Policy coherence with human development based on socioeconomic processes. Infraestructure and transport, urban development, industry and tourism

Socioeconomic processes that meet human needs in a sustainable manner are in turn determined by their underlying infrastructure. Likewise, this infrastructure interacts in a complex manner with its own surroundings, adapting to production requirements and to the way in which land and population are organized. This leads, for instance, to the building of transport links for people and goods, communication networks, housing, travel and population clusters (be they temporary or permanent) in any given geographic area.

This article seeks to examine the policies implemented in these processes with a view to proposing a potential evaluation as to their coherence for human development. To do so, the policies have been divided up into four main groups: infrastructure and transport; urban development; industry; and tourism. In the broad sense of the term, transport and urban development could be considered specific examples of the wider category of "infrastructure".