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Landscape struggles, environmental hegemonies and the politics of urban design

Mar 21, 2017

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asevillab

in Central Park, Commons, Espacio social, Landscape architecture, Landscape theory, Mis publicaciones, My research, Planning history, Political economy, Political urbanism, Politics, Sin categoría, Space and politics, Urban design, Urban politics, Urban studies

In a previous post I announced the publication of a new article about Central Park in Environment and Planning D, this time focusing on the governmental and strategic role of the park’s schemein the context of local struggles to consolidate or challenge existing hegemonies. For that purpose I elaborated a theoretical framework around the concept…
Airport Landscape: Urban Ecologies in the Aerial Age

Jul 25, 2013

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asevillab

in Paisaje urbano

The Harvard Graduate School of Design will host an interesting conference & exhibition entitled Airport Landscape: Urban Ecologies in the Aerial Age (more info here), an initiative by Sonja Dümpelmann and Charles Waldheim. I had the opportunity to attend one of Dümpelmann’s lectures about her research of aerial landscapes last April; her approach is really…