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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)
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. [...]
Switzerland : Springer, 2023 (Cities, Heritage and Transformation ((CHT))) - 10.1007/978-3-031-32326-3_2
Mediterranean Port Cities. Connectivity in Modern Times, pp 43–59  
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13 p, 2.0 MB Pathways to 15-Minute City adoption : can our understanding of climate policies' acceptability explain the backlash towards x-minute city programs? / Marquet Sardà, Oriol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mojica, Laia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia) ; Fernández Núñez, Marta Beatriz (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia) ; Maciejewska, Monika Wiktoria (Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research)
In recent months, 15-min city policies have faced significant backlash across social media, in opinion pieces, and even through street demonstrations, casting doubt on the future of x-minute city policies as effective tools in the fight against climate change. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.cities.2024.104878
Cities, Vol. 148 (May 2024) , art. 104878  
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Future hotter summer greatly increases residential electricity consumption in Beijing : A study based on different house layouts and shared socioeconomic pathways / Hu, Qiyuan (China Agricultural University) ; Tang, Jiayue (China Agricultural University) ; Gao, Xiang (China Agricultural University) ; Wang, Sijia (China Agricultural University) ; Zhang, Dan (Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Qin, Yuting (China Agricultural University) ; Wang, Qihan (China Agricultural University) ; Zhou, Yi (China Agricultural University) ; Huang, Na (China Agricultural University) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Canadell, Josep G. (CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere) ; Ciais, Philippe (Université Paris-Saclay. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) ; Pan, Zhihua (China Agricultural University) ; An, Pingli (China Agricultural University) ; Xu, Lin (China Agricultural University) ; Lun, Fei (China Agricultural University)
Emerging studies illustrated that climate change has great impacts on residential electricity consumption, but only a few studies focused on impacts of daily weather and extreme hot days, not to mention considering house layouts. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104453
Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 91 (April 2023) , art. 104453  
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16 p, 11.8 MB Assessing Nature-based solutions in the face of urban vulnerabilities : a multi-criteria decision approach / Camacho, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Langemeyer, Johannes (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Segura Barrero, Ricard (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Ventura, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mendoza Beltran, Angelica (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are increasingly employed to address urban challenges. Typically, NBS planning emphasizes environmental impacts and ecosystem services, often overlooking their role in addressing vulnerabilities. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105257
Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 103 (April 2024) , art. 105257  
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9 p, 562.7 KB The Hiding Hand controversy as an analytical approach in the study of urban megaevents / Casellas, Antònia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Lehtonen, Markku (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques
Despite growing public opposition, megaevents such as the Summer Olympics continue to proliferate both in the Global North and South, thus reshaping the built environment of cities and the living conditions of their inhabitants. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104773
Cities, Vol. 147 (2024) , p. 104773  
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350x491, 432.0 KB Beyond urbanalization : urban form and the low-carbon challenge / Muñoz, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
Rouledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
Cities in the 21st century, 2016, p. 69-77  
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17 p, 566.4 KB Urbanalisation and city mega-events : from copy & paste urbanism to urban creativity / Muñoz, Francesc (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Roudlege, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015
Mega-event cities : urban legacies of global sports events, 2016, p. 11-21  
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35 p, 1.3 MB Fringe more than context : Perceived quality of life in informal settlements in a developing country: The case of Kabul, Afghanistan / Shahraki, Saeed Zanganeh (University of Tehran. Department of Human Geography) ; Hosseini, Ali (University of Tehran. Department of Human Geography) ; Saurí i Pujol, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia) ; Hussaini, Fatema (University of Tehran. Department of Human Geography)
Investigations of the quality and satisfaction of urban life in informal settlements remain largely overlooked in the existing literature especially in developing countries. About one-fifth of Afghanistan population is living in urban areas, however, the trend is changing very fast and the country observes now one of the highest urbanization rates in the world. [...]
2020 - 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102494
Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 63 (2020) , p. 102494  
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14 p, 4.5 MB The potential of local food, energy, and water production systems on urban rooftops considering consumption patterns and urban morphology / Toboso-Chavero, Susana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Montealegre, Antonio Luis (Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza) ; García-Pérez, Sergio (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Arquitectura) ; Sierra-Pérez, Jorge (Universidad de Zaragoza. Departamento de Ingeniería de Diseño y Fabricación) ; Muñoz-Liesa, Joan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental) ; Gabarrell Durany, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Villalba, Gara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Madrid, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
The external resource dependency of urban areas results in the externalization of environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Implementing food, energy and water production systems on urban rooftops (roof mosaics) can potentially help cities become more self-sufficient but depends on the city's urban morphology. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104599
Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol. 95 (August 2023) , art. 104599  
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12 p, 7.4 MB The role of the state in the touristification of Lisbon / Estevens, Ana (Universidade de Lisboa) ; Cocola-Gant, Agustín (Universidade de Lisboa) ; López Gay, Antonio (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Pavel, Fabiana (Architecture School of Lisbon University)
The explanation regarding the recent touristification of cities has significantly focused on the ability of platforms such as Airbnb to offer millions of tourist beds in areas that were not planned for tourism use. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104275
Cities, Vol. 137 (2023)  

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