"Economic accessibility of housing is becoming a real problem in Spain due to the so-called ""realstate boom"". The increase of price affects the Spanish economy especially since 1998. That is why the research in housing prices is increasing in this country. In this paper, we analyze in depth...

he purpose of this article is to analyse the dynamic trend of spatial dependence, which is not only contemporary but time-lagged in many socio-economic phenomena. Firstly, we show some of the commonly used exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) techniques and we propose other new ones, the...

Intermetropolitan trade areas are geographical zones defined by consumer movements over space -retail flows- from their municipalities of residence towards a head town, to purchase special goods: clothing and footwear, furniture, food, etc. These market areas own an economic sense that do not...

The study of the territorial/regional development in Spain has nowadays a relatively long tradition, but from the point of view of cities development the number of studies and documents decreases drastically. This paper tries to improve the knowledge of the Spanish urban system. The aim of this...

El bienestar social es un concepto abierto, que ha sido definido de múltiples formas en la literatura económica y social, debido a la dificultad que entraña la comprehensión en una expresión concisa y breve de los sentimientos de satisfacción material e inmaterial que producen en los...

La heterogeneidad espacial es uno de los efectos espaciales (además de la autocorrelación espacial, que es un efecto más conocido) que está relacionado con la diferenciación espacial o regional de las unidades geográficas. Se trata de un concepto que viene definido por la ausencia de...