Download - Liveability or Environmentalism for the Poor
URBAN LIVEABILITY
URBANISM FOR THE POOR MIKE DAVIS, ‘PLANET OF SLUMS’
ECO-URBANISM HODSON AND MARVIN, ‘URBANISM IN ANTHROPOCENE’
END OF THE URBAN FRONTIERdenser periphery and rising costslums of hope to latifundia and crony capitalism
ARE SLUMS INTRACTABLE?
are slums really that bad?
have states been far more effective in the destruction of mass housing than its contructions?
SLUMS OF HOPE OR JUST ILLUSIONS?
It would be foolish to pass from one distortion — that the slums are places of crime, disease and despair — to the opposite that they can be safely left to look after themselves.
Jeremy Seabrook
ANTHROPOCENE
‘the result of human actions whose critical markers include disturbances of the carbon cycle, global temperature’
‘development of industrialisation’
‘global growth in urbanisation’
‘now the survival of cities will be dependent upon their ability to ensure ecological security’
cities ecology contextreshaping
ECO-TOWNS
reduce CO2 emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 energy emissions - 0 or below water efficient (water neutrality) waste as fuel eg. Whitehill Bordon
ECO-BLOCKS
urban gated communities (self-sufficient unit) resource self-sufficient energy from on-site renewables water and waste recycle eg. Quingdao Eco-block project
ECO-ISLANDS
6000 new apartments and businesses 50% of power from renewable resources eg. Treasure Island, former naval air base, San Francisco
ECO-CITIES
‘Dongtan is ¾ the size of Manhattan and is designed as a sustainable city to attract a whole range of commercial and leisure investments to what is currently a large area of mostly agricultural land’
eg. Dongtan, Masdar
ECO-REGIONS
energy saving modyfications (carbon emission reduction by 60%) water neutral eg. Thames Gateway, UK
£9 billion project Europe’s largest regeneration project offshore wind generation dams + biomass generation plant
creating one size fits all by ‘replicating eco-city developments’
new development money intensive (directed at richer communities) gated communities
ALTERNATIVES?
community-based initiatives local and community control of infrastructure ensuring more equitable access to environmental resources for low-income households eg. LID, Transition Towns, Relocalisation
FAIR CITY
users and resources
progressive socio-technical change
new development and retrofitting the existing
emphasise questions about need and politics of interdependencies
debate of the consequences of the new style of urbanism rather than eco-technic products
what is liveability or environmentalism for the poor?
is it urbanism of the poor (by slum upgrading) or is it through eco-urbanism?