Movilidad residencial en tiempos de crisis. El caso de la Región Metropolitana de Barcelona.

This article focuses on the effect of the crisis on residential mobility from the study of intrametropolitan migration of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona. Despite the apparent stability of residential mobility after the outbreak of the crisis, in-depth analysis shows that the crisis reduces significantly the mobility of foreigners, the group 25-34 years and those older than 55 years, as well as movements to sprawl municipalities. In contrast, there is an increase in immigration to compact areas. The conclusion is that we are in a time of transition in which the sprawl areas still show net migration gains, despite the progressive decrease in immigration. Instead, compact municipalities have still negative net migration rates, although they are increasing their immigration. In the case of the RMB, the crisis works by slowing the process of residential dispersion, while enhancing values in compact areas that earn attractive as a destination for intra-metropolitan migration.