Barcelona and Catalonia: The roots of the discussion on the Catalonia urban system polycentricity

Authors

  • Oriol Nello

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Policentrismo, Cataluña, Barcelona

Abstract

This article aims to explore the connections between the debate on proposals of the Catalonia
urban system polycentric management and the vicissitudes of the historical evolution of Catalonia
during the last century. The paper is divided into three sections, corresponding to as many stages
of the debate on the polycentricity in Catalonia: the crucial period 1909-1939, in which are coined
many of the notions that dominate the later stages of the debate, the long period under Franco’s
regime, 1939-1976, from the end of the Civil War to the approval of the Metropolitan Master Plan,
and finally, the democratic period from 1976 onwards, when they have been emerging, with
considerable difficulty, new conceptions of the polycentric alternative. The reasoning has been
built not only on urban sources, but also on texts of political and cultural debate for each of the
periods studied.

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2013-06-25

How to Cite

Nello, O. (2013). Barcelona and Catalonia: The roots of the discussion on the Catalonia urban system polycentricity. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 45(176), 317–331. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76204

Issue

Vol. XLV, núm. 176 (2013). Policentrismo en los espacios urbanos. Aglomeraciones urbanas con varios centros históricos.

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Copyright (c) 2013 Oriol Nello

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