Changing Conceptions of Sustainability in Barcelona's Public Parks

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ID4489339
AutoresDavid Sauri, David Saurı́ (0000-0002-3618-7773), Marc Parés (0000-0002-0487-5264), Elena Domene (0000-0002-0109-6572)
Año2009
Volumen99
Número1
Páginas23-36
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2009.tb00416.x
OpenAlexW1975061447
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas21

In this article we explore the relationships between public parks and a broad interpretation of sustainability, taking as a case study the city of Barcelona, Spain. Recent official discourses in Barcelona insist on sustainability as one of the fundamental assets of public parks. Yet whether these urban artifacts actually contribute to sustainability objectives in environmental and social terms remains to be examined. We compare two public parks in Barcelona‐the Parc Joan Miró (1983), and the Parc de Diagonal Mar (2002)–and show how, in the former, the integration of the social, political, and environmental dimensions of sustainability was largely achieved, whereas in the latter, only the environmental dimension appears to have been considered.KeywordsBarcelonaparkspublic spaceSpainsustainabilityurban renewal * This article grew out of a paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. We thank Rob Krueger and Susan Buckingham for inviting us to submit a paper to their session on “‘Creative/Cultural Economy’: A Place for Sustainability?” and for organizing this special issue of the Geographical Review. We also appreciate the referees' and editors' comments and suggestions, which improved the paper substantially.1 Dr. Saurí is a professor of geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain2 where Dr. Domene is a research affiliate of the Institute of Urban and Metropolitan Studies.3 Dr. Parés is a visiting researcher in geography at the University of Manchester, Manchester M6O 1QD, England.* This article grew out of a paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. We thank Rob Krueger and Susan Buckingham for inviting us to submit a paper to their session on “‘Creative/Cultural Economy’: A Place for Sustainability?” and for organizing this special issue of the Geographical Review. We also appreciate the referees' and editors' comments and suggestions, which improved the paper substantially.1 Dr. Saurí is a professor of geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain2 where Dr. Domene is a research affiliate of the Institute of Urban and Metropolitan Studies.3 Dr. Parés is a visiting researcher in geography at the University of Manchester, Manchester M6O 1QD, England.Notes* This article grew out of a paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. We thank Rob Krueger and Susan Buckingham for inviting us to submit a paper to their session on “‘Creative/Cultural Economy’: A Place for Sustainability?” and for organizing this special issue of the Geographical Review. We also appreciate the referees' and editors' comments and suggestions, which improved the paper substantially.1 Dr. Saurí is a professor of geography at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain2 where Dr. Domene is a research affiliate of the Institute of Urban and Metropolitan Studies.3 Dr. Parés is a visiting researcher in geography at the University of Manchester, Manchester M6O 1QD, England

Environmental ethics · Environmental planning · Geography · Political science · Public park · Sustainability · Ecology · Philosophy · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health