"Ghost Cities" in the Environment of the Metropolitan Area of Madrid (Spain). An Analysis of the Region of Castilla-La Mancha

In the new forms of irrational urbanization context, this work addresses the phenomenon of the "ghost cities" in Spain, a consequence of the period of expansive urbanism prior to the global economic crisis (2008). Transforming into unfinished spaces from it, they have had leading part in the post-crisis period. The objective is to present some Spanish cases near Madrid metropolitan area within the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha: El Quinon in Sesena (Toledo), Ciudad Valdeluz in Yebes (Guadalajara) and El Reino de Don Quijote in Ciudad Real (Ciudad Real). The methodology combines qualitative aspects related to the description of the case studies with other qualitative methods based on statistics on population and housing. The results allow framing the examples chosen in the dynamics of expansive urbanism as they serve to illustrate urban practices away from sustainability.