Urban Dynamics in the Post-pandemic Period: Tourist Spaces and Urban Centres (The Urban Book Series)

This book offers a unique perspective on urban processes affecting tourist spaces and city centres. Economic, social and environmental uncertainty has been commonplace since March 2019, when mobility slowed down across the globe. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends that have been investigated in urban space for years. The incorporation of technologies, the expansion of tourism and the introduction of policies that in part want to advance sustainability are generating processes of reorganisation of territories that are driving changes. These changes will affect models of city, urbanism and society. This publication is directed to a wide spectrum of people interested in urban processes, tourism and social change in the context of the Post-Pandemic Covid-19. In particular, the book is aimed at researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, consultants, public administrations and the public interested in the recent challenges that are affecting developed and developing societies. About This Book Contents About the Editors Part I Tourism Dynamics in Urban City Centres 1 Towards Resilient Urbanism in Tourist Cities: Post-pandemic Challenges 1.1 Background 1.2 Methodology 1.3 Results 1.3.1 Paris and Milan, 15-Minute Cities 1.3.2 Barcelona and the Superilles 1.4 Conclusions Annex: Urban Developments in Paris, Milan and Barcelona for the COVID-19 Context References 2 The Pain of Being a Resident in Granada. Analysis of the Accommodation Offer and Residents’ Perception 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Theoretical Framework 2.3 Methodology and Study Area 2.4 Results 2.4.1 Where and When 2.4.2 The Perception of the Overtourism 2.5 Discussion and Conclusions References 3 Recent Socio-Spatial Transformations in the San Pedro Neighbourhood (Santiago de Compostela) 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Gentrification, Touristification and Other Associated Phenomena 3.3 Methodology 3.4 The Area of Study: Santiago De Compostela 3.5 Discussion and Results 3.6 Conclusions References 4 The Touristification of Historic Centres Through Commercial Gentrification in Times of COVID-19 4.1 Introduction. The Transformations of Historic Centres in the Context of the Pandemic 4.2 Gentrification and Touristification in Historic City Centres 4.3 Commercial Gentrification in Tourist Areas 4.4 Study Area 4.5 Methodology 4.6 Results 4.7 Discussion and Conclusions References 5 Citizen Resistance in Touristified Neighborhoods. A Post-pandemic Analysis 5.1 Tourism and the Pandemic 5.2 The City of Barcelona. Context of the Case Study 5.3 Sources and Methodology 5.4 Results 5.4.1 Tourist Accommodation: Hotels and Apartments 5.4.2 Evolution of Residential Housing vs Tourist Housing 5.4.3 Resistance Strategies Employed by Organized Society 5.5 Conclusions References 6 Neoliberalism, Collaborative Economy, and Short-Term Rentals Regulation in Andalusia, Spain 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Ideology and Urbanism 6.3 Methodology 6.4 Results 6.5 Discussion and Conclusions References 7 Changes in the Role of Heritage in Historic Centres: The Mutation of Historic Buildings into Tourist Accommodation 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Methodology 7.3 Results and Discussion 7.3.1 The Precedent of the Paradores Nacionales de Turismo 7.3.2 Boutique Hotels: Concept, Values and Characteristics 7.3.3 The Problems Surrounding the Expansion of Boutique Hotels in Palma 7.3.4 The Architectural Singularity of Palma’s Boutique Hotels 7.4 Conclusions References Part II Urban-Tourist Spaces on the Coast: New Urbanised Spaces and Resistance 8 Urban-Tourism Spaces on the Coast: Transformations, Challenges and Globalisation in Uncertain Scenarios 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Characterisation of the Urban-Tourism Space of the Spanish Mediterranean 8.3 Transformation Processes in the Coastal Areas 8.4 Conditioning Factors of the Transformations of the Tourist Coast in Spain 8.5 The Effects of the Real Estate Instrumentation of the Urban-Tourism Developments 8.5.1 The Globalisation of the Instrumentalisation of Tourism 8.6 Challenges of Globalisation 8.7 Future Challenges for Coastal Destinations and Planning Proposals Bibliography 9 Landscape Preservation on the Mediterranean Coast; Do Social Movements Play a Decisive Role? The Case of the Costa Brava (Spain) 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Social Movements in Defence of the Territory and Their Impacts: A Brief Theoretical Framework 9.3 Methodology 9.4 The Emergence, Persistence and Socialisation of the Valuation of the Costa Brava Landscape 9.5 Movements, Conflicts and Their Outcomes: Mobilising Is Useful 9.6 A Socio-Spatial Trialectic? Bibliography 10 The Construction of Sustainable Territorial Models in the Aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Medium-Sized Mediterranean Cities 10.1 Coastal Medium-Sized Cities in the Planning Challenge 10.2 Conflicts Among Sub-Regional Planning and Local Governments in Coastal Andalusia 10.3 Mediterranean Medium-Sized Cities, Planning and Sustainable Models: A Critical Balance References 11 Housing Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Metropolitan Areas of the Canary Island Capitals (Spain) 11.1 Introduction: State of the Question and Research Hypotheses and Objectives 11.2 Source and Methodology of Analysis 11.3 Housing and Confinement: The Peculiarities of Metropolitan Areas in the Canary Islands 11.4 Changing House During the Pandemic: Resilience to an Enduring Asset 11.5 Conclusions References 12 Two Megaprojects—One City. Learning between Large-Scale Urban Development Projects on Tenerife, Spain 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Pursuing Megaprojects: An Incorrigible Habit? 12.3 Materials and Method 12.4 Learning Between Two Megaprojects? 12.4.1 Urbanism 12.4.2 Green (and Blue) Public Space 12.4.3 Housing Market 12.5 Conclusion: Different Stakeholders—Different Learning Processes References 13 Touristification Process in Seaside Destination Inland: The Case of Mallorca Island, Spain 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Literature Review 13.3 Case Study and Results 13.4 Discussion and Conclusions References Part III Urban Transformations: New Dynamics, Conflicts and Challenges in a Context of Uncertainty 14 Towards Urban Degrowth? Urban Planning as a Common Thread of Contradictory Dynamics in Cities 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Methodology 14.3 Degrowth, in an Urban Key 14.4 Main Results 14.4.1 Actions with Application to the Three Degrowth Dimensions: Málaga, Tudela, and Mallorca 14.4.2 Actions with Application in Two Degrowth Dimensions: Sarriguren, Carcaboso, and Errekaleor 14.4.3 Actions with Application in a Single Degrowth Dimension: Sepúlveda, Gotarrendura, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, and La Pinada 14.5 Some General Reflections After Analysis of the Initiatives 14.6 Conclusions References 15 Shrinking Cities in Spain: Shrinking Medium-Sized Cities in the Twenty-First Century. Depopulation and Employment 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Urban Shrinkage 15.3 Object of Study, Data Sampling and Method of Analysis 15.4 Spanish Shrinking Medium-Sized Cities in the Twenty-First Century. Depopulation and Employment 15.5 Discussion and Conclusions References 16 The Peripheries of Spanish Developmentalism. An Enduring Model of Urban Fragmentation 16.1 Introduction. The Urban Peripheries of Spanish Developmentalism. The Working Class City 16.2 Urban Fragmentation as an Exponent of Social Inequality 16.3 Fragmentation and the Built Space: The Disconnected City 16.3.1 Location 16.3.2 Urban Morphology and the Quality of Housing 16.4 Fragmentation Due to the Demographic Features That Set Them Part: The Ethnified City 16.4.1 Migratory and Ethnic Factors That Set Them Apart 16.4.2 Factors that Set Them Apart in Terms of Age and Sex 16.5 Fragmentation and the Socioeconomic Reality: The Segregated City 16.6 Conclusions References 17 Housing, a Problem Perpetuated Over Time in Spain. New Initiatives to Promote Access to Affordable Housing in Madrid 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Housing: A Chronic Problem in Spain 17.3 Methodology 17.4 Madrid, One of the Most Expensive Cities in Spain 17.5 New Housing Policies: Access to Affordable Housing 17.6 Conclusion References 18 Residential Expectations in a Neoliberal Perspective: A Sociological View of Social Classes and the Right to Housing 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Social and Physical Space Interaction in City's Production 18.2.1 Residential Hysteresis: Reconfiguring Class Identity in Cities 18.2.2 My Home, my Identity: Residential Expectation in Neoliberal Code 18.3 Residential Ideal and Hysteresis by Social Class: A Case Study 18.3.1 School and Residential Choice Based on Children 18.4 Conclusion References 19 (Re)Thinking Gentrification Processes. The Place of Religion 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Gentrification and Religion: Toward a Proposal of Analysis 19.3 Religious Super-Diversity Enclaves 19.4 Stigmatizing Neighborhood and Religious Minorities 19.5 Transforming Urban Space, Regulating Religion 19.6 Tasting Religious Flavors in a Trendy Neighborhood 19.7 Conclusion References 20 Metropolitan Spatial Reconfiguration and the Mobility Transition: Sustainability Challenges in the Fragmented City 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Urban Spatial Reconfiguration and Its Impacts on Mobility in a European Framework to Combat Climate Change 20.2.1 Mobility as a Determinant of Urban Growth and Its Spatial Differentiation 20.2.2 Structural and Temporal Factors of Mobilities in Urban Areas 20.2.3 Diversified Daily Mobility in Increasingly Fragmented Cities 20.2.4 Local Policies Promoting the Transition to an Urban Sustainable Mobility 20.3 The Case Study of the Region of Madrid 20.3.1 Definition of the Study Area and Data Sources Used 20.3.2 Population Changes: The Growing Suburbanisation of Madrid's Population 20.3.3 Daily Mobility Trends: The Increasingly Dominant Use of Private Vehicle 20.3.4 Characterisation of the Different Types of Mobility: Seeking Why the Use of Public Transport Diminishes 20.4 Discussion and Conclusion References 21 Sustainability and Urban Development Strategies: Ciudad Real 21.1 The Long Road to Urban Sustainability 21.2 Methodology and Case Study: Ciudad Real 21.3 Results and Discussion 21.3.1 Urban Sustainability in Ciudad Real: Background and Local Agenda 21 21.3.2 Integrated Sustainable Urban Development Strategies (ISUDS): Ciudad Real 2022 Eco-Integrator 21.3.3 The Main Actions of the ISUDS: Ciudad Real 2022 Eco-Integrator 21.4 Conclusion References Part IV Postscript 22 Intra-Urban Borders in Border Cities: The Nationally Interchangeable Dynamics of Urban Centrality 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Historical Borders, with Bordering Urban Regions 22.2.1 From Limit to Border 22.2.2 Urbanization Patterns 22.2.3 Borders Are Urbanizing: Regional Urban Complex 22.2.4 The Initial Binary Logic of the Urban Border Region 22.3 The Multinational Transurban Region 22.3.1 The Urban Structure of the Urban Border Region 22.3.2 Urban Centrality: Nodal Point of Integration and Projection 22.3.3 Areas of Influence: The Plurinational Sense 22.4 Conclusions Bibliography