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ANALYSIS OF ZAMORA´S URBAN PLAN

A city can be described as an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village. The city we are going to analyze is located in the Northwest of Spain, near to Portugal, in Castilla y León on the top of the plateau.

The city plan shows an irregular lineal layout characterized by short straight streets, narrow alleyways and low houses.
The medieval city was surrounded by a wall that protected people from attacks which gave them some advantage in what fights are concerned. 
Moreover, we can distinguish some parishes like San Lázaro, the Espíritu Santo or Olivares that were created around the churches. However, as soon as population increased, some neighbourhoods were eventually created.
The main urban functions of the historic centre are commercial and we can also say cultural too. There is a lot of romanesque arte which attracts tourism who can also find shops and restaurants around this area. I think there are not many problems involving this zone since there is neither pollution or extreme noise so I can´t offer any solution.

Zamora has expanded following an industrial and residential purpose. Some of the most representative transformations in this periods are the modernist buildings, found in Santa Clara or the Plaza Mayor among others; some streets changed their lengths and shapes like for example San Torcuato.
Unlike the parragraph above, now I can outline a problem with this streets and it is the difficulty of moving by car because they are too narrow for the vehicles. As a solution, I suggest improving transport access throughout the city centre.

The outskirts of the city include: Siglo XXI, Los Llanos or La Perla throgh the XX century in order to attracts people from villages and worked in the city. We can also see in the map that during this period schools, shopping centres and industrial parks were created. Some of the problems that the outskirts offer is the distance between the city and the shopping centre that difficults the acess to it.