Promoting Real Estate in I 9C. «Ensanches»

Authors

  • Rafael Mas Hernández

Keywords:

Ensanches urbanos, Historia del urbanismo, Cerdá, Urbanismo militar, Promoción inmobiliaria, Barcelona

Abstract

The paper comments the fact that the Extension plans proposed by Cerda and urged by Posada Herrera's Bill of 1861 was soon disarmed by legislation in no wise progressive. The close ties as between this legislation and certain Real Estate Promotions is here pointed up. The paper also draws attention to the evolution of Extension Plans in various Spanish cities and its being related with the availability of Public Land and this, in turn, to changes in the than world of politics and its institutions. The paper finishes by studying Extension Plans and land which had belonged to the Armed Forces and analyses the polemical case of the ground that became available after the demolition of the Barcelona city walls.

Published

1999-06-26

How to Cite

Mas Hernández, R. (1999). Promoting Real Estate in I 9C. «Ensanches». Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, (119-120), 55–73. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/85562

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