The Process of Urbanisation and Reconfiguration of Spanish and Portuguese Cities

ABSTRACT

This study opens with concepts and features of new urban developments, current processes and the changing model of the city. It goes on to present the restructuring of territorial and urban systems in the Iberian Peninsula, with the consequent readjustment to city hierarchies and urban strategies. The text then focuses on a review of the characteristics of recent urban expansion based on, in the first place, the bibliography consulted, and in the second place, on field studies and interviews carried out with those responsible for various metropolises, which leads on to a comparative presentation of the pace and state of present day dynamics in Iberian cities.