Transforming Barcelona : [the renewal of a European metropolis] / 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.

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

Barcelona (Spain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-44250-5

0-415-28840-1

1-134-44251-3

1-280-07874-X

0-203-64396-8

9780203643969

OCLC:

259514077