摘要：The use of geographic media in schools and teacher education is increasingly more importantdue to the growing number of geo-visualization tools. The present paper selects several mapsobtained from the digital viewer SIU and from the data provided by the European projectCorine Land Cover. Both express the cartography of the evolution in the occupation of landuses during the years 1987-2006 in the main metropolitan and urban Spanish areas, andtherefore the growth of urban sprawl. However, this work does not only deal with theanalysis and conclusion of urbanization processes, but also analyzes the benefits of usinggeographic media in geographic education, both to acquire competences for spatial thinkingand educate on sustainable development
关键词：Geo-media; land use; urbanization; Spain; metropolitan areas; education; sustainable development
