Jesús Mirás-Araujo
Biographic Data
| ID | 5245065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jesús Mirás-Araujo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jesús |
| FAMILY NAME | Mirás-Araujo |
| SIGNATURE | MIRÁS-ARAUJO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade da Coruña |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The gas companies in Spain, a long-run approach (1842–2018)
The article aims to analyse the evolution of gas companies in Spain from their starting point in the middle of the nineteenth century (when the business was limited to public lighting), up until the complexity of the present day. This process is divided into three main stages according to the general context of the sector. In each period, the profile of the companies will be established, as well as their market and the institutional constraints a…
The city as a business
The history of town gas is unique in the development of public services in urban areas. Indeed, gas was the subject of the first network infrastructure set up in cities. In Spain, its history is discontinuous because the networks were dismantled in the 1940s and 1950s. The purpose of this paper is to retrace the steps of the development of the gas network in a region where the Spanish gas companies took the form of early modern businesses. They c…
The Spanish Tramway as a Vehicle of Urban Shaping
The connection of the location of economic activity and the tramway layout is studied by examining the relationship for the years 1914, 1935 and 1960. These dates were selected because 1914 was the beginning of the electrification of La Coruna trams and the start of World War I, 1935 was the last year of the Second Republic, and the dismantling of the trams occurred in 1960. The author concludes that while the evolution and consolidation of the t…
Shifts in the economic structure of a medium-sized Spanish town
This article focuses on aspects of the economic evolution of La Coruña during the 1940s and 1950s by analysing the entrepreneurial activities in a stage characterized by an urban demographic take-off. The tertiary sector, based mainly on port traffic, fishing, commerce and other traditional urban functions, contributed significantly to the diversification of the economic structure of this town
The Spanish Tramway as a Vehicle of Urban Shaping
The connection of the location of economic activity and the tramway layout is studied by examining the relationship for the years 1914, 1935 and 1960. These dates were selected because 1914 was the beginning of the electrification of La Coruna trams and the start of World War I, 1935 was the last year of the Second Republic, and the dismantling of the trams occurred in 1960. The author concludes that while the evolution and consolidation of the t…
Shifts in the economic structure of a medium-sized Spanish town
This article focuses on aspects of the economic evolution of La Coruña during the 1940s and 1950s by analysing the entrepreneurial activities in a stage characterized by an urban demographic take-off. The tertiary sector, based mainly on port traffic, fishing, commerce and other traditional urban functions, contributed significantly to the diversification of the economic structure of this town
Shifts in the economic structure of a medium-sized Spanish town
This article focuses on aspects of the economic evolution of La Coruña during the 1940s and 1950s by analysing the entrepreneurial activities in a stage characterized by an urban demographic take-off. The tertiary sector, based mainly on port traffic, fishing, commerce and other traditional urban functions, contributed significantly to the diversification of the economic structure of this town
The Spanish Tramway as a Vehicle of Urban Shaping
The connection of the location of economic activity and the tramway layout is studied by examining the relationship for the years 1914, 1935 and 1960. These dates were selected because 1914 was the beginning of the electrification of La Coruna trams and the start of World War I, 1935 was the last year of the Second Republic, and the dismantling of the trams occurred in 1960. The author concludes that while the evolution and consolidation of the t…
The city as a business
The history of town gas is unique in the development of public services in urban areas. Indeed, gas was the subject of the first network infrastructure set up in cities. In Spain, its history is discontinuous because the networks were dismantled in the 1940s and 1950s. The purpose of this paper is to retrace the steps of the development of the gas network in a region where the Spanish gas companies took the form of early modern businesses. They c…
The gas companies in Spain, a long-run approach (1842–2018)
The article aims to analyse the evolution of gas companies in Spain from their starting point in the middle of the nineteenth century (when the business was limited to public lighting), up until the complexity of the present day. This process is divided into three main stages according to the general context of the sector. In each period, the profile of the companies will be established, as well as their market and the institutional constraints a…
Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Economy (4 works) · Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work)