CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

A THINKING-ACTING MODEL

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THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

-PRESTIGE AS A SOCIAL ENGINE OF EVOLUTION: A BALANCE BETWEEN TWO FRAMEWORKS

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THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

- ETYMOLOGY: WIDENING THE MEANING OF PRESTIGE

PRAESTRINGERE: TO BIND OR TIE UPPRESTIGE: SOMETHING TO ASSOCIATE TO BECAUSE IS FAVORABLE

(urban concentration)PRESTIGE: SOMETHING THAT CAUSES FASCINATION AND ASTONISHMENT

(urban prestidigitation)

Influence, seduction, attraction, association, convenience, privilege, profit, status, trend, fashion, emulation, disappointment, fraud, trick, prestidigitation, fascination, astonishment, consumption, credit, standing, respect, dignity, honor, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, mark, prominence, renown, reputation, esteem, etc

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THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

-A BALANCED STRUCTURE: THE COEXISTINGCENTRIPETAL-CENTRIFUGAL FACTS

MADRID’S MUNICIPALITY

CENTRIPETAL DYNAMICS:optimal conditions for survival

promises (higher income, higher alternatives, etc.)

favorable associationsNATURAL PRESTIGE (strategic

places formed with hydrogeologic slowness)

HUMAN PRESTIGE (construct formed acceleratedly)

CENTRIFUGAL DYNAMICS:self-destructive excess (population, transportation as the ecosystems illness)unwanted balance between misery-weath communicating vesselsEXternalizationsEXclusions (segregation, gentrification, etc.)

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THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

- CONCEPTUAL MODEL: THE TRIHEDRON OF URBAN LIFE

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CITY <> PRESTIGE

ORIGINAL CONDITIONS

Part of Toledo’s Arab Kingdom defense200 (s.IX) to 12.000 (s.XI) inhabitants35 Has of extension

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CITY <> WATERS

ORIGINAL CONDITIONS

- Mayrīt - Madrid

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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PRESTIGE <> WATERS

ORIGINAL CONDITIONS

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

CITY <> PRESTIGE

EVOLUTION FROM 1200 TO 1450: THE GROWTH OF THE MEDIEVAL CITY

THE CITY AS A CASTLE- DEFENSIVE ATTITUDE- NATURAL SLOWNESS

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

CITY <> PRESTIGE

EVOLUTION FROM 1561 TO 1860: CAPITAL AND COURT

THE CITY AS A CITADEL- SELF-CONTINGENCY- THE CAPITAL SEDUCTION

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

CITY <> PRESTIGE

EVOLUTION FROM 1860 TO 1939: INDUSTRIAL GROWTH

THE CITY AS AN OIL SPOT-OPENING OF THE FENCE- MASSIVE MIGRATIONS

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

CITY <> PRESTIGE

EVOLUTION FROM 1939 TO 2005: DEVELOPMENTALISM

THE TERRITORY AS A CITY- A CAR-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT- LAND URBANIZATION DOUBLING EVERY 11 YEARS (1939-1975)- 1.500.000 inhabitants in 1950- 1957-1980: x4 occupation of rural land- 1957-1980: x2 inhabits.

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

CITY <> PRESTIGE

EVOLUTION FROM 1939 TO 2005: DEVELOPMENTALISM

THE TERRITORY AS A CITY- URBAN SPRAWL- 1957: 2.5 mill. inhab.- 1980: 4.7 mill. inhab.- 2000: 5.2 mill. inhab.

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

PRESTIGE <> WATERS

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CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

PRESTIGE <> WATERS

THE ENGINEERING PRESTIGE

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CITY <> WATERS

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION:

GROWING CHANNELIZED PROCESSESRUPTURE OF ECOLOGICAL CYCLESDANGEROUS AND UNCERTAINSUBTERRANEAN “URBAN KARST”

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FUTURE CONDITIONS:

CITY <> PRESTIGE

CONTINGENCY: RECOGNITION OF LIMITS (RESILIENCE)

IRONY: UNCERTAINTY, COMPLEXITY AND ACTION

SOLIDARITY: INTEGRATION OF MIXED INCOME SITUATIONS (SOCIAL DIVERSITY) ARTICULATED IN PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT WATER COURSES

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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FUTURE CONDITIONS:

CITY <> WATERSWATERWAY SEOUL

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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FUTURE CONDITIONS:

PRESTIGE <> WATERS

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>>> rehabilitating the biological and social prestige of waters in a growing urban ecosystem…

IT HAS TO BE REBUILT THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PRESTIGE OF WATERS

AS A DESIRABLE URBAN FUTURE

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>>> rehabilitating the biological and social prestige of waters in a growing urban ecosystem…

How can emerging approaches like Hydrosociology play a relevant dual role enhancing coherent social diversity in the

context of a sustainable growing urbanity?

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>>> rehabilitating the biological and social prestige of waters in a growing urban ecosystem…

WHAT URBAN POLICIES WE NEED TO RECOVERTHE PLACE FOR NATURE IN THE CITY (Ian McHarg, 1964)

THROUGHOUT ITS WATERS?