The Breakdown of the Spanish Urban Growth Model: Social and Territorial Effects of the Global Crisis

被引:149
作者
Garcia, Marisol [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Barcelona, Dept Sociol Theory, Fac Econ & Business, Barcelona 08034, Spain
关键词
real estate; global crisis; housing; urban growth model; Spain;
D O I
10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.01015.x
中图分类号
P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];
学科分类号
0705 ; 070501 ;
摘要
The present global crisis has manifested itself in Spain with special force, but what is happening today has its roots in the recent economic and urban growth model. Whereas much has been written on the economic weakness of a model heavily based on the construction industry, little attention has been given to the internal regulations, policies, social and cultural factors in which the Spanish urban growth model was embedded. The question insufficiently addressed by current debates is therefore: to what extent is Spain's current crisis the result of its urban economic and social growth model? In this essay I argue that the crisis in the Spanish urban growth model reveals a particular interaction of globalizing forces with national and local processes, characterized both by specific structures of economic incentives and path-dependent cultural traits. The combination of these factors goes some way towards an explanation of the housing bubble. This specific combination of factors, however, makes the outlook for the aftermath of the housing bubble in Spain different from that experienced in the United States. Resume La crise mondiale actuelle a fortement affecte l'Espagne, mais ce qui se passe aujourd'hui tient au recent modele de croissance economique et urbaine. Alors qu'on a beaucoup ecrit sur la faiblesse economique d'un modele fonde largement sur le secteur du batiment, on ne s'est guere interesse aux reglementations internes, politiques publiques ou facteurs socio-culturels dans lesquels s'inscrit le modele de croissance urbaine espagnole. La question que les debats actuels n'abordent que trop peu est donc : dans quelle mesure la crise que connait l'Espagne resulte-t-elle de son modele de croissance socio-economique urbaine? Il est affirme ici que la crise de ce modele revele une interaction particuliere des forces mondialisatrices avec les processus nationaux et locaux, caracterises les uns comme les autres par des structures specifiques d'incitations economiques et par des traits culturels tributaires de chemins de dependance. La combinaison de ces facteurs participe a une explication de la bulle du logement. Concernant ce phenomene, l'association specifique des facteurs etudies permet d'envisager des repercussions differentes pour l'Espagne comparee aux Etats-Unis.
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