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...ia, a fines de 1983, constituyó el ejemplo de una experiencia tenaz y muy valiosa para demostrar el perfil de una Dictadura sanguinaria y violadora de los más elementales principios de la dignidad humana. Esa experiencia, que no contenía ningún…
...nt. The housing stock of the neighborhood is varied and of high architectural quality, but a great deal has been lost to demolition and fires over the years. Large interior blocks served by lanes where shotgun houses once stood are…
...unity planning and suggests some workarounds when circumstances are not ideal. Although this community is in Mexico, the situation wasn’t that different from many we face here—a divided community, no organized community-based group to take the lead, a failing economic…
...t strategists and funders. In its own words, Right to the City “is a national alliance of membership-based organizations and allies organizing to build a united response to gentrification and displacement in our cities. Our goal is to build a…
...he Rain A year ago, protesters at the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Miami, Florida, marched despite a torrential downpour. In Providence, rain again failed to dampen the exuberance of activists as the hosts offered food and a convivial…
...initiatives is to take a syst ematic approach to move beyond providing local flavor to a privileged few, while ensuring that farmers and food producers receive a fair price for their products. Though addressing only a small piece of this…
...n national priorities. Some say that drivers should be forced to pay the real social cost of driving (including losses due to “accidents,” air pollution, runoff, and the huge public expenditures for road maintenance). William Vickery, the Nobel prize winner…
...n to encourage greater concentration, recognizing the economic, environmental and public health problems due to auto-dependency and suburban sprawl. Congress and the White House seemed to be moving towards greater support for such efforts. Will they now see an attempt…
...red across the landscape brings people and animals into conflict, with animals always losing. Cars use energy resources. Again in Asphalt Nation, Holtz Kay estimates that in the United States more than 50 percent of oil, 64 percent of rubber,…
...ties will occupy the old and new commercial space? Will it be the parasitical Wall Street firms that thrive by trading, or stealing, other people’s hard-earned money? Or will it be for a diverse local economy that actually produces something…
...matism, there are thousands of decisions, at both the urban and architectural scales, that must be made when designing a new neighborhood or inserting housing into the fabric of an existing neighborhood. The time available to local advocates, neighbors and…
...ormative planning means wielding our planning tools in a way that frames real alternatives; that elaborates the trade-offs in making one or another choice–that puts real control in people’s hands. It does not mean making everybody a professional planner–a possessor…
...xi. Thus, the rapid urbanization process prompted by the relocation of global capital to the border area has created an unsafe city that lacks urban infrastructure, some of the most important of which are affordable housing, appropriate transportation and public…
...to $8,000 price range. From MAS’ perspective, PVSS has surpassed its original goal, achieving in just seventeen months what it had promised to accomplish in two years. Still, in terms of tangible results, fewer than 4,000 units have actually been…
...d by the disappearance of Soviet influence and by the economic crisis that paralyzed standard planning methodologies predicated on plentiful resources. Given the country’s high level of collective consciousness and organization, participatory planning would seem like a natural approach for…
...government. The squat is just one Brazilian manifestation of a growing global social movement which challenges municipal and national governments to provide their citizens with secure and adequate housing. A group of 87 families affiliated with the Integrated Participatory Project…
...be nice if that is where the story ended. However, EPDC now faces additional challenges in getting the local government to commit its share of resources to making the 15th Street station more than a slab of concrete. MetroLink’s extension…
...edy Playas Para Todos: The Struggle for Puerto Rico’s Coast by Katherine T. McCaffrey Urban Prospects Under Obama Right to the City Builds Alliance, Confronts Mayors by Jacqueline Leavitt Urban Prospects in the Age of Obama by Dick Platkin Will…
...e schools with the strongest parental support and highest test scores were also flipped into charters. The charters have little connection to each other or to state or local supervision. Those in the top half of the pre-Katrina population may…
...transportation dollars. As part of its findings, the federal review panel also called on the MPO to establish a Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC) and develop a Public Involvement Plan. But, according to Cooler, from the start the MPO has not…
...ew low-income apartments to be developed. The Bush administrationís budget also calls for direct cuts to a long list of social service programs, not to mention reduced funding for politically sacrosanct services like education and, despite patriotic cries to support…
...s to be determined to attack Iran. According to numerous journalists and analysts, preparations for such an attack have been underway for some time, and the forces necessary for the attack are all in place. Concern over the imminence of…
...new destination for commercial, sports and residential facilities. The legal challenge claimed that the city’s “new aesthetic” excluded the poor and in 1994 Vila Autódromo received title with the right to use the land for forty years. Still, on several…
...d political participation among these groups, thus helping tilt the political balance toward the poor and minorities and, thus, cities. So far, more than 11 million people have been registered as a result of “motor voter.” But the real test…
...urban design, urban planning, architecture, etc. Areas of interest include all topics dealing with cities such as: History, growth, development, regeneration, and management of cities and other processes Urban theories, policies, and modeling Comprehensive, sector, and neighborhoods plans Urban transportation…