Urban Policies – Mariona Tomas

Urban
Policies

RESEARCH LINE 2

The progressive concentration of population in urban areas has had an impact on urban policies. I analyse many types of urban policies, like those related with citizen participation, urban agendas, and especially smart cities.

ABOUT THIS RESEARCH LINE

Urban policies have been evolving parallel to the processes of urbanization and metropolisation. I have done research on the impact of urban policies -like smart cities- on urban governance, specially through case studies. I am interested in understanding the changes in public–private relationships, citizen participation and the impact of global agendas (like the new urban agenda or SDGs) on urban policies in specific cities.

Source: Own elaboration. Published in Tomàs, M. (2023) The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023,Urban Research & Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2023.2277205

INFOGRAPHICS

1. Urban policies and smart cities 1: 1 Models of urban governance and smart cities

Table 1. Models of urban governance and smart cities

Source: Own elaboration. Published in Tomàs, M. (2023) The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023, Urban Research & Practice,

INFOGRAPHICS

1. Urban policies and smart cities 2: evolution of Smart cities in BCN

Table 2. Characteristics of the models of urban governance from the smart city to the digital city, 2011–2023

PUBLICATIONS

AUTHOR

THEME

YEAR

LINK

Tomàs. M.

The smart city and urban governance: the urban transformation of Barcelona, 2011–2023, Urban Research & Practice

2023

Diaz, J.; Tomàs, M.; Lefebvre, S.

Are public makerspaces a means to empowering citizens? The case of Ateneus de Fabricació in Barcelona, Telematics and Informatics 59, June 2021, 101551.

2021

Tomàs. M.

El impacto de las smart cities en la gobernanza urbana y en el rol de los gobiernos locales. El Impacto de las smart cities en la gobernanza urbana y el rol de los gobiernos locales. El derecho a la ciudad. El reto de las smart cities.(51-65). Ed. Atelier

2019

Tomàs, M., Négrier, E.

Existe-t-il un modèle barcelonais ? Retour sur quarante années de politiques urbaines à Barcelone (1976-2016). Métropoles [En ligne], 22 | 2018, mis en ligne le 25 avril 2018, consulté le 12 juillet 2022.

2018

Martí-Costa, M. and M. Tomàs

Urban governance in Spain: From democratic transition to austerity policies, Urban Studies 54(9), 2107–2122.

2017

Martí-Costa, M. and M. Tomàs

Crisis y evolución de la gobernanza urbana en España, Ciudad y Territorio. Estudios territoriales 188, 1-15.

2016

Tomàs, M.

“Gobernanza urbana y smart cities. El caso de Barcelona”. J. Balcells, A.M. Delgado García, M. Fiori, C. Marsan Raventós, I. Peña-López, M.J. Pifarré de Moner and M Vilasau Solana (coords.). Internet, Derecho y Política. Regulating Smart Cities. Barcelona: UOC- Huygens Editorial: pp. 47-59.

2015

García, Á.; Iglesias, M. i M. Tomàs

Barcelona ante la crisis. Cambios y continuidades de un modelo. J. Subirats i M. Martí-Costa (eds.). Ciudades y cambio de época: discursos sobre políticas urbanas y crisis en España. Bilbao: Universidad del País Vasco, 24-57.

2015

Tomàs, M.

If urban regions are the answer, what is the question? Thoughts on the European experience. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 39(2), 382-389.