Possibility of implementing the Barcelona Superblocks model in the post-COVID-19 city. Reflections on Latin America
Possibility of implementing the Barcelona Superblocks model in the post-COVID-19 city. Reflections on Latin America

Author(s): Maciej Kalaska
Subject(s): Environmental Geography, Human Ecology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Superblocks model; Barcelona; Latin America; COVID-19
Summary/Abstract: Many cities have seen the COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity to realise, or rather a warning, that accelerated and equality-based transformation towards sustainability is a necessity. At the end of 2020, the mayor of Barcelona announced a large-scale plan to remodel the Eixample district according to the Superblocks model. The neighbourhood, which covers a large area, is planned to become a place where greenery and pedestrians are the protagonists. The project was preceded by intensive social consultations and takes into account the needs of children, elderly people, and women, that is, the groups whose voice was not heard in traditional city planning. Cities in Latin America are considering adopting the Barcelona Superblocks model. This text discusses the possibilities of implementing the aforementioned concept in Latin America. The conclusions are drawn on the basis of PESTE analysis, which is a variant of PEST analysis.

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