APPENDIX: BIBLIOGRAPHY
Academic Papers
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Industry Reports & Government Sources
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EU Projects & Initiatives
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Technical Documentation
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Regional Context
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Ajuntament barcelona for urban scale map information: https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/informaciourbanistica/cerca/en/tematic/1/
Barcelona cat for urban planning regulations: https://www.amb.cat/web/territori/gestio-i-organitzacio/numamb
open data bcn for shp and other data files: https://opendata-ajuntament.barcelona.cat/data/es/dataset?res_format=SHP&page=2
barcelon cat for shape files and GIS data download: https://w20.bcn.cat/cartobcn/Default.aspx?lang=EN&callback=downloadcart
