This article examines the evolution of the 'Barcelona Model'of urban transformation through
the lenses of worlding and provincialising urbanism. We trace this evolution from an …

Smart city initiatives frequently overestimate the transformative power of technology while
underestimating the non-technological aspects of urban problems, especially those that are …

In the 2015 local elections, political formations with their roots in social movements took
control of several Spanish city councils, including Madrid and Barcelona. The wave of …

This chapter explores if alternative participatory co-creation approaches have the potential
for deploying an emancipatory urbanism that is able to contest the urban dynamics of …

One of the primary impediments to the realisation and success of remunicipalisation can be
financing. Not all remunicipalisations require additional funding, but the costs of bringing …

After three decades of privatization, cities around the world are taking water services back
under public management and control. The pace of this remunicipalization appears to be …

Resumen¿ Cómo y por qué los partidos políticos, aparentemente enfocados en la política
electoral, también movilizan en las arenas contenciosas? Basado en una investigación …

This article is based on the premise that it is possible to apply Henri Lefebvre's critical-
theoretical apparatus to complex urban processes as a pedagogical case study. From …

Citizen-centred and participatory 'smart cities' have been on the agenda of mainstream
events and tech talks around the world for the last few years. One of the most important …

This essay interprets the implementation of “tactical urbanism” as the latest step in the urban
technocratic project aimed at destroying or at least subduing all actual urban life, thus as a …