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Historical Overview Of Latinos And Planning In The Southwest: 1900 To The Present, Clara Irazabal, Ramzi Farhat
Historical Overview Of Latinos And Planning In The Southwest: 1900 To The Present, Clara Irazabal, Ramzi Farhat
Clara Irazabal
The historical experience of Latino communities is marked by segregation, poverty, and discrimination. Through a critical understanding of the effects of cultural, economic, and governance processes on urbanization patterns, placemakers start to reverse these effects in the contemporary moment. This chapter presents an account of the challenges, opportunities, and agents of change in the three historical periods of pre-Second World War, post-war, and in contemporary Latino communities, with a focus on Mexican Americans in the US Southwest.1 As with black communities in the South, for decades urban planning facilitated the segregationist management of Latino neighborhoods and proceeded unabated through the …
Studio Report: Porto Maravilha: Planning For Inclusive Communities In Rio De Janeiro's Port Area, Clara Irazabal, Alejandro De Castro-Mazarro, Claudia P. Huerta, Rosemary R. Bolich, Millay Kogan, Max B. Podemski, Daleen Saah, Jordan Harrison Salinger, Sarah Welton, May Yu
Studio Report: Porto Maravilha: Planning For Inclusive Communities In Rio De Janeiro's Port Area, Clara Irazabal, Alejandro De Castro-Mazarro, Claudia P. Huerta, Rosemary R. Bolich, Millay Kogan, Max B. Podemski, Daleen Saah, Jordan Harrison Salinger, Sarah Welton, May Yu
Clara Irazabal
The Porto Maravilha Studio represents the work of seven Masters in Urban Planning students from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation with the guidance of their instructors. In Spring 2012, the studio worked in collaboration with the Municipal Secretary of Housing of Rio de Janeiro (Secretaria Municipal de Habitação, or SMH) to analyze opportunities for incorporating affordable and inclusionary housing in the urban redevelopment plans of Rio de Janeiro’s historic port area. Rio will host a number of mega-events in the next five years, including the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics Games, and is …