Transformation of the urban system and the role of local authorities with historical sites: the case of the Madrid urban region

Authors

  • Eloy Solis Trapero
  • Borja Ruiz-Apilánez Corrochano
  • María I. Mohino Sanz
  • José María De Ureña Francés

Keywords:

Heritage, historical sites, urban systems, urban region, polycentrism, Madrid

Abstract

Traditionally, analysis of and intervention carried out in historical cities, historical centres
and historical complexes has traditionally been based on an “approach from within”, treating them
is isolated parts, disconnected from the dynamics of the city and particularly those of the urban
system.
The transformation of urban systems over time is affected by political, economic, social, cultural,
demographic and technological change. In this paper the demographic component is used to
examine changes in spatial configurations and how the role of municipalities with historical
complexes has been redefined in the urban system of the Madrid urban region.
Based on demographic evolution from the mid-nineteenth century until 2012, a study is made of
changes in the spatial distribution of the population, in the size of municipalities, and in their
position in the ranking of the urban system, enabling us to identify the role of municipalities with
historical complexes in the urban system. The paper also describes a typology of municipalities
with historical complexes according to their traditional centrality, current political and administrative
centrality, degree of metropolitan influence and demographic growth over the last thirty years.

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2015-06-25

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Solis Trapero, E., Ruiz-Apilánez Corrochano, B., Mohino Sanz, M. I., & De Ureña Francés, J. M. (2015). Transformation of the urban system and the role of local authorities with historical sites: the case of the Madrid urban region. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 47(184), 275–292. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76409

Issue

Vol. XLVII, núm. 184 Monográfico (2015). Sistemas patrimoniales territoriales en regiones urbanas y áreas metropolitanas

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