Resumen de Factors influencing the location of new motorways: The large scale motorway building in spain

Adelheid Holl

• Since the 1980´s Spain has developed an ambitious road building programme with the construction of approximately 12,000 kilometres of new motorways. This article analysis the factors related to the placement of these new motorways during two distinct planning periods from 1983 to 1993 and 1994 to 2004.