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The Territorial Diffusion of the Gas Industry in Latin Europe Before the Competition from Electricity

In: The Gas Industry in Latin Europe

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  • Alberte Martínez-López

    (University of A Coruña)

  • Jesús Mirás-Araujo

    (University of A Coruña)

Abstract

This chapter analyses, from an international comparative perspective, the territorial expansion of the first public utility, namely, gas, at its peak, that is, before the onset of the competition from electricity in the 1880s. To do this, a largely unexploited source has been used, the Annuaire général de l’industrie de l’éclairage et du chauffage par le gaz, which provides valuable information regarding the municipalities that had a gas supply. We have selected a group of countries of so-called Latin Europe (France, Italy, Portugal and Spain), since there is a certain level of homogeneity across this broad area with respect to the patterns of gas implementation. The location of the towns and villages in different regions allows us to distinguish regional contrasts in the process of gas densification. The first level of analysis has been conducted from a geographical perspective. The second approach is demographic and seeks to classify the municipalities by population size.

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  • Alberte Martínez-López & Jesús Mirás-Araujo, 2023. "The Territorial Diffusion of the Gas Industry in Latin Europe Before the Competition from Electricity," Springer Books, in: Jesús Mirás-Araujo & Andrea Giuntini (ed.), The Gas Industry in Latin Europe, chapter 0, pages 25-52, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-16309-8_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16309-8_2
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    Keywords

    Gas; Energy; Latin Europe; Location; Nineteenth century;
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    JEL classification:

    • L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities
    • N63 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • N73 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: Pre-1913
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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