Tag: Barcelona

• June 7, 2016

  Green gentrification in Barcelona: is it fair the disbribution of access to urban natural spaces?

  Rosa M. Bosch writes this interesting article (in Spanish) in La Vanguardia on “green gentrification” in Barcelona. The sociologist and geographer Dr. Isabelle Anguelovski has analyzed how has changed the socioeconomic profile of people living near gardens and parks created in Barcelona between 1992 and 2000. The study suggests that the new areas have attracted…

• August 19, 2015

  CENTRO Y CENTRALIDAD EN CONTEXTOS URBANOS, por Manuel Delgado

  Texto de Manuel Delgado, extraído de El Cor de les aparences. Mi aportación al final, con un link a la bibliografía mencionada. He leído algún comentario derivado de lo que dije a propósito de la centralidad política en la entrevista que me publicaron en vilaweb hace unos días y he visto que esa idea de…

• August 6, 2015

  “Bye Bye Barcelona” #masstourism #globalization

  Bye Bye Barcelona is a documentary about a city and it’s relationship with tourism, about the difficult coexistence between Barcelona and it’s people with tourism and tourists. It is a documentary that exposes through the thoughts of some of it’s residents, the grave effects that mass tourism has in the city. You can watch this…

• September 8, 2014

  Social impact of mass tourism in Barcelona

  “Welcome tourists, the rent of holiday apartments in this neighbourhood destroys the local socio-cultural fabric and promotes speculation. Many local residents are forced to move out. Enjoy your stay”