Hygiene measures and plans for urban reform in the transition from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in main cities of the Province of Alacant

In the transition from the 19th to the 20th centuries the lack of dwellings and overcrowding are the most characteristic features of the urban societies analyzed, together with a corollary of health conditions. This problem was corrected urban plans based on aspects concerning hygiene aspects. Howev...

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Published in:Investigaciones geográficas 1998-01 (20), p.141
Main Authors: Gabino Ponce Herrero, Dávila Linares, Juan Manuel
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Dwellings
Emotional behavior
Hygiene
Overcrowding
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Summary:In the transition from the 19th to the 20th centuries the lack of dwellings and overcrowding are the most characteristic features of the urban societies analyzed, together with a corollary of health conditions. This problem was corrected urban plans based on aspects concerning hygiene aspects. However, the reforms lagged behind small economic interests. The critical awareness of urbanists and thinkers came up against the apathy of politicians as well as the fact that some societies were unable to discern the configuration of modern towns immersed, as they were, in village-like structures. Therefore, the solution to these acute shortenings always took a long time coming or when it did, was unsatisfactory.
ISSN:0213-4691
1989-9890
DOI:10.14198/INGEO1998.20.07