Constructing a City: The Cerda Plan for the Extension of Barcelona Export

@article{citeulike:2301902, abstract = {This article applies a constructivist perspective to the analysis of a town-planning innovation. The so-called Cerda Plan for the extension of Barcelona was launched in the 1860s and gave this city one of its most characteristic present features. For different reasons it can be considered an extraordinary case in town-planing history, though almost unknown to international scholars. The authors analyze the intense controversy that developed around the extension plan and the three technological frames involved. Finally, the relationship between power and technology is discussed. The sociohistorical account is used to illustrate a specific concept of power, to be used in a politics of technology. 10.1177/016224399702200101}, author = {Aibar, Eduardo and Bijker, Wiebe E.}, citeulike-article-id = {2301902}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016224399702200101}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://sth.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/22/1/3}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/016224399702200101}, journal = {Science Technology Human Values}, keywords = {barcelona, planning, scot, sociotechnical, urban}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {3--30}, posted-at = {2008-01-29 12:20:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Constructing a City: The Cerda Plan for the Extension of Barcelona}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016224399702200101}, volume = {22}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2301902 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2301902 N2 - This article applies a constructivist perspective to the analysis of a town-planning innovation. The so-called Cerda Plan for the extension of Barcelona was launched in the 1860s and gave this city one of its most characteristic present features. For different reasons it can be considered an extraordinary case in town-planing history, though almost unknown to international scholars. The authors analyze the intense controversy that developed around the extension plan and the three technological frames involved. Finally, the relationship between power and technology is discussed. The sociohistorical account is used to illustrate a specific concept of power, to be used in a politics of technology. 10.1177/016224399702200101 IS - 1 JF - Science Technology Human Values EP - 30 TI - Constructing a City: The Cerda Plan for the Extension of Barcelona VL - 22 SP - 3 KW - barcelona KW - planning KW - scot KW - sociotechnical KW - urban AU - Aibar, Eduardo AU - Bijker, Wiebe PY - 1997/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016224399702200101 ER -