“Ciudades fantasma” en el entorno del área metropolitana de madrid (España). Un análisis de la región de castilla-la mancha

Abstract

In the new forms of irrational urbanization context, this work addresses the phenomenon of the “ghost cities” in Spain, a consequence of the period of expansive urban-ism prior to the global economic crisis (2008). Transforming into unfinished spaces from it, they have had leading part in the post-crisis period. The objective is to present some Spanish cases near Madrid metropolitan area within the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha: El Quiñon in Seseña (Toledo), Ciudad Valdeluz in Yebes (Guadalajara) and El Reino de Don Quijote in Ciudad Real (Ciudad Real). The methodology combines qualitative aspects related to the description of the case studies with other qualitative methods based on statistics on population and housing. The results allow framing the examples chosen in the dynamics of expansive urbanism as they serve to illustrate urban practices away from sustainability.