Habitat III – multipliciudades

#ResisteHabitat3 | Final alternative ‘Declaration in defense of our territories’

Oct 26, 2016

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Following up on my previous post about Habitat 3, here’s the alternative manifesto of Resistencia Habitat III, one of the local movements in Quito that have been organizing parallel events, challenging dominant narratives about urbanization and the UN new urban agenda in the last few months with the help of activists and thinkers around the…

Synthesis: A new justice for the New Urban Agenda

Oct 24, 2016

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asevillab

in Conflicto urbano, Derecho a la ciudad, Espacio y política, Sin categoría

Habitat III is now part of history, and it remains to be seen how the urban futures that figured so prominently in the official discourses will be shaped by the new urban agenda, well-intentioned but vague as it is. As someone who worked for several years in a UN initiative related to Habitat II’s program…

A New Justice for the New Urban Agenda | UN-Habitat Conference in Madrid

Sep 6, 2016

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asevillab

in Espacio social, Espacio y política, Regeneración urbana, Sin categoría, Urbanismo sostenible, Urbanismo y sociedad

The Conference ‘A New Justice for the New Urban Agenda’ will take place in Madrid next week, organized by the UN-Habitat Office in Spain. The event will bring together an interesting group of speakers including political authorities, planners, scholars and activists, discussing in advance of the Third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Development, HABITAT…

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#ResisteHabitat3 | Final alternative ‘Declaration in defense of our territories’

Synthesis: A new justice for the New Urban Agenda

A New Justice for the New Urban Agenda | UN-Habitat Conference in Madrid