The aim of the article is to examine the process of urbanization in Spain in the long term. Given the delay in the consolidation of Spanish urban history, the contribution of related disciplines, such as art history and urban planning, geography, and economics is also assessed. Careful attention is paid to the identification of continuities and breaks, as well as to the contextualization of the changes in the cities in relation to their role in the national and international context. The article is divided into four parts. First, an introduction to the evolution of urban history in Spain is provided. Subsequent sections analyze the urban process in three stages: the enlightenment reforms and the end of colonial empire (1746-1833), the end of the Ancient Regime and the new capitalist development , and the transition from dictatorship to the integration into the European Union.

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El artículo analiza, en perspectiva comparada, la evolución energética de las ciudades en dos regiones agrarias españolas. Aunque hubo experiencias precoces, la difusión del gas se produjo en ambos casos con cierto retraso, con fuerte protagonismo de compañías extranjeras. El mercado resultaba más atractivo en Andalucía debido a su mayor grado de urbanización y renta. Durante el primer tercio del siglo xx destacaron dos procesos de gran relevancia: el impacto negativo que la Primera Guerra Mundial tuvo sobre la actividad gasista y la concentración y españolización empresarial del sector energético.

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