RT Book, Section
T1 Metropolitan dynamic in the spanish urban system. Two decades of cyclical context and crisis.
A1 Feria Toribio, José
K1 Metropolitan areas
K1 Áreas metropolitanas
K1 Urban growth and crisis
K1 Crecimiento urbano y crisis
K1 Impact Covid19
K1 Impacto Covid19
K1 Spain
K1 España
AB This contribution provides conceptual and empirical references to understand of the growth and crises process of the Spanish metropolitan system. For that purpose, the chapter presents an analysis focused on the metropolitan areas over 500.000 inhabitants, dealing with the two basic dimensions of urban growth during the first decades of the present century. The first dimension focuses on the trajectories of urban development as measured by remote sensing data on land cover. The second dimension focuses on demographic change and therelated processes of immigration and suburbanization, which is a dimension that permits, in a relatively simple way, the description and interpretation of metropolitan dynamics. Moreover, the chapter includes an initial assessment of the direct and indirect impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on metropolitan dynamics, describing how the “epidemic” interrupted the cycle of economic recovery. The results show the structural and systemic character of demographic growth and the process of urbanization in the Spanish metropolitan areas. The chaptercloses posing several insights about the intensity and cyclic character of this urban growth and the impact of the pandemic, with a number of novel factors which have influenced the behaviour of the metropolitan system.
PB Springer, Cham
YR 2024
FD 2024-05-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23734
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/23734
LA en
NO Feria-Toribio, J.M. (2024). Metropolitan Dynamic in the Spanish Urban System. Two Decades of Cyclical Context and Crisis. In: Feria-Toribio, J.M., Iglesias-Pascual, R., Benassi, F. (eds) Socio-Spatial Dynamics in Mediterranean Europe. Spatial Demography Book Series, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55436-0_2
NO Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Filosofía
DS RIO
RD May 4, 2026