Chaos and order in the contemporary city : the impact of urban spatial structure on population density and commuting distance in Barcelona, 1986-2001

Author

Muñiz, Ivan

García López, Miquel-Àngel

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada

Publication date

2012

Abstract

One of the criticisms leveled at the model of dispersed city found all over the world is its unarticulated, random, and undifferentiated nature. To check this idea in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region, we estimated the impact of the urban spatial structure (CBD, subcenters and transportation infrastructures) over the population density and commuting distance. The results are unfavorable to the hypothesis of the increasing destructuring of cities given that the explanatory capacity of both functions improves over time, both when other control variables are not included and when they are included.

Document Type

Working paper

Language

English

Subjects and keywords

Barcelona (Catalunya) Densitat de població

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Rights

open access

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