Verlagsinfo: "This book investigates co-housing as an alternative housing form in relation to sustainable urban development. Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. The primary aim of this book is to critically explore co-housing in the context of wider social, economic,...

"Las dos caras de la primera industrialización del País Vasco (1876-1930)" : el modelo concentrado de la Ría de Bilbao frente al disperso de las pesqueñas y medianas ciudades -- Migraciones y capital humano en la Ría de Bilbao : el "Siglo industrial" (1876-1975) -- La inmigración como...

"Las labores chacineras han configurado la construcción de Guijuelo y el modo de vida de sus habitantes en el último siglo y medio, Su arquitectura y urbanismo se han desarrollado buscando la funcionalidad y adaptándose progresivamente a las necesidades de la industria cárnica, desde su...

Culture has become, in recent years, a central subject in urban marketing strategies, and specially in touristic policies. Culture has been assumed by them as a differential factor that allows to the destinations of singular products. The has become a key element in the local development...

This essay develops a series of considerations concerning the relationships between tourist activity and urban imaginaries allowing a concept of tourism to be formulated from a socio-cultural perspective. The existent ties between itineraries and imaginaries are analysed in view of recent...

Urban systems are important consumers of resources and producers of wastes derived from the lifestyles and daily needs of their citizens. The quantification of environmental impacts arising from urban metabolism (UM) plays a key role in the design of more sustainable cities and in the...