The arrival of the coronavirus in 2020 brought major changes to education, with the rapid transition to online classes being the most significant. In the case of university students, the pandemic meant returning to their homes, which can be interpreted as a temporary destudentification. This manuscript analyses and interprets the motivations of university students from Temuco (Chile) to change their social relations and place of residence as a consequence of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Through a quantitative methodology that used more than 800 online surveys and a principal component analysis, it was concluded that the psychological well‐being and the security provided by the family were the main causes for changing accommodation; but a total of four main components related to material conditions, economic aspects, family and psychological and physical well‐being were identified. Similarly, although with the pandemic the family was the most reinforced dimension in terms of social relations, there were groups of students who were more connected to friends and colleagues or neighbours. The results point to a partial and temporary destudentification, explainable by the nature of the lease contract and the dependent role of the students with respect to the landlords.

El peso del sector inmobiliario en la economía y el crecimiento urbano es un tema que ha atraído crecientemente la atención de los investigadores. Sin embargo, la mayoría de trabajos provienen de Europa, Estados Unidos y, recientemente, de las principales ciudades latinoamericanas. Este artículo contribuye a cubrir la ausencia de estudios sobre la red de ciudades secundarias de esta última región. Con tal fin, desarrolla un análisis e interpretación de las dinámicas de crecimiento urbano en el Área Metropolitana de Concepción (amc) en Chile, contextualizándolas entre procesos generales y especificidades locales a partir del estudio de sus procesos, mecanismos y morfologías. Se utiliza para ello una metodología cuantitativa-cualitativa que recurre al análisis espacial y entrevistas en profundidad.

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