Espacio público y género en áreas centrales renovadasel Raval (Barcelona) y Cuatro Torres (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

  1. Carmen Gloria Calero Martín 1
  2. Carmen Rosa Delgado Acosta 1
  3. Anna Ortiz Guitart 2
  4. Alejandro Armas Díaz 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Geografía. Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Universidad de La Laguna
  2. 2 Departament de Geografia. Facultat de Lletres. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Book:
XX Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana
  1. Elena Acosta Guerrero (coord.)

Publisher: Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria

Year of publication: 2014

Pages: 94-106

Congress: Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana (20. 2012. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Type: Conference paper

Abstract

This article points out from a gender perspective how use and appropriation differs on two centrally located public spaces: the Vazquez Montalbán square that was completed within this decade in El Raval neighborhood (Barcelona); and Primero de Mayo square modified at the beginning of this century in the neighborhood of Cuatro Torres (Santa Cruz de Tenerife). A qualitative methodology based on direct systematic observation and surveys was conducted on public spaces in order to know current asymmetries in men’s and women’s daily life.