Anales de Geografia de la Universidad Complutense
Volume 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-295

Spatial distribution of the immigrant population in two medium-sized cities: Alcalá de Henares and León and its relationship to housing prices [La distribución espacial de la población inmigrante en dos ciudades medias: Alcalá de Henares y León y su relación con los precios de la vivienda] (Article)

González González M.J.* , De Lázaro Y Torres M.L.
  • a Departamento de Geografía y Geología, Universidad de León, Spain
  • b Departamento de Geografía Humana, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Abstract

The number of immigrants in Spain is similar to the European countries with the longest tradition of immigration, this event has occurred in a very short time. The present crisis has slowed the increase in the number of immigrants. This fact has not occurred identically in all cities, nor in every neighbourhood within them. We will exemplify this in two very different medium cities, León and Alcalá de Henares. We will observe where and why in those cities there is a particular concentration of immigrants. We use census data of 2001 and 2009. We will also use the second hand housing prices from around 4000 real estate advertisements analysed for the same dates. Therefore we will contribute to scientific debate on foreign immigration in the cities and its relation with housing prices.

Author Keywords

Alcalá de Henares Housing prices León Foreigner Immigration

Index Keywords

housing market Spain Madrid [Spain] price dynamics Alcala de Henares Leon [Castilla y Leon] Castilla y Leon spatial distribution immigrant population

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84871367632&doi=10.5209%2frev-AGUC.2012.v32.n2.39721&partnerID=40&md5=e21db3240b3805439331f120cda08712

DOI: 10.5209/rev-AGUC.2012.v32.n2.39721
ISSN: 019882378
Cited by: 2
Original Language: Spanish