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| Id | 158 | |
| Author | Degen, M., ; Garcia, M., | |
| Title | The Transformation of the ‘Barcelona Model’: An Analysis of Culture, Urban Regeneration. | |
| Reference | Degen, M., Garcia, M. (2012). The Transformation of the ‘Barcelona Model’: An Analysis of Culture, Urban Regeneration. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 36(5): 1022‑1038. |
Link to article | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01152.x |
| Abstract | Barcelona’s redevelopment has been widely celebrated for its apparently successful combina-tion of cultural strategies with urban regeneration to address social problems. The ‘Barcelona model’ has evolved, however, with changing relationships between urban regeneration, the use of culture and modes of governance. The role of cultural strategy has shifted from being part of a cultural vernacular with social and political citizenship at its core to become a functional tool for ensuring social cohesion and marketing the city’s brand. This is linked to a gradual dilution of bottom-up participatory democracy in governance. Pressures for international competitive-ness are challenging the sustainability of the ‘Barcelona model’, while local actors are trying to ensure social justice at home. |
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| He gave a stronger impetus to the competitive drive of the city administration. . | Parks and plazas served to gather residents from differentiated areas of the city on common ground, enhancing social cohesion and citizen activities. . | The purpose, and to a large extent the outcome, was to implement social redistribution by improving living conditions in the public realm with higher-quality public spaces and public services. . | First, culture in its widest sense, from cultural industries to museums or events, is regarded as a crucial pillar of economic development in the post-industrial city. . | Cultural infrastructures were considered crucial to attracting conferences, festivals and urban tourism, and emphasis was given to the promotion of cultural agents such as cultural and civic associations and the cultural industries, as well as to private sponsors for the citys cultural activities managed by public administrations. . | The democratization of urban space was reinforced by the opening of neighbourhoods to the rest of the city via public festivals and cultural events. . | Going to the theatre or visiting an art gallery are as much local as tourist activities. . | Culture has become deeply intertwined with the citys economy, as the City Council aims to develop its cultural industries and its position in the cultural economy: in contemporary capitalism, the culture-generating capabilities of cities are being harnessed for productive purposes, creating new kinds of localized advantages with major employment and income-enhancing effects (Scott, 1997: 335). . | The allocation of this vital role was directly linked to an increase in public spending on culture. . | Social cohesion as a project evolved in such a way as to accommodate diversity, whereas culture and tourism consolidated as economic assets. . |
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