Urban Sprawl in the Mediterranean Urban Regions in Europe and the Crisis Effect on the Urban Land Development: Madrid as Study Case

Table 1

Evolution of the population in the Madrid Autonomous Region between 2000 and 2009.

Rings	Number of municipalities	Population			Changes; 2000–2006	Changes; 2006–2009	Changes; 2000–2009
		2000	2006	2009	% annual	% annual	% annual
1 (Madrid Municipality)	1	2,882,860	3,128,600	3,255,944	1.4	1.3	1.4
2 (suburban area)	27	1,806,396	2,136,315	2,273,355	3.0	2.0	2.9
3	37	243,436	379,613	447,037	9.3	5.0	9.3
4	37	141,735	196,425	221,206	6.4	3.7	6.2
5	36	101,339	128,577	146,612	4.5	4.1	5.0
6	41	29,642	38,653	42,778	5.1	3.2	4.9
Total	179	5,207,408	6,010,189	6,388,941	2.6	2.0	2.5

Source: Municipal Census Data. Madrid.