spiritual, and sports route. For this reason, the paper aims to discuss the concept of the "Polysemy of The Way", by analysing how the new pilgrims' motivations are creating an inclusive and complex space, which is making a shift from religious space to a multifaceted tourism reality. We study the characterisation and interaction…
Postindustrial Economy
The term “postindustrial economy” refers to the stage of recent history in which manufacturing and industrial activities have ceased to be hegemonic in the economic structure of a nation, region, or metropolitan area. The postindustrial economy is consolidated when the secondary sector of activity – that formed by works dedicated to the production of goods and objects – is replaced by the tertiary or service sector. Although it has a diversified …
Agora
In ancient Greek cities it was the central and elevated sector where temples and the more remarkable public spaces of the polis were concentrated. By extension, the agora also meant a place for public debate in the city. The agora was located in a prominent and visible place, so it served to establish the symbolic urban center, to define the most important place of decision‐making in the city. Although the agora appeared with temples and other pu…
Urban Justice
Urban justice indicates a set of policies and interventions in the city aimed at correcting the problems of social and spatial segregation and equal access to space. Urban justice expresses the general objective of correcting the imbalances that accompany the functioning of today's cities in any part of the world. Thus, in Latin America, Africa, or South Asia, it emerges as a constant demand for the eradication of poverty and exclusion, access to…
Deindustrialization
A generic expression used to refer to the loss of significant industrial activities in a city, deindustrialization is a classic phenomenon of European and North American cities, which had strong economic growth in the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth, as concentrations of many major factories in the booming industrial sectors throughout this period. However, in the last few decades the cities and regions of steel, chemical, shipb…
El debate actual sobre la(s) frontera(s) aplicado al caso ibérico: Elementos de des-fronterización y re-fronterización entre España y Portugal en el siglo XXI = The current debate on border(s) applied…
En las últimas décadas del siglo XX, los discursos sobre un mundo sin fronteras, donde las relaciones territoriales ya no son determinadas por los Estados, ganaron fuerza entre académicos y decisores políticos. Los proyectos de cooperación transnacional, como los que están en la base de la Unión Europea, parecían demostrar que las fronteras dejaban de significar discontinuidades económicas, políticas y sociales. Estos nuevos escenarios permitiero…
Liminality Wanted. Liminal landscapes and literary spaces: The Way of St. James
The term limen was introduced to anthropological studies following Van Gennep's theories (1960) about liminality. Among them, Victor and Edith Turner (1978) defined pilgrimage as a liminal experience, as it implies being between two existential levels that, through rituality, favours reflection. In this sense, the case of The Way of St. James (Spain) is an interesting field or research as it is loaded with contemporary meanings. Its landscapes as…
Urban ecological infrastructure: The importance of vegetation cover in the control of floods and landslides in Salvador / Bahia, Brazil
New models of urban governance in Spain during the post-crisis period: The fight against vulnerability on a local scale
Austerity policies and the bankruptcy of the welfare state in Spain since the crisis of 2008 have mobilized the population to demand new models of urban governance, an improvement of basic services (work, health, education and housing) and the right to the city in a context of democratic deepening. The emergence of new leftist parties, a result of the Indignados social movement, is perceived as an alternative to the economic and social consequenc…
Sustainability and visitor management in tourist historic cities: The case of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Tourism has a leading role in heritage cities and this implies a major challenge. The overall objective of this paper is to evaluate the performance of tourism planning and management with the view of achieving sustainable tourism in the historic center of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The study addresses topics collected during a long research process of more than 10 years, such as strategic tourism plans, the implementation of quality manageme…
Planificación, políticas territoriales y competencias de los gobernadores de los estados en la reciente dinámica del federalismo brasileño: El caso de Bahia
En este trabajo, se debate sobre la temática del federalismo abordado desde el punto de vista de la Geografía Política y la Geopolítica. Así, la intención del mismo es analizar el proceso de territorialización dirigido por el gobierno de cada unidad federativa (los estados brasileños), con el objetivo de legitimar su capacidad de acción autónoma dentro de la federación. Desde esta perspectiva, la cuestión central es: ¿de qué forma el gobierno de …
The voices of female pilgrims in medieval wills. The Jacobean devotion in Apulia (Italy)
The main topic of this study is to contribute to the study of female sacred mobility in the Middle Ages by proposing a new approach for the analysis of historical sources (wills and bequests), combining quantitative and qualitative methodology. We have set three aims: (1) Reinforcing the female presence within historical documents through their empirical analysis; (2) Reflecting upon female participation in the public sphere; (3) Investigating wo…
The Economic Crisis and Vulnerability in the Spanish Cities: Urban Governance Challenges
The consequences of the socio-urban economic crisis and so-called post-crisis policies (or austerity) are transforming daily life in Spanish cities. There are impoverishment processes, increased vulnerability and social segregation, which translates into a new spatial order. The first public responses to the crisis were dominated by the impulse of neoliberal policies, which aggravated the socio-urban inequalities. In response to this scenario, ce…
El proceso urbanizador en España (1990-2014): Una interpretación desde la geografía y la teoría de los circuitos de capital
Desde hace varias décadas, la Geografía ha manifestado un interés especial por el proceso de urbanización y el estudio de los sistemas urbanos creados por el mismo. De hecho, en España han sido numerosos los autores que insisten en que se ha generado una realidad metropolitana compleja, donde la ciudad clásica y sus periferias amplias definen las claves de la organización del espacio del país. Este proceso ha sido el resultado, en el fondo y en l…
From Sacred Place to Monumental Space: Mobility Along the Way to St. James
Human intervention and social practices have been pivotal for the creation of sacred spaces; indeed, the mobility of human beings has endowed spaces with meaning through religious cultural products. Progressive human intervention in holy places has turned them into monumental spaces, where cultural heritage has become a symbol of identity and the space has assumed the values of the culture that produced it. In this paper, we investigate the value…
Tourists and pilgrims on their way to Santiago. Motives, Caminos and final destinations
This article proposes a theoretical and analytical approach to modern pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela; a cultural and experiential tourism route for the twenty-first century, founded upon the recovery (idealized) of the medieval way and leading to a Christian sanctuary (where the remains of Apostle Saint James the Great are held). The success of this route is based on the fact that the new tourist mixes pilgrimage motivations (displacement f…
Cultural tourism and urban management in northwestern Spain: The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
The fast growth of cultural tourism in the last few years has dramatically altered the way the architectural heritage of Spanish cities is perceived and preserved. This change in outlook has affected both the local population and the political and economic authorities. The revival of an old medieval pilgrimage road – the Route to Santiago – in the 1990s has entailed the rise to cultural prominence of a number of northwestern Spanish cities and to…
Sustainability and visitor management in tourist historic cities: The case of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Tourism has a leading role in heritage cities and this implies a major challenge. The overall objective of this paper is to evaluate the performance of tourism planning and management with the view of achieving sustainable tourism in the historic center of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The study addresses topics collected during a long research process of more than 10 years, such as strategic tourism plans, the implementation of quality manageme…
From Sacred Place to Monumental Space: Mobility Along the Way to St. James
Human intervention and social practices have been pivotal for the creation of sacred spaces; indeed, the mobility of human beings has endowed spaces with meaning through religious cultural products. Progressive human intervention in holy places has turned them into monumental spaces, where cultural heritage has become a symbol of identity and the space has assumed the values of the culture that produced it. In this paper, we investigate the value…
Who Is Interested in Developing the Way of Saint James? The Pilgrimage from Faith to Tourism
The Way of St. James in Spain is the main European pilgrimage route. Currently, it is a cultural, tourist, monumental, spiritual, and sports route. For this reason, the paper aims to discuss the concept of the "Polysemy of The Way", by analysing how the new pilgrims' motivations are creating an inclusive and complex space, which is making a shift from religious space to a multifaceted tourism reality. We study the characterisation and interaction…
Urban ecological infrastructure: The importance of vegetation cover in the control of floods and landslides in Salvador / Bahia, Brazil
La frontera como motivo de atracción: Una breve mirada a las relaciones Galicia-Região Norte
Spain and Portugal’s entrance into the EEC in 1986 propelled their bilateral relations. This landmark event fostered contact among territorial collectivities on both sides of the Spanish-Portuguese border, which for the last decades had acted as an insurmountable barrier. In the context of a full integration in Europe, and due to the cooperation policies promoted within the communitarian frame, the meaning of the border varied from dislike and cl…
Liminality Wanted. Liminal landscapes and literary spaces: The Way of St. James
The term limen was introduced to anthropological studies following Van Gennep's theories (1960) about liminality. Among them, Victor and Edith Turner (1978) defined pilgrimage as a liminal experience, as it implies being between two existential levels that, through rituality, favours reflection. In this sense, the case of The Way of St. James (Spain) is an interesting field or research as it is loaded with contemporary meanings. Its landscapes as…
New models of urban governance in Spain during the post-crisis period: The fight against vulnerability on a local scale
Austerity policies and the bankruptcy of the welfare state in Spain since the crisis of 2008 have mobilized the population to demand new models of urban governance, an improvement of basic services (work, health, education and housing) and the right to the city in a context of democratic deepening. The emergence of new leftist parties, a result of the Indignados social movement, is perceived as an alternative to the economic and social consequenc…
Understanding the Significance of Cultural Heritage in Society from Preschool: An Educational Practice with Student Teachers
To understand the significance that cultural heritage has today and, above all, the role of citizens in decision-making for its valorisation, transmission, and management, it is necessary to approach it from a very early age, specifically through childhood education. Hence, this action research study is proposed for 56 infant teachers in initial training at the University of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). This is a descriptive case study that aims to…
Comentario. La visión de Galicia de Plácido Castro: La interrelación entre la (geo)política interna y la externa
Cultural tourism and urban management in northwestern Spain: The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
The fast growth of cultural tourism in the last few years has dramatically altered the way the architectural heritage of Spanish cities is perceived and preserved. This change in outlook has affected both the local population and the political and economic authorities. The revival of an old medieval pilgrimage road – the Route to Santiago – in the 1990s has entailed the rise to cultural prominence of a number of northwestern Spanish cities and to…
« Se loger dans le passé »: La récupération emblématique de l'Hostal des Rois Catholiques de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle en hôtel de luxe
La restauration des monuments joue un rôle clé. En effet, elle permet de ré-habiter des bâtiments historiques qui, du fait de leur évolution, de leurs dimensions, de leur conception dans l’espace ou de leur situation géographique, constituent une offre de services pour la communauté à laquelle ils appartiennent. Cette renaissance se traduit, dans l’Espagne du xx e siècle, par l’aménagement de certains bâtiments classés patrimoine historique en « …
La frontera como motivo de atracción: Una breve mirada a las relaciones Galicia-Região Norte
Spain and Portugal’s entrance into the EEC in 1986 propelled their bilateral relations. This landmark event fostered contact among territorial collectivities on both sides of the Spanish-Portuguese border, which for the last decades had acted as an insurmountable barrier. In the context of a full integration in Europe, and due to the cooperation policies promoted within the communitarian frame, the meaning of the border varied from dislike and cl…
Le tramway entre politique de transport et outil de réhabilitation urbanistique dans quelques pays européens: Allemagne, Espagne, France et Suisse
Même avec les difficultés financières rencontrées actuellement en Europe, la politique de réintroduction du tramway se poursuit dans les villes européennes qui avaient plus ou moins abandonné ce mode de transport collectif. Les différences sont notables entre les objectifs affichés, qui privilégient selon les situations, les politiques de mobilité et/ou les politiques urbanistiques. Cette analyse comparative porte aussi bien sur des pays qui n’on…
Tourists and pilgrims on their way to Santiago. Motives, Caminos and final destinations
This article proposes a theoretical and analytical approach to modern pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela; a cultural and experiential tourism route for the twenty-first century, founded upon the recovery (idealized) of the medieval way and leading to a Christian sanctuary (where the remains of Apostle Saint James the Great are held). The success of this route is based on the fact that the new tourist mixes pilgrimage motivations (displacement f…
The Economic Crisis and Vulnerability in the Spanish Cities: Urban Governance Challenges
The consequences of the socio-urban economic crisis and so-called post-crisis policies (or austerity) are transforming daily life in Spanish cities. There are impoverishment processes, increased vulnerability and social segregation, which translates into a new spatial order. The first public responses to the crisis were dominated by the impulse of neoliberal policies, which aggravated the socio-urban inequalities. In response to this scenario, ce…
El proceso urbanizador en España (1990-2014): Una interpretación desde la geografía y la teoría de los circuitos de capital
Desde hace varias décadas, la Geografía ha manifestado un interés especial por el proceso de urbanización y el estudio de los sistemas urbanos creados por el mismo. De hecho, en España han sido numerosos los autores que insisten en que se ha generado una realidad metropolitana compleja, donde la ciudad clásica y sus periferias amplias definen las claves de la organización del espacio del país. Este proceso ha sido el resultado, en el fondo y en l…
From Sacred Place to Monumental Space: Mobility Along the Way to St. James
Human intervention and social practices have been pivotal for the creation of sacred spaces; indeed, the mobility of human beings has endowed spaces with meaning through religious cultural products. Progressive human intervention in holy places has turned them into monumental spaces, where cultural heritage has become a symbol of identity and the space has assumed the values of the culture that produced it. In this paper, we investigate the value…
The voices of female pilgrims in medieval wills. The Jacobean devotion in Apulia (Italy)
The main topic of this study is to contribute to the study of female sacred mobility in the Middle Ages by proposing a new approach for the analysis of historical sources (wills and bequests), combining quantitative and qualitative methodology. We have set three aims: (1) Reinforcing the female presence within historical documents through their empirical analysis; (2) Reflecting upon female participation in the public sphere; (3) Investigating wo…
New models of urban governance in Spain during the post-crisis period: The fight against vulnerability on a local scale
Austerity policies and the bankruptcy of the welfare state in Spain since the crisis of 2008 have mobilized the population to demand new models of urban governance, an improvement of basic services (work, health, education and housing) and the right to the city in a context of democratic deepening. The emergence of new leftist parties, a result of the Indignados social movement, is perceived as an alternative to the economic and social consequenc…
Sustainability and visitor management in tourist historic cities: The case of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Tourism has a leading role in heritage cities and this implies a major challenge. The overall objective of this paper is to evaluate the performance of tourism planning and management with the view of achieving sustainable tourism in the historic center of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The study addresses topics collected during a long research process of more than 10 years, such as strategic tourism plans, the implementation of quality manageme…
Planificación, políticas territoriales y competencias de los gobernadores de los estados en la reciente dinámica del federalismo brasileño: El caso de Bahia
En este trabajo, se debate sobre la temática del federalismo abordado desde el punto de vista de la Geografía Política y la Geopolítica. Así, la intención del mismo es analizar el proceso de territorialización dirigido por el gobierno de cada unidad federativa (los estados brasileños), con el objetivo de legitimar su capacidad de acción autónoma dentro de la federación. Desde esta perspectiva, la cuestión central es: ¿de qué forma el gobierno de …
Postindustrial Economy
The term “postindustrial economy” refers to the stage of recent history in which manufacturing and industrial activities have ceased to be hegemonic in the economic structure of a nation, region, or metropolitan area. The postindustrial economy is consolidated when the secondary sector of activity – that formed by works dedicated to the production of goods and objects – is replaced by the tertiary or service sector. Although it has a diversified …
Agora
In ancient Greek cities it was the central and elevated sector where temples and the more remarkable public spaces of the polis were concentrated. By extension, the agora also meant a place for public debate in the city. The agora was located in a prominent and visible place, so it served to establish the symbolic urban center, to define the most important place of decision‐making in the city. Although the agora appeared with temples and other pu…
Urban Justice
Urban justice indicates a set of policies and interventions in the city aimed at correcting the problems of social and spatial segregation and equal access to space. Urban justice expresses the general objective of correcting the imbalances that accompany the functioning of today's cities in any part of the world. Thus, in Latin America, Africa, or South Asia, it emerges as a constant demand for the eradication of poverty and exclusion, access to…
Deindustrialization
A generic expression used to refer to the loss of significant industrial activities in a city, deindustrialization is a classic phenomenon of European and North American cities, which had strong economic growth in the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth, as concentrations of many major factories in the booming industrial sectors throughout this period. However, in the last few decades the cities and regions of steel, chemical, shipb…
El debate actual sobre la(s) frontera(s) aplicado al caso ibérico: Elementos de des-fronterización y re-fronterización entre España y Portugal en el siglo XXI = The current debate on border(s) applied…
En las últimas décadas del siglo XX, los discursos sobre un mundo sin fronteras, donde las relaciones territoriales ya no son determinadas por los Estados, ganaron fuerza entre académicos y decisores políticos. Los proyectos de cooperación transnacional, como los que están en la base de la Unión Europea, parecían demostrar que las fronteras dejaban de significar discontinuidades económicas, políticas y sociales. Estos nuevos escenarios permitiero…
Liminality Wanted. Liminal landscapes and literary spaces: The Way of St. James
The term limen was introduced to anthropological studies following Van Gennep's theories (1960) about liminality. Among them, Victor and Edith Turner (1978) defined pilgrimage as a liminal experience, as it implies being between two existential levels that, through rituality, favours reflection. In this sense, the case of The Way of St. James (Spain) is an interesting field or research as it is loaded with contemporary meanings. Its landscapes as…
Urban ecological infrastructure: The importance of vegetation cover in the control of floods and landslides in Salvador / Bahia, Brazil
Palimpsestos de mudança territorial. Realidades, conflitos e respostas na América Latina
O início do século XXI é marcado por debates conceituais, ambientais ou urbanos em Geografia, associados ao planejamento, financeirização, desenvolvimento, administração e gestão, em busca de respostas para problemas sociais e territoriais. A partir dessas óticas dominantes, seis artigos foram selecionados nesta edição que focam sua atenção em algumas expressões espaciais da globalização e neoliberalismo. São, sobretudo, manifestações nas quais a…
Who Is Interested in Developing the Way of Saint James? The Pilgrimage from Faith to Tourism
The Way of St. James in Spain is the main European pilgrimage route. Currently, it is a cultural, tourist, monumental, spiritual, and sports route. For this reason, the paper aims to discuss the concept of the "Polysemy of The Way", by analysing how the new pilgrims' motivations are creating an inclusive and complex space, which is making a shift from religious space to a multifaceted tourism reality. We study the characterisation and interaction…
Le Covid-19 en Espagne. Les défis géopolitiques de la gouvernance d’un problème de santé
L’Espagne a été l’un des pays d’Europe les plus touchés par la pandémie. L’article expose les particularités de la décentralisation du système de santé entre les Communautés autonomes et montre comment la chronologie des vagues épidémiques et des décisions prises par les autorités pour y faire face a bousculé cette organisation si bien que l’appareil statistique a été dysfonctionnel au début de la crise. Le gouvernement devait gérer des contradic…
Liberalization and Governance in the Geographical Distribution of Pharmacies in Spain
The Health system in Spain is considered one of the most valued public services by the population. In fact, during the first decade of the 21st century, Spain became a health tourism destination for people from central and northern European countries. In addition to the health infrastructure, the quality of medical and nursing care stands out. Something similar also happens with the Spanish pharmaceutical system. However, there are some character…
Understanding the Significance of Cultural Heritage in Society from Preschool: An Educational Practice with Student Teachers
To understand the significance that cultural heritage has today and, above all, the role of citizens in decision-making for its valorisation, transmission, and management, it is necessary to approach it from a very early age, specifically through childhood education. Hence, this action research study is proposed for 56 infant teachers in initial training at the University of A Coruña (Galicia, Spain). This is a descriptive case study that aims to…
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