A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here’s what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.
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By expanding our understanding of streets and enhancing their design, every street corner could become a space to socialise, to exercise, to play, or to trade.
Want to understand the Catalan election? You need to go back a long way.
At many popular destinations, residents are protesting against crowding, rowdy visitors and low wages. With some research, travelers can use their visits to enrich host areas instead of harming them.
With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, fab labs, maker spaces and more, cities are being transformed into production centres. This dynamic movement is ripe with promise, but also has risks.
We rarely see residents of a city successfully push back in defence of their needs against the power of finance capital, which seeks to make money from the city. But Barcelona shows it can be done.
Barcelona has become the test case for separatists Europe over.
The situation in Catalonia is ripe for widespread civil disobedience against the Spanish government.
Despite the inevitable transition costs for both sides, there may also be some benefits to a split.
The European Union is quick to condemn countries like Venezuela and Turkey when they engage in anti-democratic tactics. So why is it so silent on Spain’s treatment of the Catalan?
The football club has long been central to Catalan identity and is central to the region’s independence vote.
When you put together the efforts of the Spanish authorities to curb media coverage of the Catalan referendum, you have a deeply worrying picture.
These lists have been all the rage this summer – but they haven’t calmed tensions between visitors and hosts much.
Everyone can stop talking about money for a few months. But expect more records to be set next year.
The boulevard runs through the heart of the city, drives its tourist economy and acts as a symbol of life in Catalonia.
A series of attacks on popular holiday destinations has authorities concerned.
Barcelona is under huge strain from tourism growth, but at least it is trying to do something about it. You could help as well…
The Catalans have no trouble telling their story of oppression through culture. The Scots find it trickier.
Many clubs sign players as young children and make them agree to not play anything else. The evidence suggests they’re making a big mistake.
Detectives don’t walk down just any old mean street. They prefer them well trodden. London, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo are all favoured haunts for crime fiction writers. In Spain, the unchallenged capital…
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Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate, University of Manchester
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Early Career Researcher in Spanish Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, Monash University
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Teaching fellow, University of Stirling
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Professor in Economics, City, University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Healthy Liveable Cities Group, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, RMIT University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
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Lecturer in Marketing and Communications, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer in Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Head of School, Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
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Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
