The American writer and activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) has been canonized as a theorist of urbanism, and her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) indeed transformed the theory and practice of city-making. For his part, the French
Urban space must be thought of as a primarily social phenomenon, says the Marxist philosopher Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991) in The Production of Space, a contemporary classic now translated to Spanish. In a context where urban planning is mere techniqu
Accpting urban planning as a fundamental tool in the struggle for a more unified, more just, and less discriminatory society is the starting point in regarding the city as an inalienable right. In ‘Urban Revolution and Citizens’ Rights’, Jordi Borja
Las ciudades no son meros depósitos de capital o inocuos escenarios lúdicos; son también trincheras. El eminente geógrafo inglés David Harvey nos lo recuerda en Rebel Cities, un libro sesudo y a la par apasionado que, escrito al calor de movimientos
Deudores confesos del teórico marxista francés Henry Lefèbvre, los editores de este libro tratan, mediante la recopilación de veintinueve colaboraciones de diversa procedencia, de aprehender la realidad fragmentaria de nuestras ciudades. Primero, a t
