Main entry:

Busquets, Joan.

Title & Author:

Barcelona : the urban evolution of a compact city / Joan Busquets.

Publication:

Rovereto : Nicolodi ; [Cambridge, MA] : Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2005.

Description:

468 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
From its origins to capital of the medieval Mediterranean -- From the urbanisation of the Raval to the start of industrialisation -- Projects for the modern city and the demolition of the town walls -- Barcelona, city of innovation -- The turn of the century and Greater Barcelona -- The Barcelona of a million inhabitants -- The grey post-war years and the formation of the metropolis -- Patterns of pro-development expansion and political change. Urban development and the Plans -- Barcelona's recovery in the eighties. Urban development in the form of projects, programmes and strategies -- Barcelona, a European city. Another change of scale? -- Maps of the city.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

8884472040 (paperback)
9788884472045 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning Spain Barcelona History.
Urbanization Spain Barcelona History.
Architecture Spain Barcelona.
Urbanisation Espagne Barcelone Histoire.
Architecture Espagne Barcelone.
Architecture.
City planning.
Urbanization.
Stadtplanung
City planning Spain Barcelona.
Stadsplanering.
Urbanisering.
Arkitektur Spanien Barcelona.
Barcelona (Spain) History.
Barcelone (Espagne) Histoire.
Spain Barcelona.
Barcelona
Barcelona ; SWD-ID: 40045031
Geschichte
Städtebau ; SWD-ID: 40567953

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 251941
Call No.: NA9224.B3 B8713 2005
Status: Available