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DossierThe city of five million

Until now, we have conceived and managed Barcelona’s vast metropolis as an urban conglomerate, bringing together the 36 municipalities of the metropolitan area. However, it’s...

Despite its history of compact cities, Europe has evolved into a continent of sprawling urban landscapes,...

La suburbanització dels Estats Units, que ha estat continuada des de la fi de la Segona Guerra Mundial, s’ha...

In Europe, where approximately 80% of the population resides in urban areas, a network of polycentric and...

The expansion of urbanisation, coupled with the consequent overflow of administrative boundaries, bears a...

The Barcelona of five million encompasses not only the territory of dense and compact cities but also a...

Individuals’ economic status is reflected in the city through the phenomenon of residential segregation. This...

The Barcelona metropolitan region is undergoing a phase of counterurbanisation. While urban-to-rural...

Urban spaces have evolved from being hubs for living, socialising and hosting activities to becoming...
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Francesc Escribano
Francesc Escribano is a journalist with the soul of an anthropologist. In his youth, he grappled with choosing between these two professions, and over time, he has merged the...

The term “blue economy” goes beyond nautical activities and their associated industry. The concept also encompasses fishing, tourism and hospitality, as well as the movement of...

Wastewater reflects our habits: when we wake up or go to sleep, when we go on holiday, and even the medications we consume. The peaks in water elimination reveal our activities....

Children aren’t just the future of a city; they are also part of the present, despite their relatively small demographic representation. In Barcelona, children account for...

On 28 November, at a gala hosted in Barcelona, the restaurant Disfrutar, established by Eduard Xatruch, Oriol Castro and Mateu Casañas, achieved the prestigious three Michelin...

Imma Prieto
Imma Prieto (Vilafranca del Penedès, 1975) has embarked on her role as head of the Fundació Tàpies much like when she was appointed director of Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i...

As the new century unfolds, the capital of Catalonia finds itself noticeably shedding the most defining aspect of its identity: its language. Increasingly ousted from public...

Here was “where it all began… Where I realised my potential”, Picasso confessed about Barcelona, the city he arrived in aboard a freighter called the Cabo Roca in 1895. Departing...

Timothy Garton Ash is an unconventional Briton who viewed Brexit as both a personal and collective failure. He is deeply enamoured with the continent, having started exploring it...

Picture yourself stepping into an exhibition that, rather than drawing from the conventional history of its discipline, draws upon all those subversive narratives historically...

He liked to be defined as a journalist. And a theatre critic too. I’ve known him for so long that I don’t remember how we met. What I do remember are some of the many...

When she gets home, it’s half past eight in the evening. She sets down the grocery bags – long handle adorned with Modernist iron filigree. Such porosity, such marvel, what a...
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