SubjectDemography and population
A day in the life of Barcelona
In the course of a day, 1,660,314 people constantly breathing and on the move generate a great number of movements, interactions, needs, aspirations… In a year, 11,...
A new energy model for the cityEnergy, the agent of change for cities in the 21st century
The city, as a great guzzler of energy produced outside its borders, is committed to an energy transition that will allow for its decarbonisation. The first pillar is...
A new energy model for the cityPerceptions and conflicts surrounding energy use
Besides energy prices, one of the main public concerns, there is another unresolved issue: the opposition generated by the location of energy infrastructures,...
A new energy model for the cityThe end of the era of abundance
The economic, social and political model developed over the last 150 years simply cannot be sustained for physical...
An uncertain futureAnimals in the city, do I want them there?
Cities cannot just belong to “us”. We need animals. Their presence forces us to sharpen our...
An uncertain futureAnother form of city
Today’s city no longer offers the necessary living conditions for most of its inhabitants, as a result of a production model designed to make people productive, but...
An uncertain future'Ok, doomer'. Climate anxiety and imaginaries of collapse
The collective expression of fear turns individual anxiety into collective paralysis, and, as far as the climate crisis is concerned, this is the fastest and surest...
An uncertain futureLess when it was most needed: the energy crisis
In the midst of a changing world made more complicated by climate change, we must abandon the suicidal idea of perpetual growth on a finite planet and start talking...
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