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Urban spaces have evolved from being hubs for living, socialising and hosting activities to becoming...
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Despite its history of compact cities, Europe has evolved into a continent of sprawling urban landscapes,...
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The Barcelona of five million encompasses not only the territory of dense and compact cities but also a...
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Barcelona is experiencing growth (1.3% in the last year), driven by immigration (31% of registered residents born abroad, representing 177 nationalities), and its inhabitants are...
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Barcelona has always been a welcoming and appealing city. It is no wonder that its residents state, in poll after poll, that they would like to continue to do so. And their...
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The design of a substantial amount of housing is based on an obsolete concept that organises space according...
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Cities are emerging as key players in the European challenge of building a human-focussed model for housing....
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A combination of low wages and skyrocketing housing prices is increasingly hampering young people’s...
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