Dossier's contents
![Il·lustració d'un tub d'adhesiu amb etiqueta "Super city-3"](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/yochai_benkler.png?itok=kW4m_r9b)
Cities can adopt practices that will engage residents in communities of practice, building on making, doing, and sharing together as a base of identity that can provide real sense of...
![Il·lustració d'una mà posant una papereta en una urna que és un candau](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/francesca_bria.png?itok=dC9vr2q8)
Cities and citizens, not companies, ought to own the data produced in cities and should be able to use said data to improve public services and put their policies into action. Data...
![Il·lustració d'un senyor i una bossa, sembla la figura del Monopoly](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nick_srnicek_1.png?itok=DWCwrPSX)
The infrastructure of the city offers major new opportunities for profit and power which makes them highly desirable for private platforms like Google, Uber and Baidu. The end result of...
![Il·lustració d'un pont](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/mayo_fuster.png?itok=PhUaiVSH)
The platform economy generates considerable challenges and opportunities. It’s necessary to to distinguish truly collaborative platforms, which must be promoted and protected, from the...
![Il·lustració d'una fila de persones agafant cada una amb les mans el cap de qui té davant](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ekaitz_cancela.png?itok=Mm7-JWs1)
Urban environments are characterised by the opportunities they offer to think of a political culture where shared knowledge assets can be managed jointly by different sized groups with...
![Il·lustració d'una pistola que enlloc de canó per les bales té un objectiu de càmara de vigilància](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/renata_avila_1.png?itok=lw53AsWX)
In most cities there are hardly any spaces left for public cohabitation: by neglecting parks and common areas, by closing cultural spaces, by cutting budgets for extracurricular...
![Il·lustració d'un megàfon](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/andreu_monterde.png?itok=hhDpCKzW)
The adjective 'smart' is very much in vogue. It represents the idea that cities can be more intelligent and efficient thanks to technology, and the data that they and their inhabitants...
![Braç robòtic presentat al 4YFN 2019](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/foto_industria_4-0.jpg?itok=T1yvDqOc)
Information and communications technologies are a strategic sector in a city’s economy, not just because of the volume of investment and jobs they generate, but also because of...
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