A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
AbstractTo northern Europeans Malaga is probably more familiar as an airport name than as a city in its own right. It is, however, one of the fastest growing cities in Spain and one with a distinctive urban form. The pattern of population growth, economic change, and the main contributions to the present urban structure are reviewed. The implications of such changes for planning and development strategies are briefly discussed. While elements of change suggest that Malaga is losing aspects of its distinctiveness and converging towards similarity with more northern European cities, many features of continuity with the past remain. Furthermore, social and cultural factors produce residential patterns which are different from those found in most models of the Western city. It is concluded that, while the city is in a process of transition, it is unlikely to simply replicate the structural features of cities elsewhere in Europe or North America.
AbstractTo northern Europeans Malaga is probably more familiar as an airport name than as a city in its own right. It is, however, one of the fastest growing cities in Spain and one with a distinctive urban form. The pattern of population growth, economic change, and the main contributions to the present urban structure are reviewed. The implications of such changes for planning and development strategies are briefly discussed. While elements of change suggest that Malaga is losing aspects of its distinctiveness and converging towards similarity with more northern European cities, many features of continuity with the past remain. Furthermore, social and cultural factors produce residential patterns which are different from those found in most models of the Western city. It is concluded that, while the city is in a process of transition, it is unlikely to simply replicate the structural features of cities elsewhere in Europe or North America.
Malaga
Barke, Michael (author)
Cities ; 9 ; 2-17
1992-01-01
16 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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