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Societal Responses to Changes in the Production System: The Case of Barcelona Metropolitan Region

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  • Joan-Eugeni Sánchez

    (Department of Human Geography, University of Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac, sln, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

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Changes in economic and production activities have affected Barcelona. Three important processes can be identified: the process of industrial restructuring since the 1960s; innovation and technological change in the productive process; and the integration of the Spanish economy within the European Community. A societal response matrix, comprising agents at all spatial scales, applied to the metropolitan area of Barcelona is proposed in order to analyse the role of agents, policies and strategies in the process of economic and urban revitalisation. In Barcelona's case, it is evident that at present the public sphere is dominant in that its actions encourage other agents, whilst the private sector appears to be led by public initiatives. At the local scale the Barcelona city council shows a clear dynamic both in long-range actions, e.g. the Olympic Games, and as an agent dynamising important public projects and promoting the participation of other economic agents, both public and private, at all scales: the Strategic Plan, a Technical Park, the cities lobby, etc.

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  • Joan-Eugeni Sánchez, 1992. "Societal Responses to Changes in the Production System: The Case of Barcelona Metropolitan Region," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 29(6), pages 949-963, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:29:y:1992:i:6:p:949-963
    DOI: 10.1080/00420989220080891
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