The climate crisis tends to become more visible and aggravated.
There is broad scientific consensus on the need to define and implement strategies to confront the climate crisis in the coming decades.
The definition of Terrassa’s Urban Agenda involves carrying out a diagnosis, with the aim of reflecting the city’s situation in the year 2022 and describing the opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses of the city in the future to face the challenges of the 2030 horizon. A series of non-local phenomena that have a significant impact on the Terrassa reality should be highlighted.
There is broad scientific consensus on the need to define and implement strategies to confront the climate crisis in the coming decades.
After the pandemic, the situation has gradually returned to normal, but it is necessary to consider prevention systems for the future.
Inflation growth trend: 8.6% in Europe (June 2022) and 10% in Spain.
The current situation of the city of Terrassa and future prospects
Based on the available data, from studies and reports carried out in recent years and open to public consultation, a set of current realities and possible trends can be observed.
Terrassa could reach a population of 246,000 inhabitants by 2033. Attraction of metropolitan population due to the effects of the evolution of the real estate market.
According to data from May, there are 12,817 unemployed people in Terrassa, 11.24% of the registered working population and 22.67% less than in 2021.
Terrassa is part of the 2nd metropolitan area and Vallès. From this we derive the need to strengthen the metropolitan centrality, balancing it with the reality of the valley.
Terrassa is a city with remarkable abilities to face difficulties and build its own path towards sustainable development, aligned with global goals. We identify a series of potentials, difficulties, challenges and opportunities in key horizon 2030.
Capacity for demographic growth, quality of life and sustainable development, within the compact city model.
Income per capita lower than the Catalan and Vallesan and unequal territorial distribution between areas of the city, municipal income in the lower part of the city, etc.
Confronting climate change and emergency events, developing a resilience strategy. Population aging and impact on the percentage of active population.
In the process of carrying out the diagnosis and collecting proposals, concerns and objectives, through citizen participation, a series of reflections, collections, plans and contributions are incorporated into this block of the Terrassa Urban Agenda.
Strategic vision document prepared by the EUNCET-UPC university center, which is part of the terrassenc university system.
Set of documents and studies of own elaboration that constitute a “Report for the diagnosis of the Urban Agenda of Terrassa: situation and trends in
Set of sectoral strategic and master plans in force and/or recently revised or updated.