Espacio público y género en áreas centrales renovadasel Raval (Barcelona) y Cuatro Torres (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)
- Carmen Gloria Calero Martín 1
- Carmen Rosa Delgado Acosta 1
- Anna Ortiz Guitart 2
- Alejandro Armas Díaz 1
- 1 Departamento de Geografía. Facultad de Geografía e Historia. Universidad de La Laguna
- 2 Departament de Geografia. Facultat de Lletres. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- 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.