Abstract: Background: From the first human settlements, the border between sea and land has been considered both a usage object and a symbolic location. In A Coruña (Spain), city and port appear as two inseparable and interconnected realities. In the 21st century, the transfer of various activities from the inner bay of the city to the outer port brings the opportunity to rethink a significant maritime area of about 6.4 hectares. This paper proposes to evaluate the potential of this port extent for introducing university uses through the application of a series of sustainability parameters......
Key Word:Campus sustainability; ICT; Higher education; Port area; Urban regeneration.
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