Adaptive reuse as territorial infrastructure for rural areas – Indicator-based evaluation of reuse in Moya (Spain)
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https://doi.org/10.69143/2464-9309/1972026Keywords:
adaptive reuse, rural depopulation, territorial infrastructure, governance model, settlement-scale evaluationAbstract
Across many European marginal rural territories, abandoned historic settlements are preserved as consolidated ruins, ensuring material continuity but generating limited socio-economic activation. This paper develops and applies a four-dimensional settlement-scale framework to evaluate implemented adaptive reuse as territorial infrastructure. Focusing on the reconstructed former Church of La Trinidad in Moya (Spain), the study assesses social activation, visitor flows in proportion to the resident population, governance continuity, and intervention strategy through verifiable indicators. The results show that adaptive reuse functions a regulated productive infrastructure aligned with Sustainable Development Goals 9 and 10, although its territorial impact depends on multi-scalar integration and long-term governance stability. The framework offers a transferable tool for post-implementation evaluation in depopulating rural contexts.
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Received: 10/03/2026; Revised: 08/04/2026; Accepted: 10/04/2026
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