Miguel Ángel Troitiño

Spanish geographer (1947–2020)

Complutense University of Madrid

OccupationGeographer, university teacher (1973–)

Employer

Complutense University of Madrid

Miguel Ángel Troitiño Vinuesa (1947 – 2020) was a Spanish geographer, professor of human geography at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He was an expert in cultural tourism and heritage preservation.^[1]

Biography

Born in El Arenal, province of Ávila, Spain, in 1947, Troitiño earned a licentiate degree in Geography and History from the UCM.^[2] He obtained a PhD in Geography in 1979 from the UCM,^[3] reading a dissertation on the city of Cuenca,^[4] titled Cuenca, la crisis de una vieja ciudad castellana^[5] and supervised by Manuel de Terán Álvarez [es]. A lecturer at the UCM since 1973,^[3] he obtained a Chair of Human Geography in 1991.^[6]

During his career, he focused on fields such as tourism, cultural heritage, urban planning and territorial development.^[2] A great deal of his scholar production dealt with the city of Cuenca.^[6] A member of the Institución Gran Duque de Alba [es], he also worked on the strategy for territorial sustainable development for the Tiétar Valley,^[2] in his native province.

He died from COVID-19 duringbthe COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on 21 April 2020.^[2]^[6]

References

^ Pérez Monguió, Fernando (3 July 2006). "Expertos piden limitar las visitas a la Alhambra, la Mezquita y la Giralda". El País.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Muere Miguel Ángel Troitiño, referente del estudio turístico". El Diario de Ávila. 21 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Miguel Ángel Troitiño Vinuesa". Revista de Arte. 10 January 2008.
^ "Fallece con coronavirus Miguel Ángel Troitiño, geógrafo "clave" en la declaración de Cuenca como Ciudad Patrimonio". eldiario.es. 22 April 2020.
^ Muñoz, José Luis (19 July 1979). "Cerrada la biblioteca pública de Cuenca". El País.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fallece Miguel Ángel Troitiño, el gran experto del casco antiguo de Cuenca". eldigitalcastillalamancha.es. 22 April 2020.