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1. Urban Change and the Environment: into the Twenty-First Century 2. Urban Environmental Agendas 3. The Environment and Postmodern Spatial Consciousness 4. Discourse, Power and The Environment as Urban Ideology 5. Urban Environmentalism... more
1. Urban Change and the Environment: into the Twenty-First Century 2. Urban Environmental Agendas 3. The Environment and Postmodern Spatial Consciousness 4. Discourse, Power and The Environment as Urban Ideology 5. Urban Environmentalism in Action 1: Competitiveness and the Quality of Life in Birmingham, UK 6. Urban Environmentalism in Action 2: Democracy and Participation in Lodz, Poland 7. Urban Environmentalism in Action 3: Defusing Violence in Medellin, Colombia 8. Conclusions
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Se revisan las discusiones y los planteamientos con el proposito de explorar el proceso y caracter de las articulaciones establecidas entre medio ambiente y habitat.
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Page 1. Urban Environmentalism Global change and the mediation of local conflict Peter Brand with Michael J. Thomas O Routledge Tayfor&frarKE Group LONDON AND NEW VORK Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN... more
Page 1. Urban Environmentalism Global change and the mediation of local conflict Peter Brand with Michael J. Thomas O Routledge Tayfor&frarKE Group LONDON AND NEW VORK Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details Page 2. ...
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The paper consists of a short and hopefully provocative essay, which comments on the signiŪcance of the sustainability ideal for urban planning and design. It is argued that environmental issues have become an inescapable and increasingly... more
The paper consists of a short and hopefully provocative essay, which comments on the signiŪcance of the sustainability ideal for urban planning and design. It is argued that environmental issues have become an inescapable and increasingly important framework for urban ...
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Governance is a polysemic prescription for contemporary government and at an urban level has been instrumental in some radical and often striking reshaping of cities. This paper examines the interests and power structures behind those... more
Governance is a polysemic prescription for contemporary government and at an urban level has been instrumental in some radical and often striking reshaping of cities. This paper examines the interests and power structures behind those changes through the critical examination of the case of Medellin, Colombia, until recently a model of “good governance,” internationally acknowledged for its early millennium transformation from “murder capital to model city.” Based on extensive literature reviews and interviews, we unveil the forces underlying concrete governance practices. Major characteristics emerging from this perspective concern i) market hegemony, ii) the disempowerment of grass-roots movements and iii) the influence of illegal actors in the complex and shifting dynamics within and between the city's major players. The notion of both “good governance” and model practice are strongly revisited.
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El cambio climático es un fenómeno con grandes implicaciones en las ciudades de toda la región y en los procesos de planeación deberían incluirse elementos como la mitigación y la adaptación para minimizar sus efectos. El análisis de... more
El cambio climático es un fenómeno con grandes implicaciones en las ciudades de toda la región y en los procesos de planeación deberían incluirse elementos como la mitigación y la adaptación para minimizar sus efectos. El análisis de vulnerabilidad es una herramienta para aplicar estos elementos de manera acertada; éste evalúa la exposición, sensibilidad y capacidad adaptativa de las ciudades y sus resultados permitirían tomar decisiones más acertadas en el ordenamiento territorial y estar preparados para enfrentar el fenómeno. En el caso de Medellín (Colombia), la discusión del cambio climático en la planificación territorial local es muy precaria y este hecho fue corroborado por medio de un análisis de vulnerabilidad, cuyos resultados se ubicaron en una escala media que, de no incluir este factor en los próximos años, pasaría a ser alta. Aunque en la revisión del Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT) en 2013 se incorpora el fenómeno por primera vez y se destacaron la problemática...
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El enfoque adoptado en este trabajo no se dirige a los problemas ambientales ‘objetivos’ –el estado de los ecosistemas y los recursos naturales–, sino más bien se escudriñan las condiciones de surgimiento de la problemática ambiental y la... more
El enfoque adoptado en este trabajo no se dirige a los problemas ambientales ‘objetivos’ –el estado de los ecosistemas y los recursos naturales–, sino más bien se escudriñan las condiciones de surgimiento de la problemática ambiental y la construcción en ella de un conjunto de ideas, argumentos y objetos de intervención para manejar las ciudades. Dicha perspectiva analítica exige intentar relacionar dialécticamente las propuestas ambientales urbanas con la dinámica general del desarrollo urbano y las contradicciones contemporáneas al interior de las ciudades y las regiones. El trabajo toma como referencia las reformas del Estado y el desmonte de las políticas e instituciones públicas de bienestar. A partir de ahí se explora la transferencia de la idea de bienestar hacia el medio ambiente y la construcción simbólica de esta idea en las ciudades, mediante el discurso planificador y la representación estética en el espacio urbano, movilizados ambos por instituciones especializadas.
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... This paper does not necessarily reflect the views of either DFID or ESRC. It is the result of a team effort by the two authors along with a number of colleagues in Medellín: Professor Françoise Coupé, Professor Iván Sarmiento, Angela... more
... This paper does not necessarily reflect the views of either DFID or ESRC. It is the result of a team effort by the two authors along with a number of colleagues in Medellín: Professor Françoise Coupé, Professor Iván Sarmiento, Angela Mejía, Juan G. Cardona and Laura Agudelo. ...
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O processo de globalização implicou o ressurgimento da cidade-região como unidade geográfica chave no desenvolvimento econômico e o nascimento de um novo período de transformação urbana. A reorganização da economia mundial requereu, ao... more
O processo de globalização implicou o ressurgimento da cidade-região como unidade geográfica chave no desenvolvimento econômico e o nascimento de um novo período de transformação urbana. A reorganização da economia mundial requereu, ao lado de novas formas de governo local, a reformulação das bases econômicas e também da infra-estrutura, de equipamentos e da própria imagem das cidades. Este processo, que se iniciou nos Estados Unidos e nos países da Europa Ocidental no começo dos anos 1980, levou uma década ou mais para se fazer sentir na América Latina. Enquanto as políticas urbanas avançavam neste sentido, a investigação acadêmica e a reflexão teórica, circunscrevendo-se essencialmente às pautas analíticas e interpretativas estabelecidas em contextos radicalmente distintos do sul-americano, permaneceram na retaguarda, limitadas aos aspectos operacionais da competitividade urbana e marcadas por velhas preocupações com a consolidação da democracia local. Este trabalho examina a cida...
En este artículo se explora el significado político de la gestión ambiental urbana. Se argumenta que el ambiente únicamente se vuelve importante en la medida que en él se construyan valores que lo extraigan de las ciencias naturales para... more
En este artículo se explora el significado político de la gestión ambiental urbana. Se argumenta que el ambiente únicamente se vuelve importante en la medida que en él se construyan valores que lo extraigan de las ciencias naturales para dotarlo de sentido social. En el ámbito urbano, esta potencia significacional se ubica en las administraciones urbanas, y se realiza mediante construcciones discursivas y representaciones espaciales enmarcadas en un ‘proyecto de ciudad’, o la manera en que cada ciudad ‘habla de sí misma’. En las ciudades de la globalización neoliberal, el ambiente adquiere especial importancia para construir sentidos de bienestar colectivo y así legitimar a los gobiernos locales y regular el comportamiento social. Sin embargo, cómo lo hace depende de las trayectorias urbanas, las tradiciones políticas, la capacidad institucional y las culturas regionales. Estos procesos se indagan en las cuatro ciudades principales de Colombia: Bogotá, Medellín, Cali y Barranquilla.
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The paper consists of a short and hopefully provocative essay, which comments on the signiŪcance of the sustainability ideal for urban planning and design. It is argued that environmental issues have become an inescapable and increasingly... more
The paper consists of a short and hopefully provocative essay, which comments on the signiŪcance of the sustainability ideal for urban planning and design. It is argued that environmental issues have become an inescapable and increasingly important framework for urban ...
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ABSTRACT Planning generally views the environment as an objectively deŪnable set of natural resource systems and relies on the natural sciences to reveal and describe its problems, such as pollution, loss of biodiversity,energy... more
ABSTRACT Planning generally views the environment as an objectively deŪnable set of natural resource systems and relies on the natural sciences to reveal and describe its problems, such as pollution, loss of biodiversity,energy consumption or waste disposal. But why do the ...
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In this article we examine the notion of “governance” in its two main meanings as applied to the case of the aerial cable cars –“Metrocables”– in Colombia’s second largest urban centre, Medellín. In its first meaning, governance is... more
In this article we examine the notion
of “governance” in its two main meanings
as applied to the case of the aerial cable
cars –“Metrocables”– in Colombia’s second
largest urban centre, Medellín. In its first
meaning, governance is understood as
“good government” based on the efficient
and transparent actions of local government
institutions in close collaboration with other
social actors, while its second meaning
stresses the notion of “good government” as
a neoliberal strategy that helps impose the
interests of political and economic elites and,
above all, the accumulation of private capital.
In Medellín, the use of aerial cable cars as a
public transport system is a demonstration of
political imagination, technical creativity and
management capacity of public enterprises.
We conclude that the benefits derived from
articulating marginalised populations and the
creation of real impressions of social inclusion
do not derive simply from isolated interventions
such as an aerial cable car but, as was done in
Medellín, these must be complemented with
urban upgrading projects, changes in local
political practices and a genuine increase in
individual and collective opportunities.
of “governance” in its two main meanings
as applied to the case of the aerial cable
cars –“Metrocables”– in Colombia’s second
largest urban centre, Medellín. In its first
meaning, governance is understood as
“good government” based on the efficient
and transparent actions of local government
institutions in close collaboration with other
social actors, while its second meaning
stresses the notion of “good government” as
a neoliberal strategy that helps impose the
interests of political and economic elites and,
above all, the accumulation of private capital.
In Medellín, the use of aerial cable cars as a
public transport system is a demonstration of
political imagination, technical creativity and
management capacity of public enterprises.
We conclude that the benefits derived from
articulating marginalised populations and the
creation of real impressions of social inclusion
do not derive simply from isolated interventions
such as an aerial cable car but, as was done in
Medellín, these must be complemented with
urban upgrading projects, changes in local
political practices and a genuine increase in
individual and collective opportunities.