Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)

Barcelona is an interesting living laboratory for studying the role of the local scale in urban planning. Since the early stages of what is known as the Barcelona Model (1979–1994), analysis of Barcelona’s urban planning based on the creation of public spaces at a local scale has become a priority....

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Autores: Frago, Lluís, Morcuende González, Alejandro
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Planejament urbanístic
Barcelona (Catalunya : Província)
Ordenació del territori
Urban planning
Barcelona (Catalonia : Province)
Regional planning
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spelling Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)Frago, LluísMorcuende González, AlejandroPlanejament urbanísticBarcelona (Catalunya : Província)Ordenació del territoriUrban planningBarcelona (Catalonia : Province)Regional planningBarcelona is an interesting living laboratory for studying the role of the local scale in urban planning. Since the early stages of what is known as the Barcelona Model (1979–1994), analysis of Barcelona’s urban planning based on the creation of public spaces at a local scale has become a priority. More recently, micro-scale urban planning has become dominant in addressing global challenges such as climate change within the framework of the New Urban Age paradigm. In this article we analyse the paradoxes between the ideology (local-centrism) and practices (tactical urbanism) of this paradigm, based on an original perspective of the Superblock Barcelona project, contrary to the criticisms levelled against this project so far, which emanate mainly from economic lobbies in Barcelona. While cities seek to tackle global-scale climate change, urban planning is being increasingly restricted to acting at local or micro scales. These paradoxes lead to sociospatial fragmentation and denial of other urban-phenomenon scales, such as the metropolitan/regional one. We frame this article within the critical urban studies perspective, following the planetary urbanization hypothesis. The analysis of the Superblock Barcelona project is based on the logic of ‘making cities by making less city’ and focuses on how the local scale, the districts and neighbourhoods ‘burst against the city’, questioning the very right to the city.Wiley2024202420252024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion24 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/216756Articles publicats en revistes (Geografia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13273International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2025, p. 1-24https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13273cc by-nc-nd (c) Frago, Lluís et al., 2024http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2167562026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
title Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
spellingShingle Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
Frago, Lluís
Planejament urbanístic
Barcelona (Catalunya : Província)
Ordenació del territori
Urban planning
Barcelona (Catalonia : Province)
Regional planning
title_short Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
title_full Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
title_fullStr Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
title_full_unstemmed Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
title_sort Urban planning paradoxes and sociospatial fragmentation: The Superblock Barcelona Case (2016–2023)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Frago, Lluís
Morcuende González, Alejandro
author Frago, Lluís
author_facet Frago, Lluís
Morcuende González, Alejandro
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Planejament urbanístic
Barcelona (Catalunya : Província)
Ordenació del territori
Urban planning
Barcelona (Catalonia : Province)
Regional planning
topic Planejament urbanístic
Barcelona (Catalunya : Província)
Ordenació del territori
Urban planning
Barcelona (Catalonia : Province)
Regional planning
description Barcelona is an interesting living laboratory for studying the role of the local scale in urban planning. Since the early stages of what is known as the Barcelona Model (1979–1994), analysis of Barcelona’s urban planning based on the creation of public spaces at a local scale has become a priority. More recently, micro-scale urban planning has become dominant in addressing global challenges such as climate change within the framework of the New Urban Age paradigm. In this article we analyse the paradoxes between the ideology (local-centrism) and practices (tactical urbanism) of this paradigm, based on an original perspective of the Superblock Barcelona project, contrary to the criticisms levelled against this project so far, which emanate mainly from economic lobbies in Barcelona. While cities seek to tackle global-scale climate change, urban planning is being increasingly restricted to acting at local or micro scales. These paradoxes lead to sociospatial fragmentation and denial of other urban-phenomenon scales, such as the metropolitan/regional one. We frame this article within the critical urban studies perspective, following the planetary urbanization hypothesis. The analysis of the Superblock Barcelona project is based on the logic of ‘making cities by making less city’ and focuses on how the local scale, the districts and neighbourhoods ‘burst against the city’, questioning the very right to the city.
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