Madrid Urbanization Problems

Madrid Urbanization Problems

By Khánh Lê

Favelas and slums, outskirt of the urban and suburban areas Canada Real Galiana, Madrid - One of the largest slum in Europe

Location

Information

Madrid , Spain

​No. of municipalities	Surface area (km2)	Percentage of built-up area	Population	​Density (people/km2)	​Urban Sprawl Index
​179	2,890.10	​4.03	​6,052,247	​2,094	​52.94

Canada Real

Europe's largest illegal settlement lies just outside the Spanish capital, Madrid.​

Compiles of over 40,000 peoples with sprawling tangle of tents and cement houses​

Poll

What do you think are the main problems Madrid have to

faces as a metropolitan area?

• Crime and other actions of social deprivation

• Rising rents

• Pandemic unscathed

• Congested traffic and air pollution

Problems​

• Rising rents

• Congested traffic and air pollution

• ​Insufficient access to green space

• ​Pandemic unscathed

• ​Crime and other consequences of social deprivation

Madrid's A-6 highway and its CO2 emission reaches its peak

Causes

Madrid has a modeate weather, not too extreme compare to other Europe nations.

Warm and dry place like Madrid ought to be concentrated​

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Distance and geographical factors

Limited regulations of the land use

==> Limit the no. accommodation, seize the urban sprawl and illegal settlements

​Policy factors

Draw

Could you generate some other causes of urban sprawl in general, not just in Madrid (as much as you know)

Solutions: Housing

• Mayor of Madrid announce investing $214 million in a project to build about 1,200 units of public housing​, especially for vulnerable groups

• Housing that are comfortable for interior and broaden for outside​ (in pandemic)

• ​Include dorm-style co-living projects (exp. Bajaras districts)

​Housing

• Travel rentals (Airbnb, ​VRBO, HomeAway )

• Madrid's lawmakers: Apartments don't have own private entrance not count as vacation rentals

==> To curb the short-term flat rentals and increase opportunity for low-income people (long term)

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​Renting

Poll

What solution have Spain apply for congested traffic and air pollution

• Apply advanced traffic control in Madrid

• Policy encourage public transportation

• Inhibit motorbike based on license plates

• Create a long term plan to fight smog

Advanced traffic control

• Electric sharing bikes and ​buses, widening pavements and bike lanes. ​Massive systems of metro

• Road connectivity Index = Rank 3 in the world, 99.0

Encouraged transport

Solution: Traffic and pollution

• Madrid Central Project: ​

  ​Low emission zone, ban certain types of cars with considerate exception

  To cut NO2 emission level by 23% by 2020

• DGT (default traffic management):

  CCTV and VIDs programmes, manage toll motorways and automated incident detection stations

​Long-term traffic planning

​The Madrid City Hall's view:

• Reject traffic limitations - irrelevant, lack credibility, not applicable for future

• More efficient: Medium- and Long-term plan of

  Improve public transport

  Modernize vehicles used in the city (lower emissions)

  Limit the number of private cars in the city at all times

  Reduce the timetable for deliveries to stores, business and other establishments.

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