Highways and local development
Insights from two decades of investments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10407448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adelheid Holl (0000-0003-4045-9468, CSIC–Spanish National Research Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regional Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00343404.2025.2461297 |
| OpenAlex | W4408407043 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 57 |
This paper examines the influence of new highways on local development in Spain across two distinct periods of initial infrastructure investment in network development and later network extensions. The results show interesting differences. In the 1990s, when the basic network was completed, new highways generally showed a positive relationship with local population growth in municipalities that had seen their access improved, although with most benefits concentrated in urban areas. In contrast, for the network extensions during the first decade of the 2000s, the results suggest a negative relationship with local population growth in rural areas
Development (topology · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Regional development · Regional science · Regional studies · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Mathematics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban Transport and Accessibility
The Spatial Economy
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The rise and fall of regional inequalities
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Urban Growth and Transportation
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Trade Integration, Market Size, and Industrialization
Manufacturing location and impacts of road transport infrastructure
Causes of Sprawl
Industrial location and public infrastructure
Portage and Path Dependence
Are current road investments exacerbating spatial inequalities inside European peripheral regions
Growth and decline in rural Spain
Geography and regional economic growth
From the historical Roman road network to modern infrastructure in Italy
The spatial distribution of population in Spain
Transport Policies and Development
Roads, Railroads, and Decentralization of Chinese Cities
Urban Transport Expansions and Changes in the Spatial Structure of U.S. Cities
Research Policy and Review 27. New Directions for Understanding Transportation and Land Use
European regional policies in light of recent location theories
Lost in space
Fast track to growth? Railway access, population growth and local displacement in 19th century Switzerland
To be connected or not to be connected? The role of long-haul economies
Market potential and firm-level productivity in Spain
Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union
Road investment and regional productivity growth
Transport infrastructure and regional convergence
Factors influencing the location of new motorways
National transportation networks, market access, and regional economic growth
Suburbanization and highways in Spain when the Romans and the Bourbons still shape its cities
Highways and productivity in manufacturing firms
Does investment in national highways help or hurt hinterland city growth
Regional infrastructure investment and efficiency
Highway to Success
They will not automatically benefit
The Hispania Map of the Hogenberg Road Atlas (1579) and the Current Spanish Transport Network
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |