No. 22 (2019): Medium-Sized Cities: Concepts and Views, Territorial and Urban Profiles

The majority of the world's urban population lives and will continue to live in small and medium-sized cities, which have been gaining weight in global urban policies debates. This issue of Ciudades aims to highlight the importance of medium-sized cities, the study of their distinctive and specific conditions and processes and, above all, their contributions to the urban debate, which have been shown on many occasions to be audacious and innovative. In the current context, it is more necessary than ever to continue learning from the medium-sized cities when it comes to driving urban phenomena towards sustainability, both environmental and social, which may result in a better quality of life for all citizens.