Tag: community
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“The last street”, documentary on the effects of mass tourism in Barcelona
In Barcelona, the remains of the old city enters the Mediterranean like a wedge between the urban beach and the new harbour, resisting in its own way the attacks of real estate development. The sailor-spirited streets of La Barceloneta lie beneath the shadow cast by apartments where you can still see clothes hanging in the…
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Megaprojects and community conflicts in A Corunha, Galicia, Spain
This article, in Galician language, addresses the history of rural neiborghood in the bounds of the city of A Corunha and how it has suffered from different megaprojects that threaten its mere existence. The article refrences a arquitect project led by Ergosfera, a group of architets and how they claim a greater attention to heritage…
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Secondary data source for well-being related indexes
I find great this OECD statistic source on well-being across countries and regions. Here is a brief description of the whole project: “There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as…