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Revisiting Urban Planning In Latin America And The Caribbean, Clara Irazabal
Revisiting Urban Planning In Latin America And The Caribbean, Clara Irazabal
Clara Irazabal
Regional study prepared for Revisiting Urban Planning: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009. United Nations, Habitat.
Localizing Urban Design Traditions: Gated And Edge Cities In Curitiba, Clara Irazabal
Localizing Urban Design Traditions: Gated And Edge Cities In Curitiba, Clara Irazabal
Clara Irazabal
Gated communities and edge cities are new forms of space production and consumption that promote changes in the character of public space and citizens’ participation in public life. This study unveils the phenomena of their creation as a paradoxical attempt to return to community. Curitiba’s examples of gated communities and edge cities show that, despite being internationally showcased as a model of good planning and urban design, this metropolis has not been immune to the global capital pressures and urban design tendencies occurring in many urban areas throughout the world, thus signalling both the currency and trans-nationality of these issues.
A Planned City Comes Of Age: Rethinking Ciudad Guayana Today, Clara Irazabal
A Planned City Comes Of Age: Rethinking Ciudad Guayana Today, Clara Irazabal
Clara Irazabal
No abstract provided.