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Negotiating cultural identities in post-conflict spaces: the memorial landscapes of Nicosia
(2016-05-17)During the last fortytwo years, Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus has been a city divided by the Green Line after a long period of intercommunal conflicts and the Turkish military invasion in 1974. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
“Smart city? What address are you looking for?” Perception and participation in India’s smart cities through the case of Pune
(2017-05-25)India’s Smart Cities Mission aims to improve the quality of life in 100 of its cities through a citizen-centric and all-inclusive strategy of physical, social, institutional and economic infrastructure. ... -
From privatisation to the human right to water in Latin America: a closer look at Uruguay, Argentina and the plurinational state of Bolivia
(2017-05-25)Following the many failed private-sector management contracts in Latin America, the anti-privatisation campaigns have gradually risen in numbers and shifted their attention towards the Human Right 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, ... -
Build back better? Not only a technical matter. Insights from owner-driven reconstruction in Nepal
(2017-05-26)Post-disaster Recovery and Reconstruction play a vital role in amplifying or reducing the magnitude of future hazards, challenging communities to Build Back Better in order to reduce their exposure to ... -
(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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Are we exporting problems or solutions? A model for Transitional Field Hospitals in Natural Disasters
(2019-05-20)Natural disaster and conflict scenarios present challenging environments for healthcare treatment. In remote or underdeveloped areas where already scant healthcare services exist, this need is exacerbated ... -
Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS): a neighbourhood scale approach for urban stormwater management. The case of Bon Pastor, Barcelona
(2019-05-20)The increase of floods and the inability of aging sewage infrastructure to deal with stormwater retention led Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) to be one of the emerging paradigms for urban ... -
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 ... -
Where are the NGOs? A case study of State-Led urban upgrading processes in Medellin, Colombia
(2019-05-20)The focus of this thesis is the role NGOs have taken in response to government led urban upgrading processes in the context of Latin America. As more local governments in the region have adopted integration ... -
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 ... -
Spaces of cultural exchange: integration of migrant communities in urban life through commoning practices in Athens
(2019-05-20)Greece is a country with a large number of immigrant populations having various integration needs. To a large extent, these needs are covered by facilities open to migrant communities that help them ...