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El llibre que es presenta es un excel・lent treball que aborda amb rigor un tema de gran actualitat: la diversitat de la poblacio com a consequencia del boom immigratori viscut a l'Estat espanyol i l'impacte de la crisi economica. Si be es cert que nombrosos treballs han tractat l'evolucio de la immigracio i els efectes de la crisi, pocs han examinat amb deteniment la diversitat. (.)

This article aimsed to address the apparent contradiction between the urban demographic and migratory trends and the transition towards a more sustainable mobility that local and metro-politan governments seek. To that end, it uses the case of Barcelona, and its metropolitan area during the first decades of the 21st century, characterized by suburbanisation and gentrification. Employing demographic, mobility and transport, and air quality statistics, we intended to ana-lyse: a) the spatial demographic trends in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (AMB), particularly regarding the core and periphery population growth or decline; b) trends in daily mobility and how the public and private transport mix has changed; and c) pollution data changes confirming the success or failure of the private vehicle reduction policy. Findings con-firm our initial hypothesis: the slow but steady transition towards sustainable forms of mobility in the core city and the dense contiguous municipalities is counterbalanced by what occurs in the peripheral suburbs. There, the use of private vehicles is still preeminent and growing. Never-theless, the air quality has improved in the most central municipalities of the AMB (for which data are available), even if not all parameters have seen a similar pollution reduction.

Population ageing brings the forms of residence of elderly people to the foreground. The homes of elderly people have undergone major transitions in the last two decades. There has been a reduction in household size and an increase in residential independence. Indeed, there is a growing proportion of older people who share a home with their partner or spouse, or who reside alone. Therefore, the proportion of people living in intergenerational households decreases. In large cities, the population above the age of 64 is now more present in one-person and single-parent households, and less in simple nuclear ones. However, the fact that residential independence at increasingly advanced ages is being confirmed has also its downside. As more elderly people live alone and with fewer relatives or close friends, there can be an increase in elderly frailty. The condition of advanced age can be associated with certain disadvantages such as lack of income, insufficient living conditions, limitations in daily activity, effects on the state of health, isolation or loneliness. The main aim of this research is to study the composition of elderly households in the city of Barcelona, relating it with the household's characteristics, its economic conditions, and the perception of the state of health of its residents. Using a Ji square corrected by V of Cramer tables, an analysis on the vulnerability dimensions is pointed out. Microdata from the Sociodemographic Survey for Barcelona carried out by the local government in 2017, are used for the analysis. ; El envejecimiento de la población sitúa las formas de residencia de los mayores en un primer plano. En las dos últimas décadas los hogares de las personas de edad han protagonizado grandes transiciones. Las principales dinámicas reflejan una reducción del tamaño del hogar y un aumento de la independencia residencial que se manifiesta en una proporción creciente de mayores que comparten el hogar con su pareja o cónyuge o bien que residen en solitario; mientras que disminuye la ...

This article focuses on the effect of the crisis on residential mobility from the study of intrametropolitan migration of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona. Despite the apparent stability of residential mobility after the outbreak of the crisis, in-depth analysis shows that the crisis reduces significantly the mobility of foreigners, the group 25-34 years and those older than 55 years, as well as movements to sprawl municipalities. In contrast, there is an increase in immigration to compact areas. The conclusion is that we are in a time of transition in which the sprawl areas still show net migration gains, despite the progressive decrease in immigration. Instead, compact municipalities have still negative net migration rates, although they are increasing their immigration. In the case of the RMB, the crisis works by slowing the process of residential dispersion, while enhancing values in compact areas that earn attractive as a destination for intra-metropolitan migration.

Abstract
These last few years, the Barcelona metropolitan region has had two main distinct residential mobility flows, each defining their own spatial patterns. On the one hand, there has been one made by Spanish people who, since the late 1970s, have been moving from the dense metropolitan centre towards its periphery where they can find medium-sized towns and small municipalities to which they are attracted. On the other hand, since the early twenty-first century there has also been that of foreigners moving from Barcelona to the neighbouring central cities. This article analyses recent intensity and spatial pattern changes due to the economic and housing market crises. Focusing on the 2009–2012 period, it compares two previous decades from 1988–2008. Our main hypothesis is that in recent years the flows have slightly diminished but they have had a stronger geographic impact as spatial trends existing before the economic crisis have blurred.