Los territorios de los países en desarrollo en general, y de América Latina en particular, tanto urbanos como rurales, están conformados tanto por sectores planificados, que responden a las normas y a los estándares básicos de habitabilidad, como por amplias áreas de origen informal.
Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "e;the good life"e; in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace.
A small but growing group of today's knowledge workers actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their jobs, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like.
This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "e;the good life"e; in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace.
On Mother's Day, 31 May 1942, a group of women stormed a small grocery store at the intersection of two Parisian market streets, the rue de Buci and the rue de Seine, to protest the food shortages that had become a chronic feature of daily life.
From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs.
A small but growing group of today's knowledge workers actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their jobs, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like.
From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs.
On Mother's Day, 31 May 1942, a group of women stormed a small grocery store at the intersection of two Parisian market streets, the rue de Buci and the rue de Seine, to protest the food shortages that had become a chronic feature of daily life.
Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change.
In his classic sequence of films, Patrick Keiller retraces the hidden story of the places where we live, the cities and landscapes of our everyday lives.
Bread and circuses-free food and mass entertainment-was the name contemporary social observers gave to the ancient Roman practice of keeping the common people happy and rebellion-free.
Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams AwardA CONTEMPORARY CLASSIC, Magical Urbanism focuses on how Latinos are attempting to translate their urban demographic ascendancy into effective social power.
La guia de investigacion que se presenta a continuacion, esta pensada para los estudiantes y egresados y para todos aquellos interesados en abordar los estudios urbanos desde la perspectiva de la Gestion Urbana (GU).
El desarrollo del turismo en México, desde la primera mitad del siglo XX, se constituyó en un importante pilar de la economía nacional, a partir de su contribución a la balanza de pagos, como generador de empleos, como catalizador de diversas actividades económicas y como impulsor del desarrollo regional, aunado al surgimiento de nuevos centros poblacionales y urbanos.
Schönheit und Chaos, Leidenschaft und Optimismus – eine Stadt im AufbruchBuenos Aires boomt: Aus der ganzen Welt kommen Touristen, Studenten, Künstler, Geschäftsleute.
Peru is a land of opportunities, of projects to start, tasks to complete a dreams to fullfill and we want to show everybody why is a great country to be proud of
Generationengerechtigkeit, Altersdiskriminierung und soziale Sicherheit sind Schlagworte einer demografischen Debatte, die nicht nur die Politik und Wissenschaft herausfordert, sondern auch in der Bevölkerung Sorgen und Ängste hervorruft.
"A mediados de los años cincuenta se empieza a observar la proliferación de las llamadas urbanizaciones piratas y las invasiones de terrenos en Bogotá.
Attempts to show what happened to slavery in an urban environment and to reconstruct the texture of life of the Negroes who lived in bondage in the cities.
Para escribir estos relatos me basé en mi experiencias personal en el barrio más hermoso del mundo, el barrio Galán de la comuna doce de la ciudad de Ibagué.
'A scathing, lively and timely look at the "e;European city"e;, from one of our most provocative voices on culture and architecture today' Owen JonesA searching, timely account of the condition of contemporary Europe, told through the landscapes of its citiesOver the past twenty years European cities have become the envy of the world: a Kraftwerk Utopia of historic centres, supermodernist concert halls, imaginative public spaces and futuristic egalitarian housing estates which, interconnected by high-speed trains traversing open borders, have a combination of order and pleasure which is exceptionally unusual elsewhere.
Lost San Francisco takes readers on a journey back to the buildings, parks, stadia, ferries - even cemetaries and prisoners - that time and progress have swept aside.
Necesitamos escuchar a la ""España invisible"": no les neguemos la voz"Nunca pasa nada" es una expresión frecuente en buena parte de España, y le cuadra muy bien esa "España invisible" a la que sólo alumbran los focos cuando se produce un suceso luctuoso o un hecho pintoresco: la compuesta por ciudades pequeñas y medias –también por otros municipios más reducidos–, que son las siguientes fichas de dominó que caerán en los procesos de envejecimiento de la población, salida de jóvenes, abandono de actividades productivas tradicionales.
Große Freiheit statt enge Hotelzimmer: Stellplatz-Tipps für StädtetripsMorgens im Campingstuhl Kaffee trinken und die Vögel zwitschern hören, tagsüber Stadtleben mit Kultur und Shopping und spät in der Nacht zurück zum Campingplatz: Diese Zelt- und Stellplätze verbinden das urbane Flair eines Stadturlaubs mit der Freiheit des Campens.
