The southwestern outskirts of the city of Cordoba

Spatial formations and transformations between 1985 and 2015

Abstract

The analysis carried out on the southwestern periphery of the city of Cordoba describe the spatial transformations between 1985 and 2015 explaining the processes of growth, decrease; urban configurations and reconfiguration resulting from multiple political, economic, social and cultural actions and decisions. The temporal delimitation corresponds to events that, due to their impact, marked new phases of social and urban organization, outlining new spatial configurations that overlapped the previous ones. The first period (1985) is the framework of the recent democracy. The second (1989) the turning point that marked a radical change in the orientation of the national political organization. The third (2001) was the deep social crisis. The fourth period (2003) the beginning of a new phase of national organization where important changes were promoted in the national administration. Methodologically, with the available material, measurements were made that allowed estimates on population growth, urbanization, infrastructure and housing construction.