NUEVAS HERRAMIENTAS PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MODELOS DE ORGANIZACIÓN TERRITORIAL EN FUNCIÓN DEL TRANSPORTE

The Geography needs nowadays new models to explain and to synthesize the new spatial organisation. Actually, these models can be developed with increasing speed and acute due to the new technologies of information (GIS), statistics programs and remote sensing. This essay analyse the importance of some models, especially traditional transport models, and its role in the geographical knowledge of the spatial organisation. Models can be improved by new technologies as it has been shown in the case of study. The essay depicts a model of the urban expansion in the main radial highways of Madrid city, which has been done using GIS, remote images and other computer programs.