Electricity consumption and urban form in the metropolitan region of Barcelona

This article analyses the relationship between urban morphology and electricity consumption from the case of the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Based on the study of urban typologies and domestic electricity consumption, it shows how the lower density and single-family housing residential areas, which have proliferated in recent decades in the region, are associated with higher electricity consumption. The contribution is of interest in studying the costs of metropolitanisation processes, their environmental and economic sustainability, and specifically to the social costs of the spread of urbanisation over the territory.