University Areas and Accommodation. An Urban Nature Commitment

Abstract

University life is not limited to the activities of teaching and research. As an urban reality, it forms part of a larger system of relationships and dependencies such as the accommodation, work, leisure and mobility spaces which promote the exchange of information and the most common ways of relating with each other in our culture. This paper raises some issues linking residence and university, understanding this pairing as inseparable and over which to move on in terms of forecasts and its future systematization. Localization patterns and spatial relationships between accommodation, different campuses and the city are proposed as factors to be considered, as well as the levels of supply and demand in selected cases. An approach to the topic that tries to provide some clues for the improvement and the adaptation of university accommodation today.