Cerdà and Barcelona: The need for a new city and service provision

This paper examines Ildefons Cerdà’s 1860 Plan for the Urban Expansion of Barcelona; specifically, how and why it was conceived in a unique way, in which the provision of services to the population was an important part. Cerdà based his expansion proposal on an in depth socio statistical study of ol...

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Main Authors: Montserrat Pallares Barbera, Anna Badia, Jordi Duch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urbanistični inštitut RS 2011-01-01
Series:Urbani Izziv
Subjects:
GIS
Online Access:http://urbani-izziv.uirs.si/Portals/uizziv/papers/urbani-izziv-en-2011-22-02-005.pdf