The Spanish city is remaking urban neighbourhoods by limiting through traffic in superblocks that give priority to pedestrians and street activities, not cars.
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The ‘superblocks’ are expected to have massive benefits for health and well-being – but it takes good governance.
Cities make their own climate, so such like-for-like comparisons are too simplistic.
The process of radicalisation is a complex system that cannot be reduced to the brain, behaviour, or environment. It exists at the intersection of all these elements.
The future of tourism depends on ensuring visitors do not wear out their welcome. Giving locals more of a say in tourism can help ensure they share in the benefits and minimise the costs.
Smart cities need places for people to engage in meaningful ways, and cohousing is one model of smart citizen development.
Advertising as a life story – this clever campaign branded a Spanish beer with a sense of belonging.
As cities become ‘smarter’, they need more and more objects fitted with technology. We need to think about designing these objects to accommodate computers, which often break down and create e-waste.
A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here’s what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.
By expanding our understanding of streets and enhancing their design, every street corner could become a space to socialise, to exercise, to play, or to trade.
Want to understand the Catalan election? You need to go back a long way.
At many popular destinations, residents are protesting against crowding, rowdy visitors and low wages. With some research, travelers can use their visits to enrich host areas instead of harming them.
With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, fab labs, maker spaces and more, cities are being transformed into production centres. This dynamic movement is ripe with promise, but also has risks.
We rarely see residents of a city successfully push back in defence of their needs against the power of finance capital, which seeks to make money from the city. But Barcelona shows it can be done.
Barcelona has become the test case for separatists Europe over.
The situation in Catalonia is ripe for widespread civil disobedience against the Spanish government.
Despite the inevitable transition costs for both sides, there may also be some benefits to a split.
The European Union is quick to condemn countries like Venezuela and Turkey when they engage in anti-democratic tactics. So why is it so silent on Spain’s treatment of the Catalan?
The football club has long been central to Catalan identity and is central to the region’s independence vote.
When you put together the efforts of the Spanish authorities to curb media coverage of the Catalan referendum, you have a deeply worrying picture.
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Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate, University of Manchester
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, Adelaide University
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Early Career Researcher in Spanish Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Directeur de l'agence Villes Innovations, Chercheur associé au laboratoire PACTE (Université de Grenoble), Co-fondateur du Laboratoire d’usages culture(s)-art-société (LUCAS), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Teaching fellow, University of Stirling
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Associate Professor in Urban Geography, University of Sydney
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Researcher of urban & cultural studies, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant professor, Human Enterprise and Innovation, Thompson Rivers University
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor of Spanish, University of St Andrews
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Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, and Anthropology, Penn State
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Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Urban law and governance, infrastructure researcher; professor of socio-legal studies, University of Toronto