Une relecture de Barcelone

Discourses of the City: Policy and Response in Post–Transitional Barcelona

“…The Franco regime interrupted systematic planning, opening the city to speculators who profited from economic recovery in the 1950s and 1960s, intense immigration, and the urbanization of satellite cities in the metropolitan area. While comprehensive urban plans were proposed in 1953, 1971, and 1976, the realities of urbanization were conveyed by the constant abuse of norms, whether in violation of building and use codes, misappropriation of resources, privatization of public space (parks into parking lots), or uncontrolled mushrooming of housing (Teran 1969;Ynfante 1974;Bohigas 1963;Ferras 1977;Tarrago 1978; Ajuntament de Barcelona 1987:1, 83-93). While similar processes took place in other Spanish cities, Franco's distaste for the "enemy" Catalan was also apparent (see Castells [1983] on Madrid, or Fernandez Alba and Gavira [1986] on Spain in general).…”