The Territorial Diffusion of the Gas Industry in Latin Europe Before the Competition from Electricity

Alberte Martínez-López () and Jesús Mirás-Araujo ()
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Alberte Martínez-López: University of A Coruña
Jesús Mirás-Araujo: University of A Coruña

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Gas Industry in Latin Europe, 2023, pp 25-52 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter analyses, from an international comparative perspective, the territorial expansion of the first public utility, namely, gas, at its peak, that is, before the onset of the competition from electricity in the 1880s. To do this, a largely unexploited source has been used, the Annuaire général de l’industrie de l’éclairage et du chauffage par le gaz, which provides valuable information regarding the municipalities that had a gas supply. We have selected a group of countries of so-called Latin Europe (France, Italy, Portugal and Spain), since there is a certain level of homogeneity across this broad area with respect to the patterns of gas implementation. The location of the towns and villages in different regions allows us to distinguish regional contrasts in the process of gas densification. The first level of analysis has been conducted from a geographical perspective. The second approach is demographic and seeks to classify the municipalities by population size.

Keywords: Gas; Energy; Latin Europe; Location; Nineteenth century (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L95 N63 N73 O13 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16309-8_2

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