Urbanism & Democracy

URBANISM & DEMOCRACYCharacteristics of a world city

Marc MilianAlbert MartinPau ClaretJordi Huang

Strategic location● London is a

strategic location because it have access to all the country, because it’s in the middle of the country.

International events ● City of London Festival● London Art Fair ● London Boat Show ● London Marathon● London Parade

Foreign companies● Ikea● Sony● Nike● Google● Apple

International airports ● London have 5 international airports:

Luton, Heathrow, Gatwick, London city, Stansted.

● A total of 26 million of people each year

Transport networks Train map

Bus map

Foreign Communities ● Chinese: 114 thousand in 2012● Greeks: 310 thousand in 2012● Indian: over 500 thousand in 2012

Financial Institutions● The most important banks in London● Bank of London and South ● Bank of London and River Plate ● Bank of London and Brazil● Bank of Montreal● London have a stock exchange, it’s

called London Stock Exchange

Telecommunications● London have 27 mobil operators.● The internet in London is very good,

they have 80 megas, a very fast connection than Spain.

Cultural life● London is a city with great weight in the world of

higher education and research, and it have 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education centers across Europe.

With 125,000 students, the University of London, which is public, is the largest university classroom education across the continent.

Media: Cine● Important sites:● -Ealing Studios● -Working title films● Important films:● -Oliver Twist● -Peter Pan● -101 Dalmatians● -Mary Poppins

● Important sites:● -BBC Television Centre● -The Fountain Studios● - The London Studios● Important TV programs:● -EastEnders (BBC)

● Media: TV

Sport life● London has hosted three Summer Olympics: in

1908, 1948 and 2012, becoming the only city that has hosted three Olympics of the modern era.

● It will also host the World Athletics Championship 2017.

● The most popular sport in London is football and the city has fourteen teams in the Football League.

● Since 1924 the old Wembley Stadium in London was the field in which he played the England football team.

● It was also home to the finals of the FA Cup football and rugby league Challenge Cup.

● The new Wembley Stadium, which seats 90,000 people, does exactly the same purpose as the old.

● Other annual sporting events are the massive London Marathon, which typically run more than 35000 people, and the world famous Oxford-Cambridge boat race on the stretch of the River Thames.

● Barcelona Sport community & Cultural life

3.- Sport life Barcelona has hosted many major international

tournaments and has professional teams in different sports.

Barcelona has a long sporting tradition and hosted the highly successful 1992 Summer Olympics as well as several matches during the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Barcelona have a lot of teams in the most important leagues:

Barcelona has other events too:

Barcelona Marathon Barcelona OpenFormula 1 MotoGPBarcelona World RaceX game

Sport life - Skateboarding● Barcelona is the capital of skateboarding, all skaters

from all countries are wishing to travel in Barcelona to ride squares and streets, the most popular squares to do skate in Barcelona are: macba and sants.

● Barcelona appears in almost all videos or magazines 'skate'.

● That’s a veteran skater from England riding in Barcelona, that place is in macba, the most popular place to skate. All skaters go to macba to ride. Is in the district of raval, is a old district in the center of Barcelona.

Cultural life - Books● Barcelona has long been a major cultural centre. It has

an abundance of archives and libraries, the Spanish-speaking world.

● The “Fiesta del Libro”, held on April 23, is a historical tradition and a major event for the book trade.

● April 23 is also the feast day of Catalonia’s patron saint, St. George.

Cultural life - Museums● There are over 55 museums in Barcelona including art,

history, architecture, science, sports, war and maritime.● This is the History museum of Barcelona and you can

watch a Roman city under the museum. You can see weapons of the Roman era, and they are digging the zone for dig up a great part of the city