Down with the Walls! The Politics of Place in Spanish and German Urban Extension Planning, 1848–1914

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Estimating public space metrics from nineteenth-century urban cartography: Barcelona’s Cerdà Plan of urban expansion

“…In recent years, however, Cerdà’s urban theory has acquired a certain centrality in analyses and debates of European urban planning (Epps, 2001; Faludi, 2010; Fraser, 2011; Frick, 2019; Hebbert, 2006) and Barcelona’s Ensanche grid is the inspiration for many new urban sustainability projects (Clos, 2009; Fan et al., 2017; Mueller et al., in press; Rueda, 2018). This urban expansion plan is considered a model by city planners and leaders alike (Aibar and Bijker, 1997; Epps, 2017; Magrinyà, 2009; Marshall, 2000; Neuman, 2011; Rueda, 2020; Urbano, 2016), and its orthogonal grid recognized as having been a creative solution to the city’s longstanding health and hygiene problems (Alonso-Fernández, 2008; Ross, 2018). In his plan, Cerdà sought to maximise exposure to sunlight, prioritising access to drinking water, the natural ventilation of its streets and a minimum living space for each citizen (Martín-Ramos, 2012; Wynn, 1979, 1989).…”