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Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are unequally confronted with social, economic and environmental challenges, particularly those related with population growth, urban sprawl, and informality. This complex and uneven African urban condition requires an open discussion of past and current urban planning practices and future reforms. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa gives a broad perspective of the history of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa and a critical view of issues, problems, challenges and opportunities confronting urban policy makers. The book examines the rich variety of planning cultures in Africa, offers a unique view on the introduction and development of urban planning in Sub-Saharan Africa, and makes a significant contribution against the tendency to over-generalize Africa’s urban problems and Africa’s urban planning practices. Urban Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa is written for postgraduate students and advanced undergraduates, researchers, planners and other policy makers in the multidisciplinary field of Urban Planning, in particular for those working in Spatial Planning, Architecture, Geography, and History.
Global Environmental Politics in a Turbulent Era
With the rapid destabilization, escalation and convergence of various environmental crises, global environmental politics is facing extreme turbulence. Tracing the causes, consequences and dangers of planetary turbulence, this essential book identifies the emerging opportunities to improve governance in environmental politics and transition the world order toward greater equity, justice and sustainability.
Spain
An investigation of the influences and evolution of modern Spain’s underappreciated, but foundational, architecture. Spain’s remarkable twentieth-century architecture evolved against a turbulent background of revolution, civil war, dictatorship, and transition to democracy. Architecture played a key role in Spain’s struggle out of poverty and isolation, and its search for identity in the modern world. This book examines Spanish architecture from the roots of Modernism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the present, analyzing significant figures and their works in relation to their political, social, and cultural contexts, as well as their contributions to architecture as a whole. From the austere, local Modernism of the 1920s, the influence of international trends in the ’30s, the renewed, “Organicist” Modernism of the ’50s and ’60s, to the flourishing public architecture of the late twentieth century and beyond, Spain provides a penetrating account of the country’s rich and varied built environment.
Cuban Modernism
In the 20th century, modern architecture thrived in Cuba and a wealth of buildings was realized prior to the revolution 1959 and in its wake. The designs comprise luxurious nightclubs and stylish hotels, sports facilities, elegant private homes and apartment complexes. Drawing on the vernacular, their architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time – creating an architecture oscillating between tradition and avantgarde. Audacious concrete shells, curving ramps, elegant brises-soleils and a fluidity of interior and exterior spaces are characteristic of an airy, often colorful architecture well-suited to life in the tropics. New photographs and drawings were specially prepared for this publication. A biographical survey portraits the 40 most important Cuban architects of the era.
Eating, Building, Dwelling
The intricate relationship between food, city and architecture, spanning from ancient civilizations to the present, serves as a focal point for interdisciplinary discourse. This book delves into a diverse set of cases throughout history in which processes related to food significantly influenced architectural or urban designs. This book delineates three spatial levels — city, home and intermediate spaces — illuminating their dynamic interplay within the construct of a continually evolving “food space." Featuring 12 contributions from Mediterranean Europe, this publication explores historical legacies and contemporary challenges. Divided into urban-territorial and architectural scales, it offers nuanced insights into urban dynamics, domestic life and gastronomic tourism. Supported by a prestigious introductory study, this research advances a comprehensive understanding of food's role in shaping urban environments. Through the chapters of this book, those interested in cultural studies of food, urban history and architecture will be able to reflect on our relationship with food and its processes, and how it affects the way we live and design our cities and their architectures.
Ciudad y Resiliencia
Una propuesta colectiva para plantear un nuevo escenario donde poder transformar las ciudades y los territorios donde desarrollamos nuestras vidas. Una propuesta que crecerá con las aportaciones de diferentes expertos en urbanismo, ecología y medio ambiente para presentarnos otras maneras de vivir posibles. Con cada nueva actualización podrás descargarde manera gratuita las nuevas aportaciones de los autores a este texto en crecimiento. "Marx había dicho que las revoluciones son la locomotora de la historia mundial. Pero tal vez se trate de algo completamente diferente. Es posible que las revoluciones sean, para la humanidad que viaja en ese tren, el acto de accionar los frenos de emerg...
Análisis histórico del sector agrario español en la Edad Moderna y la Edad Contemporánea
Este libro explora la evolución histórica de la agricultura en España y su impacto cultural, nacional y económico. Desde las revoluciones agrarias del siglo XV hasta la entrada en la Unión Europea, se destacan momentos clave como la construcción del Canal Imperial de Aragón o las reformas agrarias del siglo XIX, inspiradas en los proyectos de la Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País. Además, se analiza la importancia de la colonización rural durante el franquismo y el rol actual de España como potencia agrícola. Se concluye con propuestas para revitalizar el campo español, fomentando la inversión en infraestructuras y el desarrollo rural.
Retos actuales de educación y salud transcultural TOMO II
En presente libro, en formato PDF, tendremos la oportunidad de analizar y debatir los retos a los que se enfrentan las instituciones, comunidades educativas y sociosanitarias actuales inmersas en un contexto de globalización. Las migraciones y la convivencia entre culturas son una realidad ineludible para los dos pilares fundamentales de la sociedad. El libro pretende, por un lado, crear un espacio de reflexión sobre consideraciones teórico-filosóficas relacionadas con las migraciones, interculturalidad, transculturalidad, equidad, globalidad y sus implicaciones en los diversos ámbitos, y, por otro, generar conocimiento y transversalizar una perspectiva inter o trans cultural en los est...
