https://padlet.com/11masona1/4e18u7gqg3nz OCR - Barcelona - Case study en-us 2017-03-16 10:31:34 UTC 2017-03-16 10:47:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 11masona1 https://padlet.com/11masona1/4e18u7gqg3nz/wish/160474719 Mediterranean coast in northeast Spain, about 125 km from the French border. Barcelona is the capital of Barcelona province and the Spanish region of Catalonia, and has approximately 1.6 million inhabitants. It receives just over 7 million visitors a year.]]> 2017-03-16 10:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/11masona1/4e18u7gqg3nz/wish/160474719 11masona1 https://padlet.com/11masona1/4e18u7gqg3nz/wish/160476002 - When the
Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, Barcelona became a volatile centre of Republican opposition to the Nationalists led by General Franco.
- City was taken by Nationalists in 1939 and since then architecture has been forgotten about.
-Barcelona lost its vibrant spirit, acquiring the image of a run-down and rather weary, ageing port city. With Franco’s death in 1975, the scene was set for Barcelona’s renaissance.

]]> 2017-03-16 10:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/11masona1/4e18u7gqg3nz/wish/160476002 11masona1 https://padlet.com/11masona1/4e18u7gqg3nz/wish/160476501 The local authority began regeneration with a seven-year plan starting in 1980. This focused on 140 small projects providing more piazzas (public squares) and better housing, transport routes, schools and hospitals.

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- Generates city-wide redevelopment and to renovate rundown areas such as the harbour and beaches.
- Brought community closer together as it offered opportunities to everybody, with regaining Catalan pride and identity.
- Camp Nou is another flagship location in the city with over 98,000 seats, it strengthened the self-belief and confidence of the area.

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