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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811264903321

Titolo

Transforming Barcelona : [the renewal of a European metropolis] / / edited by Tim Marshall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-44250-5

0-415-28840-1

1-134-44251-3

1-280-07874-X

0-203-64396-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarshallTim <1950->

Disciplina

307.1/216/094672

Soggetti

City planning - Spain - Barcelona

Urban policy - Spain - Barcelona

Barcelona (Spain) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Illustration credits; Publication sources; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What happened; Urban dynamics, public policies and governance in the metropolitan region of Barcelona; Behind Barcelona's success story; citizen movements and planners' power; Governing Barcelona; Ten points for an urban methodology; The city, democracy and governability: the case of Barcelona; The planning project: bringing value to the periphery, recovering the centre; Public spaces in Barcelona 1980  2000; Public space development in Barcelona; some examples

Present and futuresBarcelona's new projects; The transformation of Poblenou: the new 22@ District; Critical perspectives; Urbanism, culture and the post-industrial city: challenging the ~Barcelona Model~; Changing course? Principles and tools for local sustainability; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This unique book, written by local experts in the city, deals with the transformation of Barcelona during the last twenty years.