1. Introduction Section 1: What Happened Section Introduction 2. Urban Dynamics, Public Policies and Governance in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona 3. Behind Barcelona's Success Story: Citizens Movements and Planners Power 4. Governing Barcelona 5. Ten Points for an Urban Methodology 6. The City, Democracy and Governability: The Case of Barcelona 7. The Planning Project 8. Public Spaces in Barcelona 1980-2000 9. Public Space Development in Barcelona - Some Examples Section 2: Present and Futures Section Introduction 10. Current Planning Projects Barcelona Regional 11. The Transformation of Poblenou: The New 22 District Section 3: Three Critical Perspectives Section Introduction 12. Urbanism, Culture, and the Post-Industrial City. Challenging the 'Barcelona Model' 13. Changing Course? Principles and Tools for Local Sustainability Bibliography

'Tim Marshall has assembled a series of papers that have in the main been published separately elsewhere and they provide a wealth of information ... There are many lessons to be learned from Barcelona and the book provides a useful summary of the major issues.'-John Billingham, Urban Design, Spring 2005