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International Metropolis Project
The International Metropolis Project is a forum for bridging research, policy and practice on migration and diversity. The Project aims to enhance academic research capacity, encourage policy-relevant research on migration and diversity issues, and facilitate the use of that research by governments and non-governmental organizations.
www.international.metropolis.net
Operando nas bordas – Bordering conditions
O artigo discute alguns projetos urbanos que enfocam novos desafios apresentados na cidade contemporânea. Estes projetos operam nas condições-limite do território metropolitano fragmentado, suas bordas: vazios urbanos, terrain vague, brownfields.
The article discusses urban projects that work on these new challenges presented on the contemporary city. These urban projects work on the bordering conditions of the fragmented metropolitan territory: urban voids, wastelands, brownfields, terrain vague.
LEITE, Carlos. Projetos urbanos: operando nas bordas (1). – Urban projects on the bordering conditions (1). Vitruvius arquitextos 44, Janeiro 2004.
www.vitruvius.com.br/arquitextos/arq044/arq044_01.asp
Sub cultures and urban revitalisation in São Paulo
Article about sub culture as a possible instrument for urban revitalisation. Published in Alfa Ibis conference proceedings (2004).
NEFS, Merten. Sub Cultures and Urban Revitalisation in São Paulo. In Globalization Urban Form & Governance 12. Exploring Collaborative Urban Strategies. DUP Science, Cap.16 (p.205-218)
Index
http://web.bk.tudelft.nl/urbanism/alfa/publications/Publi12.htm
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Unused urban space
The paper discusses the role of unused urban spaces in the metropolis, such as brownfields, by reviewing polemic discourses about their futures.
NEFS, Merten. Unused urban space: conservation or transformation? City & Time Vol.2 Nr.1 (2006)
www.ct.ceci-br.org/…