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来源

URBAN GEOGRAPHY,Vol.38,Issue1,P.66-89

语言

英文

关键字

Urban growth; metropolization; land consumption; Barcelona; Mediterranean Europe; BARCELONA METROPOLITAN REGION; NEW-SOUTH-WALES; LAND-USE CHANGE; EUROPEAN CITIES; URBAN SPRAWL; RETIREMENT MIGRATION; MEDITERRANEAN CITIES; NORTH COAST; URBANIZATION; TERRIT

作者单位

[Cuadrado-Ciuraneta, Sergi; Dura-Guimera, Antoni] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Geog, Bellaterra, Spain. [Salvati, Luca] CREA, Rome, Italy. Cuadrado-Ciuraneta, S (reprint author), Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Geog, Bellaterra, Spain. E-Mail: sergi.cuadrado@uab.cat

摘要

This study illustrates multifaceted urbanization patterns and processes in a coastal region of Catalonia (northeastern Spain) as a paradigmatic example of the socio-economic transformations typically observed in the northern Mediterranean basin since World War II. By focusing on the expanding tourism industry, second-home expansion, infrastructural development and sprawl around traditional rural centres, the paper assesses the effects of long-term economic, demographic, social and cultural transformations on rural landscapes in Alt Emporda, the so-called "Catalan Tuscany". The stratification of distinct urbanization waves and the underlying socio-economic processes observed in Alt Emporda reflect population dynamics and settlement morphologies typical of rural districts moving rapidly towards a suburban spatial organization. Recent urban dynamics in Mediterranean rural systems deserve further investigation in order to shed light on latent suburbanization processes involving marginal European regions.