Overture : Urban Planning in a Mediterranean Port City: The Contested Nature of Urban Redevelopment in the El Raval Neighborhood in Barcelona
Casellas, Antònia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
Staff, Grant (Hofstra University. Department of Global Studies and Geography)

Publicació:	Switzerland : Springer, 2023
Descripció:	17 pàg.
Resum:	The chapter analyzes the urban restructuring of an emblematic downtown quarter of Barcelona, El Raval. Like other Mediterranean port cities which have retained historical downtown neighborhoods, El Raval, under the colloquial name of 'El Barrio Chino' (Chinatown), has symbolized Barcelona's attempts to preserve the character of the old city while simultaneously embarking on programs for urban renewal and a development strategy that relies on increasing numbers of tourists. Unsurprisingly this has created a great deal of contestation over both the actual and symbolic meaning of space. The chapter first considers the origins of the quarter, from its creation when the second set of Barcelona's medieval walls was built in the fourteenth century, until the ending of the Franco period in the 1970s. The chapter then looks at the evolution of the quarter's urban morphology and social structure under the various urban redevelopment plans that were embarked on from the early 1980s. Special attention is given to the interaction among the political, economic, and social agents involved in El Raval's redevelopment, as well as the characteristics of the planning policies implemented in the 1980s and 1990s. We conclude with final remarks on the continuing contradictions engendered by the chosen redevelopment strategies, often based on increasing tourism, with the large-scale movement of foreign working-class immigrants into the neighborhood.
Nota:	First Online: 29 June 2023
Drets:	Tots els drets reservats.
Llengua:	Anglès
Col·lecció:	Cities, Heritage and Transformation ((CHT))
Document:	Capítol de llibre ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Publicat a:	Mediterranean Port Cities. Connectivity in Modern Times, pp 43-59, ISBN 978-3-031-32326-3

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32326-3_2

Disponible a partir de: 2024-06-29 Post-print

El registre apareix a les col·leccions:
Llibres i col·leccions > Capítols de llibres