Papers by Carlos Betancourth
The main assumption of Expanding Cities – Diminishing Space, is that, while, Cities are growing, ... more The main assumption of Expanding Cities – Diminishing Space, is that, while, Cities are growing, agricultural land, but also natural retreats and buffer zones, are diminishing if not totally disappearing (Vacant Countryside). In what follows, I propose to challenge this central assumption. This assumption amounts to the idea that the urban condition is ubiquitous, it encloses everything; urbanization is planetary urbanization. Planetary urbanization absorbs the rural, disintegrates the hinterland and makes nature disappear; it is the urban without an outside. I will challenge this central proposition by looking briefly at India’s policy of urbanization through development corridors and smart cities. Thus, the history of for instance, modern India is clear: industrialise, or perish. The government says agriculture has not done enough to generate employment and has pushed industry as a more lucrative alternative. means cities without country-side, without the nonurban (everything that...
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Next generation infrastructure systems for eco-cities, 2010
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Eco-city Planning: Policies, Practice and …, 2011
Page 69. Chapter 4 Eco-infrastructures, Feedback Loop Urbanisms and Network of Independent Zero C... more Page 69. Chapter 4 Eco-infrastructures, Feedback Loop Urbanisms and Network of Independent Zero Carbon Settlements Carlos H. Betancourth Abstract More than half the world's population now lives in cities, and the rate of urbanization is accelerating. ...
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