The role of medium-sized inland cities in regional development. The case of Andalusia

Marco Garrido Cumbrera, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Mateos, Enrique López Lara.

Bulletin of the Association of Spanish Geographers. 2016. 71:375-395

Abtract

Medium-sized cities have advantages over large cities and should therefore play an essential role in territorial balance. However, in recent times, Public Administrations have allocated more investment to large metropolises, causing a demographic, economic, infrastructure and equipment concentration in them, with the consequent loss of the leading role that medium-sized cities had decades ago. This article establishes typologies of Andalusian medium-sized cities according to their location in order to evaluate their evolution in recent times.

Key words

System of cities, medium-sized inland cities, metropolitan areas, territorial balance, Andalusia.

Link to the article:

https://dx.doi.org/10.21138/bage.2287