Transforming Barcelona : The Renewal of a European Metropolis

ISBN-13: 9780415288408 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str.

Tim Marshall; Tim Marshall

Opis

Barcelona is perhaps the European city which has become most renowned for successfully remaking of itself in the last 20 years. This image has been spread cumulatively round the world, by books, television, internet sites, as well as by films and use of the city in advertisements. This book is about the reality behind that image. It describes how the governors, professional planners and architects, and in a wider sense the people of the city and of Catalonia, brought about the succession of changes which began in about 1980. Transforming Barcelona is made up of chapters by those involved in the changes and local experts who have been observing the changes year by year. Particular emphasis is placed on the political leadership, and on the role of professionals, especially architects, in catalysing and implementing urban change. Other chapters look closely at the way that the treatment of public space became a key ingredient of what has been termed the Barcelona model.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Tim Marshall