SubjectMobility and transport
The city after the pandemicGlobal risks, local challenges. Cities, beyond the coronavirus
One of the attractions of city life is proximity,...
Building the metropolisMobility, a complex structural framework
The creation of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area marked a positive yet insufficient change in the governance of metropolitan mobility. We are facing a complex...
Building the metropolisThe ring roads, yesterday and today
From the beginning, the ring roads defined a new urban reality that confirmed Barcelona’s change of scale, its transformation from a city...
“I don’t believe in the politicians that say: ‘I do what the people want’”
Sergio Fajardo
Not affiliated with any of the traditional parties, he became mayor of Medellín in 2004 leading a citizen movement and completely renewed a city that had entered a...
Open cityA crooked, open, modest city
Judgements that the cité has ‘failed’ to open up are thus Janus-faced: one side of the coin shows angry populist prejudice, but on the other face can appear...
“Powerful investors have taken over the ecological agenda”
Isabelle Anguelovski, researcher in political ecology
The creation of city parks, green belts and ecological corridors in urban neighbourhoods attracts upmarket estate agencies and new residents with more purchasing...
“Our health and that of the environment go together”
Josep Maria Antó, Director of Science at the Barcelona Institute of Global Health
A sword of Damocles hangs over the head of today's generations: the deterioration of the environment and climate change. The impact on human health of all this...
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