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This chapter engages with a specific feature of existing debates about urban design, planning, and COVID-19, introducing the 'superblock' concept in Barcelona. It explains that the superblock groups nine blocks of the city's 19th-century neighborhoods into a tight-knit community with shared facilities that can be resilient against threats of climate change, social vulnerability, and, in today's context, the COVID-19 pandemic. It also mentions the reallocation of road space as parks, public facilities, and community spaces, which are central to a superblock. The chapter details how the reallocation led to a sharp decline in traffic and an increase in air quality within superblocks, noting its importance to mitigating the spread and effects of COVID-19. It sheds light on the role of superblocks in providing a more inclusive, resilient, healthy, sustainable, and safer environment in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. |
