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Learning through housing activism in Barcelona: knowledge creation and exchange in neighbourhood-based housing groups
(2019-05-27)
As a reaction to a severe housing crisis, Barcelona’s civil society has been creatively reclaiming a radical right to housing. Previously centralized in one specific movement, housing activism in the ...
Economic recovery and vulnerable communities’ resilience: insights from two case studies in Mexico
(2019-05-20)
Most strategies developed to support recovery in the aftermath of disasters tend to address psychological, social, economic, and infrastructure issues separately. Drawing upon literature, authors agree ...
What is the future of a city center after an earthquake? A case study of the reconstruction process of Portoviejo, Ecuador
(2019-05-20)
The lack of coordination between national and municipal government entities, and the always-changing nature of their policies tend to create contradictory scenarios in reconstruction processes. This ...
An inquiry into the culture of Street vending: accounts from Sitabuldi Market, Nagpur
(2018-05-28)
Vendors are quintessential to Indian streets. These wandering merchants have intrinsically woven themselves into the historical and social fabric of our cities. Despite this, many perceive them as ...
Rebuilding from the ground up. The role and challenges of knowledge exhange in supporting post-disaster self-recovery in the Philippines
(2018-05-22)
Less than 15% of the population affected by natural disasters receive shelter assistance from humanitarian or governmental institutions; the other 85% reconstruct their own places independently. When ...
Toward a community resilience assessment: exploring fertile soils in the spanish context
(2017-05-18)
Over the last few years, the concept of resilience has been increasingly used in scientific and policy circles. In particular, the focus on the potential role played by communities in enhancing resilience ...
Rehumanising refugee camps through sustainable environmental interventions: exploring the need for green initiatives in and around refugee camps in Lesvos
(2019-05-20)
‘68.5 million displaced people worldwide’ is a common phrase, known to most in the humanitarian field to emphasize the importance of the attention the refugee crisis needs (UNHCR, 2018). What we are ...
The scales of attachment: exploring territory attachment at Nahr el-Bared refugee camp and the mechanisms to overcome transience
(2018-05-22)
Refugee camps, as emergency responses, embodies a hall of characteristics marked by the permanent temporariness. However, they gradually evolve, becoming informal urban settlements. Nahr el-Bared, the ...
Immigrants’ employment and integration in Barcelona: a qualitative study
(2017-05-18)
The research addresses the role played by employment in the Integration process of immigrants in Barcelona, Spain. It regards two main identified aspects of Integration: 1) legal insertion (related to ...
Integrative refugee housing: the efficacy of adaptative reuse in the United States and Germany
(2017-05-25)
The combination of recent refugee crises and related anti-immigration political sentiment has led an increasing number of countries to enact restrictive refugee policies. For instance, despite a long, ...