Kolkata Flower Market. Source: Wikimedia Commons / Photo by Arne Hückelheim.
This interview is part of the series 'Development in the Face of Global Inequalities'. You can find out more about the series, read its articles and explore the interactive roundtables by clicking here.
In 1860, high mortality rates among the working classes, as well as poor health and education conditions, established the need for Barcelona, Spain, to rethink its distribution of public services in the city. Ildefons Cerdà’s unique type of urban planning was the answer, delivering inclusive housing planning and service provision, and his plan still guides Barcelona’s urban planning today. It therefore seemed appropriate that a café in Barcelona, an expanding, international city, was the setting for my conversation with Patrick Heller on the changing landscape of urban development.
