Del i serien Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South

Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela

Government, Infrastructure and Environment

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvFabio Capra Ribeiro

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Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create both potential and problems within settlements. To do so, it focuses on three metropolitan areas located in Venezuela’s Center-North region: Caracas, Maracay and Valencia, designated as "Camava." Considering three core topics, government and territorial administration, infrastructure and environment, as well as looking at the reciprocal impact, this book describes and analyzes the determinant variables that characterize the phenomenon of regional urbanization in this area and in the wider Global South. It includes documentary research, semi-structured interviews and Delphi methodology, involving a total of forty experts from different disciplines to build a comprehensive outlook on the situation. This book presents a broader understanding of the region to encourage a more sustainable and knowledge-based development plan, moving away from the exploitation of natural resources, with six future-oriented scenarios to consider. This is a much-needed study in the urban regions of Venezuela, which will be of interest to academics and researchers in Latin American studies, the Global South, architecture and planning.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-01-09
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt358 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieArchitecture and Urbanism in the Global South
Antal sidor232
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367510855

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Fabio Capra Ribeiro is Associate Professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He is a practicing architect, with a Master’s degree in Science in Architectural Design and a PhD in Urbanism and fifteen years working on social, spatial, and environmental justice, particularly in the degradation of the contemporary city through the study of integration spaces and boundary conditions. His website address is www.capraribeiro.com.

IntroductionChapter 1. Mapping the complexity of a poorly studied caseThe urban region Caracas-Maracay-ValenciaThree attempts to deny the realityA compound perspective to approach a complex caseKnowledge and foresightThe difficulties to investigate in Venezuela nowadaysStrategies to operate in a harsh contextChapter 2. The formation of the main urban region of VenezuelaCamava definitions: what has been saidStrategic position, natural conditions and sea proximityFirst concentration, centuries of an archipelago countrySecond concentration, from one caudillo to anotherThird concentration, more than everChapter 3. Three factors to understand a harsh realityRecently dead metropolitan governmentOnce decent infrastructureNo place for nature Nothing less, nothing more, just CamavaChapter 4. Agreement on the complex futureNot-so-uncertain Delphi resultsIncoming transversal conditionsChapter 5. Camava’s future expectationFive scenarios for CamavaLooking through the scenariosChapter 6. Synthesizing strengths and weaknessesA more honest futureFinal thoughts