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valor urbanístico

English translation: most valuable in terms of urban design, architecture and history

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Spanish term or phrase:valor urbanístico
English translation:most valuable in terms of urban design, architecture and history
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

10:48 Dec 15, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: valor urbanístico
Not sure how to translate 'valor urbanístico" here.

Urbanistic value (sounds odd to me)
Urban planning/development value?



Parque fluvial del Llobregat (Cerca de Berga)

El Berguedá ha sido una comarca con un pasado histórico industrial muy importante ya que la fuente de ingresos había sido mayoritariamente proveniente de las minas del carbón, la industria textil y el cemento. Hoy en día, queda solo un recuerdo no tan lejano y un legado histórico visitable a través de distintos espacios.

A través de la visita a distintas colonias textiles se puede conocer este modelo de urbanización característico del proceso industrializador que apareció en Cataluña a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y revivir la vida cotidiana de esos tiempos.

Es en el tramo fluvial que va de Berga hasta Balsareny donde se conserva el conjunto de colonias textiles con el más alto ***valor urbanístico**, arquitectónico e histórico de Cataluña. Una concentración única de colonias industriales con elementos comunes entre ellas y elementos singulares que hacen que no haya ninguna igual, donde han vivido y trabajado miles de personas.
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 19:06
of the most value/ most valuable in terms of planning/urban design, architecture and history
Explanation:
No option but to change the structure, if you ask me, because we do not have natural adjective for 'planning' or 'urban design'
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:06
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Thanks, Simon, and everybody else for your help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2of the most value/ most valuable in terms of planning/urban design, architecture and history
Simon Bruni
4 +2that comprises the greatest (heritage) assets in terms of*
Jenni Lukac (X)
4value of urban design
Marta Moreno Lobera
3 +1Catalonia's higher quality of urban and historical architecture
Barbara L Pavlik
Summary of reference entries provided
urban planning-design-development
evelyn beltrán

  

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value of urban design


Explanation:
It seems to me that this is what they are referring to (as it goes with "arquitectónico/histórico")...

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-12-15 10:54:19 GMT)
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See http://www.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Planning_and_Development/Land...

Marta Moreno Lobera
Spain
Local time: 19:06
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
of the most value/ most valuable in terms of planning/urban design, architecture and history


Explanation:
No option but to change the structure, if you ask me, because we do not have natural adjective for 'planning' or 'urban design'

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:06
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104
Grading comment
Thanks, Simon, and everybody else for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
39 mins
  -> Thanks Alistair
agree  Charles Davis: I think you're on the right track here, Simon. I'd vote for "the most valuable in urban design, architectural and historical terms". I think "urban design" is the right term, and that it could be used adjectivally with terms (though not with "value").
1 hr
  -> Thanks Charles, I like your suggestion
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Catalonia's higher quality of urban and historical architecture


Explanation:
Catalonia's higher quality of urban and historical architecture

OR

the higher quality of urban and historical architecture in Catalonia

Barbara L Pavlik
United States
Local time: 13:06
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Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eva alonso
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Eva :)
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
that comprises the greatest (heritage) assets in terms of*


Explanation:
*architectural and historical buildings/sites... Or even better: "that comprises one of the greatest architectural and historical assets in Catalonia". My concern is with the translation of "urbanístico" here. Not all the textile colonies in the Bergueda are "urban" and most fall within a route created round a "Parc Fluvial". I think that "valor urbanístico" is used here to highlight the value of these places as heritage assets, as many are not situated within the actual urban fabric of a town or village. The urban planning concept is related to attempts to give these buildings and properties new uses as parks and museums. In my opinion, the "valor urbanístico" should be well understood from the context of the overall document and doesn't need to be repeated here.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 19:06
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Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 127

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, I think you're right about these being heritage assets since it talks about the many people who lived and worked there (in past)
1 hr
  -> Thanks, gallagy. I've visited some of these places and they are very interesting. It's a good way to boost local tourism and a creative use of an otherwise abandoned building.
agree  Christine Walsh: Good version
2 hrs
  -> Thanks very much, Christine.
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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: urban planning-design-development

Reference information:
Urban planning (urban, city, and town planning) is a technical and political process concerned with the control of the use of land and design of the urban environment, including transportation networks, to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities. It concerns itself with research and analysis, strategic thinking, urban design, public consultation, policy recommendations, implementation and management.[1]

My cousin who is an urban planner says that the first signs of gentrification are when they start adding a dog park in a poor neighborhood.

Gentrification and urban gentrification refer to the changes that result when wealthier people ("gentry") acquire or rent property in low income and working class communities.

evelyn beltrán
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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