Real Estate Dynamics and Morphological Urban Changes in the Concepción Metropolitan Area

Abstract

The importance of the real estate sector in the economy and urban growth is a topic that has increasingly attracted the attention of researchers. However, most of the research comes from Europe, the United States and, recently, the main Latin American cities. This manuscript contributes to covering the absence of studies on the network of secondary cities in this region through an analysis and interpretation of the dynamics of urban growth in the Metropolitan Area of Concepción in Chile. This work contributes by contextualizing the dynamics between general processes and local specificities through the study of the mechanism, processes and morphologies that explain them. The research uses a quantitative-qualitative methodology through spatial analysis and in-depth interviews.