Sustainable Urban Development and Globalization: New strategies for new challenges—with a focus on the Global South

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This book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the challenges posed by radical socioeconomic, environmental, and cultural changes due to globalization and describes effective, sustainable solutions to these challenges. The focus is especially on the rapid urbanization processes in countries of the Global South, which are giving rise to dramatic new problems of spatial and social inequality and difficult environmental challenges in relation to climate change. Readers will gain skills and knowledge that will help them to develop an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to planning, design, and management of urban settlements and territories in contexts with a high level of social, economic, territorial, and landscape vulnerability. The coverage includes, for example, strategies to promote social inclusion, improve housing quality, ensure adequate education, protect cultural heritage, enhance risk management, and address issues in the food-energy-water nexus. Among the authors are leading experts from the Polytechnic University of Milan, where a multidisciplinary set of studies and research projects in the field have been undertaken in recent years. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Development Against Sustainability? Marrakech as a Case Study (Laura Montedoro)....Pages 3-16 Metropolitan Public Realm Frameworks for Coastal East African Urbanization: The Case of Malindi Waterfront as Socio-Ecological Infrastructure (Alessandro Frigerio)....Pages 17-31 Mobile Urbanity in Southern Africa. The Socio-Spatial Practices of Informal Cross-Border Traders Between Johannesburg and Maputo (Paola Piscitelli)....Pages 33-47 Humanizing Urbanism. On Embracing Informality and the Future of Johannesburg (Costanza La Mantia)....Pages 49-63 Urban Planning in Islamabad: From the Modern Movement to the Contemporary Urban Development Between Formal and Informal Settlements (Daniele Beacco)....Pages 65-74 Pacification of Favelas, Mega Events, and the Creation of New Inequalities in the Global South: The Case of Rio de Janeiro (Sebastian Saborio, Giuliana Costa)....Pages 75-84 The Role of State Involvement in Slum Improvement: A Critical Examination of Cofopri Approach into a Peripheral Barrio of Lima, Peru (Nilva Karenina Aramburu Guevara)....Pages 85-97 Undergrowth Urbanism: The Role of User-Generated Practices in the Informal City. A Methodology for Analysis and Intervention Based on the Case Study of Paraisópolis in São Paulo (Valentina Mion)....Pages 99-116 Share for Care. Communication Technologies and Social Inclusion for Empowerment in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Veronica Vasilescu, Francesca Vigotti, Andrea Cominola)....Pages 117-130 Enhancing Participation Through ICTs: How Modern Information Technologies Can Improve Participatory Approaches Fostering Sustainable Development (Domenico Vito)....Pages 131-145 Front Matter ....Pages 147-147 Architectural Design in the Cities of the Global South (Camillo Magni)....Pages 149-155 Bioclimatic Design for Informal Settlements (Gian Luca Brunetti)....Pages 157-171 Housing in African Rural Contexts: The Nubian Vault. Opportunities for the Economic Market in the Rural Savannah Environments (Emilio Caravatti)....Pages 173-187 National Public Primary Schools Strategic Planning: A Key Factor to Ensure Quality Education Enrollment in Developing Countries (Luca Bonifacio)....Pages 189-195 The Tourism as Local Development Leverage: The Restaurant/Guest house of Olga’s and the Professional School YCTC in Livingstone, Zambia (Lidia Diappi)....Pages 197-208 The Mantra of Modernity (Maddalena d’Alfonso, Jacopo Galli)....Pages 209-217 Front Matter ....Pages 219-219 Research, Interventions and Training for Cultural Heritage Safeguard and Enhancement. Lesson Learned from 50 Years of Studies and Projects Implementation in Armenia (Mariacristina Giambruno, Gaianè Casnati)....Pages 221-238 Landscape Quality and Multifunctional Agriculture: The Potential of the Historic Agricultural Landscape in the Context of the Development of the Contemporary City (Maurizio Boriani)....Pages 239-249 Cultural Heritage for Urban Regeneration. Developing Methodology Through a Knowledge Exchange Program (Mariacristina Giambruno, Sonia Pistidda)....Pages 251-262 Learning by Practice from an Early Researcher Perspective. Investigating Widespread Heritage in Transition Countries (Francesca Vigotti)....Pages 263-274 Minor Settlements: Setting up a Network of Creative and Sustainable Communities (Paolo Ceccarelli)....Pages 275-287 The Heritage Value of the Craft Sector in Fast-Growing Cities (Laura Pierantoni)....Pages 289-297 Front Matter ....Pages 299-299 Resilience Thinking as a Useful Approach to Reduce the Territorial Risks (Marcello Magoni)....Pages 301-308 New Strategies and Four-Layer Approach for Disaster Risk Management in Complex City Environments (Funda Atun)....Pages 309-320 The Economic Impacts of Natural Hazards: Lessons Learnt from the PDNA International Damage Assessment Project Implemented in Haiti After the Earthquake of 2010 (Giulia Pesaro)....Pages 321-332 Perceiving Urban Resilience Within Post-quake Recovering Processes. An Experimental Approach for Emergency Housing in Emilia Romagna, Italy (Doaa Salaheldin Ismail Elsayed)....Pages 333-349 Climate Change and Heat Waves in Colombia. Possible Effects and Adaptation Strategies (Marcello Magoni, Carolina Mesa Munoz)....Pages 351-361 Front Matter ....Pages 363-363 Social–Ecological Implications of the Quinoa Market Teleconnections: Intervention Criteria on the Southern Bolivian Altiplano (Guido Minucci)....Pages 365-376 Socio-Environmental Effects of Large-Scale Land Acquisition in Mozambique (Maria Cristina Rulli, Corrado Passera, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Paolo D’Odorico)....Pages 377-389 The Narrative Structure of the Agro-Urban Metropolitan Territory. The Metropolis as Hypertext for the History of the Twenty-first Century: A Network of Middle Cities as an Operational Topography (Antonella Contin)....Pages 391-405 Resource Efficiency and Resilience in Sub-Saharan African Cities: Towards Community Metabolism (Maria Chiara Pastore, Eugenio Morello)....Pages 407-415 Front Matter ....Pages 417-417 The International Workshop “Transforming Johannesburg: Reshaping Socio-Ecological Landscapes Through Collaborative Practices” (Costanza La Mantia)....Pages 419-432 Engaging the Informal and Formal in an Expanded Notion of Urban Infrastructure: How Healing Human and Ecological Networks Could Lead to a More Equitable City (Alessandro Frigerio, Kristen Kornienko)....Pages 433-448 Eco-Incremental Housing: Researching Typologies and Systems in Pursuit of a Community-Based Approach to Housing Upgrades in Informal Contexts (Chris Harnish)....Pages 449-461 Back Matter ....Pages 463-484