Urban growth, real estate crises and metropolitan planning in Spain

Authors

  • José María Feria Toribio

Keywords:

Urban growth, economic crises, planning, Spanish metropolitan areas

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to supply some conceptual and empirical references for a better understanding of the growth and crises process of the entire Spanish metropolitan system. For that purpose, the paper presents an analysis focused on the metropolitan areas over 500.000 inhabitants, dealing with the basic dimensions and characteristics of urban growth and, particularly, with housing construction. Being the temporal reference the period 1990-2010, the interpretation of empirical data and its linkage to relevant sociodemographic variables- such as residential mobility and foreign migrationoffer some insights about the intensity of the process and its subsequent crises. The results show the structural and systemic character of the massive process of urbanization and real state growth in the Spanish metropolitan areas during the period. This fact -together with the general inexistence or ineffectiveness of a metropolitan planning framework- contributed to worsen the spatial, environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the crises.

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Published

2018-12-18

How to Cite

Feria Toribio, J. M. (2018). Urban growth, real estate crises and metropolitan planning in Spain. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 50(198), 651–669. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76692

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 198 (2018): CyTET Monográfico 2018. Trayectorias y recomposiciones metropolitanas en el sur de Europa después de la crisis

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Copyright (c) 2018 José María Feria Toribio

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