1st Edition

Transforming Barcelona The Renewal of a European Metropolis

Edited By Tim Marshall Copyright 2004
288 Pages 15 Color & 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 15 Color & 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 15 Color & 42 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This unique book, written by local experts in the city, deals with the transformation of Barcelona during the last twenty years. Barcelona has been held up as a model of urban planning and economic regeneration amongst built environment professionals. The redesign of square parks and streets throughout the city in the 1980s first attracted attention and praise and then the 1992 Olympics hosted in... Read more

1. Introduction  Section 1: What Happened  Section Introduction  2. Urban Dynamics, Public Policies and Governance in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona  3. Behind Barcelona's Success Story: Citizens Movements and Planners Power  4. Governing Barcelona  5. Ten Points for an Urban Methodology  6. The City, Democracy and Governability: The Case of Barcelona  7. The Planning Project  8. Public Spaces in Barcelona 1980-2000  9. Public Space Development in Barcelona - Some Examples  Section 2: Present and Futures  Section Introduction  10. Current Planning Projects Barcelona Regional  11. The Transformation of Poblenou: The New 22 District  Section 3: Three Critical Perspectives  Section Introduction  12. Urbanism, Culture, and the Post-Industrial City. Challenging the 'Barcelona Model'  13. Changing Course? Principles and Tools for Local Sustainability  Bibliography

Biography

Tim Marshall

'Tim Marshall has assembled a series of papers that have in the main been published separately elsewhere and they provide a wealth of information ... There are many lessons to be learned from Barcelona and the book provides a useful summary of the major issues.' - John Billingham, Urban Design, Spring 2005