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Malaga is a provincial capital and from the total municipal area 15% is urbanized. Since the accession of Spain to the European Union Malaga is taking part actively in numerous European projects for the economical development, for improvement of infrastructure facilities or with social character, mainly from the European Regional Development Fund - FEDER. This represents one of the most important supports for the improvement and the modernization of the city. The urban structure of the city of Malaga can be roughly divided in two parts due to the presence of the Guadalmedina River. This river runs from west to east and was historically a factor of preoccupation, which formerly caused periodic floods. It was redirected and transformed into a channel to control the flood discharge. By its characteristic
of use the city fabric can be divided into two different categories:
the historical old town and around it the city expansion from to
the sixties. The old town area is characterized by narrow and not
straight streets surrounded by till 4storey buildings. It is the
traditional settlement nucleus, with a commercial, financial, recreational
use and in smaller percentage residential use. This area is mainly
made up the historical old town (Arab nucleus around the street
Marquess of Larios), its historical periphery (the port, the Park
and the Alameda). The largest number of the historical and architectural
monuments is located here. |
