Transforming Barcelona / edited by Tim Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marshall, Tim, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Spain--Barcelona.

City planning.

Urban policy.

Spain--Barcelona.

Urban policy--Spain--Barcelona.

Barcelona (Spain)--History--20th century.

Barcelona (Spain).

Physical Description:

xii, 263 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Contents:

Part 1 What happened 25

2 Urban dynamics, public policies and governance in the metropolitan region of Barcelona / Oriol Nello 27

3 Behind Barcelona's success story - citizen movements and planners' power / Nico Calavita, Amador Ferrer 47

4 Governing Barcelona / Pasqual Maragall 65

5 Ten points for an urban methodology / Oriol Bohigas 91

6 The city, democracy and governability: the case of Barcelona / Jordi Borja 97

7 The planning project: bringing value to the periphery, recovering the centre / Juli Esteban 111

8 Public spaces in Barcelona 1980-2000 / Nuria Benach 151

9 Public space development in Barcelona - some examples / Jordi Borja, Zaida Muxi, Carme Ribas, Joan Subirats, Jaume Barnada, Joan Busquets 161

Part 2 Present and futures 173

10 Barcelona's new projects / Barcelona Regional S.A. 175

11 The transformation of Poblenou: the new 22@ District / Oriol Clos 191

Part 3 Critical perspectives 203

12 Urbanism, culture and the post-industrial city: challenging the "Barcelona Model" / Mari Paz Balibrea 205

13 Changing course? Principles and tools for local sustainability / Enric Tello 225.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.

ISBN:

0415288401

041528841X

OCLC:

53954200