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Prefiguring a future city: urban growth, spatial planning and the economic local context in Catalonia

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  • Ilaria Zambon
  • Pere Serra
  • Massimiliano Bencardino
  • Margherita Carlucci
  • Luca Salvati

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This study undertook a quantitative analysis of town master plans to define future urban growth. Spatial direction and intensity of urban expansion were analysed in relation to local contexts using land zoning and a comprehensive database of socio-economic indicators at the municipal scale in Catalonia, Spain. Our results illustrate a progressive shift towards discontinuous settlements consolidating urban centres in most accessible rural areas. Contrary to what was hypothesized (and partly observed) in recent decades, settlement expansion will modestly contribute to a balanced urban spatial structure. Future urban development in Catalonia will not follow a polycentric model, fuelling instead the growth of medium and small urban centres. This process may consolidate the incipient divide in rural areas with high accessibility and a dynamic economic base with remote inland areas experiencing land abandonment and depopulation. The use of indicators derived from town master plans in the assessment of (scattered or polycentric) future urbanization in Europe is finally discussed.

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  • Ilaria Zambon & Pere Serra & Massimiliano Bencardino & Margherita Carlucci & Luca Salvati, 2017. "Prefiguring a future city: urban growth, spatial planning and the economic local context in Catalonia," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(10), pages 1797-1817, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:25:y:2017:i:10:p:1797-1817
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1344193
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    1. Amr, Alia'a, 2020. "Pattern recognition and transformational growth adjustments alongside ring roads: Descriptive mapping from four case studies," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).

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