Citation:
Dot-Jutglà, E. & Pallares-Barbera, M., 2015. Industrial heritage, economic revitalization and urban compactness in Poblenou-22@barcelona. A new Barcelona model? . Boletín De La Asociación De Geógrafos Españoles , 69 , pp. 493-497.
Abstract:
Poblenou’s intense development has been a result of the urban project 22@Barcelona
(2000) which revitalized urban morphology and the a
rea’s previous economic downturn
during period 2000-2013. This article analyzes how
the industrial heritage remaining in
Poblenou becomes a competitive element of the so-called city of knowledge, where civil
society forced the public sector to introduce policies to protect this heritage for the cons-
truction of the cultural city. The structural question is to analyze how the industrial heritage
was produced, how it was consumed, and which agents were involved in both processes.
In addition, the focus of the paper is to study how heritage becomes a basic element of the
process of economic revitalization, of symbolic projection and of urban compactness in the
urban project Poblenou-22@Barcelona. Economic cluster policy in the area represents an
innovative strategy for the urban, economic and social transformation of the whole city of
Barcelona.