En el marco de las actividades organizadas por las Naciones Unidas en el encuentro Habitat III, el Programa de Investigación IDUS-FADU-UBA tendra una sesion especial a la que invita cordialmente a sus integrates y colaboradores a asistir. La actividad será desarrollada el 18 October 2016, de las 02:00 a las 02:45 p.m. en la sala llamada "Urban Future " en las salas de conferencia de Habitat III, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana "Benjamin Carrion".
Un resumen (en ingles) es presentado abajo. El evento esta dirigido a indagar la cuestion de las migraciones y los procesos de urbanización, en particular, la formación de asentamientos informales. Se presebtarán distintas publicaciones, tanto de investigaciones como de manuales prácticos a disposición de gobiernos y organizaciones de base. Se ruega inscribirse previamente en http://www.ciham.org/urbanhabitat/ sección contactos. El evento será diseminado on line.
English version
Un resumen (en ingles) es presentado abajo. El evento esta dirigido a indagar la cuestion de las migraciones y los procesos de urbanización, en particular, la formación de asentamientos informales. Se presebtarán distintas publicaciones, tanto de investigaciones como de manuales prácticos a disposición de gobiernos y organizaciones de base. Se ruega inscribirse previamente en http://www.ciham.org/urbanhabitat/ sección contactos. El evento será diseminado on line.
The
event will present two new books produced by the network, “Migraplan I and II” containing
case studies of rapid urbanization with a significant component of
international and national migration, displaced population and refugees in
Latin American and Caribbean countries. The publications presents case studies
in which specific habitat projects for the most vulnerable populations lead to
identify different participatory planning tools (the “Compass”, “Participlan”,
“Migraplan” and “Postplan”). Such experiences are discussed in terms of their
contribution to informal settlements upgrading and prevention. The publications
aims to fill the knowledge gap to carry out urban planning prioritizing
progresive human rights fulfillent of vulnerable groups in general and
migrants, displaced and refugee groups in particular. Comparative analysis of
the impact of migration in the formation of informal settlements, urban
expansion trends, neighborhoods transformation shaping migrant corridors will
be presented and discusses in terms of scales, approaches and institutional
setting. Comparing the Latin-America and Caribbean experience respect Africa,
Asia, Europe and the Middle East seeking to contribute some inputs on
territorial planning schemes to respond to the on going world migrant crisis. In addition, it will be launched a handbook
for informal settlement upgrade and prevention (the “compass”) and the magazine
“Postplan”, dedicated to assess critically the impact of urban and housing
policies in the last two decade, as a contribution to the discussion at Habitat
III.
Activities
are structured in three stages: A short presentation of authors representing
different countries of the region. The moderator will summarize the facts
presented and will invite for questions and comments. A second stage will
consists in a presentation of 10 minutes video containing key questions
regarding urbanization and migration inviting to discuss approaches to cope
with rapid urbanization engaging self-organized communities. The third stage
will consists of final remarks inviting participants to work collaboratively
providing details on coming activities of the network.
