Urban Challenges in Spain and Portugal
1. Introduction: urban problems and issues in contemporary Spanish and Portuguese cities Nuria Benach and Andres Walliser 2. Subversion of land use plans and the housing bubble in Spain Eugenio L. Burriel 3. The process of residential sprawl in Spain: Is it really a problem? Arlinda Garcia Coll 4. Catalysing governance in a paradoxical city: the Lisbon Strategic Charter and the uncertainties of political empowerment in the Portuguese capital city Joao Seixas 5. Area based initiatives and urban dynamics. The case of the Porto city centre Jose A. Rio Fernandes 6. The five challenges of urban rehabilitation. The Catalan experience Oriol Nel*lo 7. Urban governance and regeneration policies in historic city centres: Madrid and Barcelona Ismael Blanco, Jordi Bonet and Andres Walliser 8. Epilogue Nuria Benach and Andres Walliser