Since the mid 1980s, European cities and regions have become increasingly concerned with competitive restructuring and economic growth. This concern goes hand in hand with a rediscovery of the central role of cities in the performance of regional and national economies as a whole. But, in a context of radical transformation of production and demand conditions globally, the performance of cities is mediated by their capacity to lead a process of competitive redevelopment. To meet the challenges posed by the changing global competitive climate, the policy agenda of many cities has been drastically reorganized. On the one hand, the search for growth has transformed urban revitalization in one of the main domains of urban intervention. On the other, the new urban policy agenda is singularly framed in a language of competitiveness, improved efficiency, flexibility, entrepreneurship, partnership and collaborative advantage that underwrite the remaking of planning objectives, functions and instruments. In this article, we examine the rise of new urban policies in Bilbao (Spain), a city where two decades of manufacturing decline and economic restructuring are gradually giving way to so-called urban renaissance. During the 1990s, Bilbao has followed on the tracks of other old industrial cities adopting a revitalization strategy focused around large-scale and emblematic redevelopment projects. The article discusses one of these projects, Abandoibarra, a paradigmatic waterfront development that embodies the new logic of urban intervention.The first section of the paper presents an analysis of economic restructuring and sociospatial fragmentation dynamics in the city in the last two decades. The second section discusses changes in urban policy-making locating Bilbao’s regeneration strategy in the context of the ‘New Urban Policies’. The third section focuses on emerging governance dynamics and the critical role of new governance institutions in the management of Abandoibarra’s redevelopment scheme. Finally, the fourth part of the article attempts to provide an evaluation of the impact of the project, highlighting the shadows behind what is presented as a new success story in urban revitalization.

Resumen. La diócesis de Calahorra y la Calzada presenta una red parroquial y un sistema beneficial heterogéneo producto tanto de su formación como diócesis, en la época medieval, como de la diversidad socioeconómica en la que los clérigos ejercían su labor pastoral. En este trabajo se aborda, en primer lugar, la formación y configuración de la estructura diocesana que acabaría determinando la red parroquial; en segundo lugar, se analizan las variaciones en la demanda de servicios religiosos y su impacto sobre el número de templos y de clérigos; y por último, se estudian las características reales del servicio, en tiempos del concilio de Trento, teniendo en cuenta el grado de absentismo, la acumulación de beneficios y los niveles de renta atendiendo a la categoría beneficial de cada servidor.Palabras clave: red parroquial, sistema beneficial, absentismo, renta por cura, patronato.AbstRAct. The diocese of Calahorra and la Calzada forms a network of parishes and a heterogeneous beneficiary system. This is a product of both its formation as a diocese in the medieval period and of the socio-economic diversity in which the clergy carried out its pastoral work. The following paper deals first of all with the formation and configuration of the diocesan structure which determines the structure of the network of parishes. Secondly, the variations in the demand for religious services and their impact on the number of places

El triunfo de la teoría del Purgatorio desde la Edad Media reportó a la iglesia católica unas rentas estables que junto con el diezmo constituirán la base de su riqueza y uno de los puntos esenciales en los que se fundamente su poder social. En el País Vasco la permanencia del régimen de patronato conferirá un especial protagonismo a los ingresos procedentes del ejercicio de la religión.

This paper seeks to contribute to the knowledge of sex ratios at birth, their long-term evolution, and their determinants, on a sound documentary base of almost one million records between 1550 and 1890. The region studied likewise offers the advantage of being industrialised at the end of the observation period, which allows relevant conclusions to be drawn about the effect of modern economic growth on family decisions regarding their offspring. The main conclusions include the preference for males in the rural world, favoured by the inheritance regime and the scarce ecclesiastical regulation in this territory, while the city levels were similar to those of other European cities. From the 18th century onwards, a stability around the reference values in all areas could be observed and which was only broken by the economic and social changes during industrialisation.

Les fonts decimals plantegen molts problemes, però de vegades, com es defensa en aquest llibre, constitueixen la millor base documental disponible per acostar-se al moviment del producte agrari en nombroses regions espanyoles i europees en els temps moderns. L’historiador ha de calibrar el marge d’error que comporten les seves estimacions i els avantatges i inconvenients relatius a l’ús dels delmes respecte d’altres alternatives d’aproximació a la trajectòria de les collites en l’edat moderna. L’abandonament gairebé complet de l’ús de les fonts decimals no ha estat un encert. En aquesta obra es plantegen algunes propostes per seleccionar i explotar aquesta documentació per tal de millorar el nostre coneixement sobre el creixement agrari a l’Espanya moderna. Els textos es corresponen amb les ponències presentades pels diferents autors a la Jornada d’estudi sobre "El Delme com a Font per a la Història Rural", celebrada el 26 d’octubre de 2018 a Girona.