During the 2016 52nd ISOCARP Congress in Durban, South Africa, Miranda Schut presented a paper entitled “The future of Urban Living: New Forms of Work – Planning for the Unknown in Amterdam”. The paper was part of the congress fourth…
Category: International
ISOCARP 2016 Article: The Future of Urban Living
Posted in International, News, Presentation, Projects, Research Tagged with: Amsterdam, Future of Urban Living, ISOCARP, MRA, Planning Strategy, research, Urban Policy
Linking Urban Farming and Urban Planning in Times of Crisis: Food Strategies for the Al Za’atari Camp
In July 2016, SPCitI, in collaboration with RUAF, conducted a second mission to Al Za’atari Camp in Marfraq, Jordan. This second field work assignment is a follow-up to the first scoping mission organized in 2015 and commissioned by VNG International. During…
Posted in International, News, Projects Tagged with: Camp Al Za'atari, Jordan, Mafraq, regional strategy, RUAF, social cohesion, Urban Agriculture
Porto Novo “Ville Verte”, Benin
In the first two weeks of February, the French NGO ‘Les Ateliers‘ organised a workshop in Porto-Novo, the capital city of Benin in West Africa. Two teams of 12 international experts, of which Miranda, brainstormed to identify directions for the development…
Posted in International, News, Workshop Tagged with: Benin, development plan, green city, Porto-Novo, sustainability, Workshop
Refugee City Round Table
The Master of International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture of the UIC organized the “Refugee City” Round table at Palau Marc on la Rambla in Barcelona, on 11 November 2016. Bernardina participated together with Nasr Chamma, Esther Menduina, and Enric Roig Tio. She gave a presentation…
Seminar on the Co-operatives for Slum Upgrade LAB
In collaboration with PUCRS’ Nucleo de Estudo da Cidade and IFHP, the first 1 day seminar has been a very successful kick off of the Co-operatives LAB. The issue at stake confirmed to be extremely relevant within informal housing upgrade and deserves a proactive…
Posted in International, Knowledge Transfer, News, Research Tagged with: Brazil, IFHP, Porto Alegre, Seminar, Slum Upgrade, social cohesion
