Social Processes in the Production of Public Spaces : Structuring Forces and Actors in the Renewal of a Deprived Neighbourhood in Barcelona

Sammanfattning

Within urban design there is increasing interest in the close relationshipbetween social, economic and political processes and the production of public spaces. Thisrelationship, however, often remains abstract and is rarely illustrated in empirical studies.This paper introduces an institutionalist understanding to the production of public spaces,whereby emphasis is placed on the analysis of structuring forces and actors as a way toapprehend the complexity of the social processes guiding and influencing the planning,design and management of public spaces. The institutionalist understanding is illustratedin the case study of an urban renewal project in Barcelona. The results of the case studyshow the contrasts and tensions between the structuring forces and the different actorsoperating in the project, how structuring forces favoured the interest and claims of someactors over those of others, and the potential risks and challenges that this has for the useand value of the public spaces produced by the project.

Nyckelord

public space, urban design, social processes, urban renewal, conflict

Publicerad i

Journal of Urban Design
2013, volym: 18, nummer: No. 3, sidor: 409–428

SLU författare

• Calderon, Camilo

  • Institutionen för stad och land, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

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Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2013.800449

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