The chapter analyzes the urban restructuring of an emblematic downtown quarter of
Barcelona, El Raval. Like other Mediterranean port cities which have retained historical …

Globalization of the urban real estate market, which was originally local, has generated new
capital flows worldwide that have reinforced the secondary circuit. Barcelona has not been …

This book studies the change in Mediterranean port cities, from the nineteenth century when
they flourished as a result of international economic relations and advances in transportation …

Despite the limitations of transferring “successful urban policies” from one city to another
(González, 2011), in the last decades, Barcelona has recurrently captured the interest of …

Hablar sobre la crisis del Raval es hacer referencia al hecho que, desde como mínimo la
segunda mitad del siglo XIX, éste ha sido un barrio asociado constantemente a la crisis …