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Pla de Barris: structural, scope and impact analysis

Year of relationship: 2023-2025

Team:

• Sergio Porcel (Dir.)
• Marc Martí (Dir.)
• Fernando Antón-Alonso
• Andreu Termes
• Núria Gómez
• Iman El Kabiri
• Ana Romero
• Jordi Garcia
• Jorge Càtedra
• Carlos González
• Francesc Coll
• Researchers of Institut Metròpoli

Institution: Foment de Ciutat, Ajuntament de Barcelona

This research project is a comprehensive study on the first two editions of the Pla de Barris created and developed by Barcelona City Council between 2017 and 2024. This neighbourhood improvement programme aims to reduce urban inequalities between Barcelona neighbourhoods. As outcomes, six reports have been produced from a quantitative and qualitative perspective analysing key aspects to gaining a better understanding of the effects that the Pla de Barris has had on the population and the neighbourhoods targeted by the programme.

First, from a quantitative perspective, a framework analysis was conducted focusing on the phenomenon addressed by the Pla de Barris: urban vulnerability, understood as a complex phenomenon influenced by multiple factors that go beyond neighborhood and even municipal boundaries. A second focus of the evaluation process has been the study of the scope of the actions implemented within the program, also from a quantitative perspective and detailed in two reports. Finally, the last part of the evaluation has been dedicated to analyzing the effects of the Pla de Barris on the population and the community network of the affected neighborhoods, using a mixed-method approach that integrates both quantitative and qualitative analysis. All of this has helped provide a multifaceted and comprehensive view of the impact of the Pla de Barris initiatives.

You can download the documents from the different thematic areas below:

1. Supra-neighborhood factors and residential location patterns influencing the evolution of urban vulnerability.

• Document 24/02, La vulnerabilitat urbana i el Pla de Barris de Barcelona
• Document 24/03, La vulnerabilitat urbana més enllà del barri: factors causals suprabarrials i dinàmiques de localització residencial

2. Scope of actions: beneficiaries of the implemented measures and resources integrated into the social infrastructure of the beneficiary neighborhoods and services.

• Document 24/01, Proposta de millora de les memòries de les accions del Pla de Barris de Barcelona
• Document 24/04, Anàlisi de les dotacions i dels programes a consolidar del Pla de Barris de Barcelona (2016-2024)

3. Effects of the Pla de Barris on the population and the community network of the intervened neighborhoods.

• Document 24/05, L’acció comunitària al Pla de Barris: reptes i efectes
• Document 25/06, Efectes del Pla de Barris (2017-2024): impactes als barris i percepcions veïnals