Urban Challenges in Spain and Portugal

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Nuria Benach (University of Barcelona, Spain) Andrés Walliser (New York University, USA)

Urban Challenges in Spain and Portugal

Nuria Benach (University of Barcelona, Spain), Andrés Walliser (New York University, USA)

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English

Routledge
14 October 2024

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Development studies; Homelessness; Property & real estate; Regional & area planning

Contemporary cities in the Iberian Peninsula have gone through a period of dramatic changes during the last decade. A period of upward economic indicators and massive urbanization was followed by a tremendous financial crash in 2007 that sank Spanish and Portuguese societies into a profound crisis. That period of massive urbanization has been explained by several factors: the availability of financial capital that was speculatively invested in real-estate, a rather sympathetic land use regulation, and the real or perceived social mobility by most social groups which included housing acquisition enabled by unusual credit facilities. In this book we aim to show several different aspects of this process both in Portugal and Spanish cities, problematizing the economic and social consequences of such a model of urban and economic growth and also presenting some policy and governance outcomes that took place along the last decade.

This book was published as a special issue of Urban Research and Practice.

Edited by: Nuria Benach (University of Barcelona Spain), Andrés Walliser (New York University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9781032930695
ISBN 10: 1032930691
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 14 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nuria Benach is a human geographer at the Universitat de Barcelona working on urban issues and critical spatial thinking. Andrés Walliser is an urban sociologist. He is currently an associate professor of sociology at NYU and of urban governance at Hertie School of Governance in Berlin as well as a practitioner in urban policy.