Del declive a la revitalización: oportunidades y límites de las nuevas políticas urbanas en Bilbao
Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: After two decades of uninterrupted decline, metropolitan Bilbao is experiencing an unexpected and extraordinary«urban renaissance». At an international level, the recipe for Bilbao’s revitalisation is widely marketedas a unique example of «best practice» and pretends to show lay ahead for other cities undergoing similarproblems of economic and urban decline. However Bilbao has followed closely on the tracks of otherold industrial cities adopting a revitalisation strategy focused upon and led by large-scale and emblematicredevelopment projects. This paper examines the rise of new urban policies in the city through the lens ofone of these projects, Abandoibarra. This reconversion of a derelict port and industrial site into a new directioncentre is widely publicised as an example of efficiency and maximisation of land redevelopment opportunitiesand management. However, this article argues that this strategy is not without its risks and pointsup the limits imposed by the dominance of a short-term value return logic that subordinates the strategiccomponents of the project to the imperatives of real estate profit making.
Authors: Elena Martínez, Arantxa Rodríguez Álvarez
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W34291844