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Residents’ perceptions: a collective critical cartography of gentrification in Vallcarca, Barcelona
(2018-05-29)
Displacement of low-income workers as a result of speculation processes is a challenge recognized by the current government of Barcelona. The physicality of speculation can be broadly noticed when a ...
(IN)formal conquers: a critical assessment of manteros’ public space occupation in Barcelona
(2018-05-22)
Cities bonded to tourism in the global North are facing a series of issues in their public spaces that have to do with informality, materialized as unofficial street vending. This dynamic phenomenon is ...
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 ...
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 ...
Social and physical integration of refugees: comparing models of urban integration in Barcelona and Athens
(2018-05-28)
The current humanitarian crisis in the Middle-East has enhanced the long process of forced migration over the last decades. The effect of this massive emigration has affected the physical nature of the ...
Female consciousness and social activism: a gender análisis of the Plataforma de los Afectados por la Hipoteca de Barcelona
(2018-05-22)
This thesis examines the role of women in the Plataforma de los Afectados por la Hipoteca de Barcelona (PAH BCN), a movement fighting for the right to housing. While the female presence in the PAH BCN ...