RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Urbanismo e desenvolvimento municipal na Europa: Os congressos municipalistas da Unión de Municipios Españoles A1 Faria, Rodrigo Santos de A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Urbanismo AB This paper analyses the municipal institutionalization process in Europe, mainly in Spain, through the congresses of municipalities that occurred in the continent. These congresses were of capital importance to the disclosure of information and proposals in the field of Urbanism and municipal development. At the same time, other subjects such as the inter-municipal cooperation, habitation, municipal economy and regional planning were among the main subjects in the debate. As far as Spain is concerned, the creation of Unión deMunicípios Españoles was key for the consolidation of such debate about local development, mainly in the context of Congresos de Municipios Españoles organized since 1925 by the time of Primo de Rivera dictatorship. This Spanish institutional context (UME) enabled the articulation of the Spanish municipalists with professionals of different nationalities, responsible for the creation in 1913, of the International Union of Cities. Among the interests of these institutions, the subject of big cities was key, being present in most debates, building a common ground for the urban planning debate for the municipal development SN 1133-6579 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18213 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18213 LA spa NO Ciudades: Revista del Instituto Universitario de Urbanística de la Universidad de Valladolid, 2016, N.19, pags.57-75 DS UVaDOC RD 22-dic-2024