Market Cities: Barcelona Offers a Hopeful Glimpse of the Future

Market Cities: Barcelona Offers a Hopeful Glimpse of the Future

“There’s a lot of talk about food deserts today, but what many neighborhoods really have are place deserts,” says PPS’s Steve Davies. “As a result, we’re seeing a movement back to the idea of the Market City, with markets acting as catalysts for creating centers in neighborhoods that have lost their sense of place.” Market Cities are places with strong networks for the distribution of healthy, locally-produced food and other goods produced in local and territorial regions near cities …READ MORE

8 January 2015