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E-grāmata: Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela: Government, Infrastructure and Environment [Taylor & Francis e-book]

  • Formāts: 232 pages, 17 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 23 Halftones, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sērija : Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South
  • Izdošanas datums: 03-Nov-2020
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781003052340
  • Taylor & Francis e-book
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  • Formāts: 232 pages, 17 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 23 Halftones, black and white; 29 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sērija : Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South
  • Izdošanas datums: 03-Nov-2020
  • Izdevniecība: Routledge
  • ISBN-13: 9781003052340
"Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create both potential and problems within settlements. To do so, it focuses on three metropolitan areas located in Venezuela's Centre-North region: Caracas, Maracay, and Valencia, designated as 'Camava.' Considering three core topics, government and territorial administration, infrastructure, environment, and reciprocal impact, this book describes and analyses the determinant variables that characterise the phenomenon of regional urbanisation in this area and in the wider global south. It includes documentary research, semi-structured interviews, and Delphi methodology, involving a total of 40 experts from different disciplines to build a comprehensive outlook on the situation. This book presents a broader understanding of the region to encourage a more sustainable and knowledge-based development plan, moving away from the exploitation of natural resources, with six future-oriented scenarios to consider. This is a much needed study in the urban regions of Venezuela, which will be of interest to academics and researchers in Latin American studies, the global south, architecture, and planning"--

Uncertain Regional Urbanism in Venezuela explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create both potential and problems within settlements. To do so, it focuses on three metropolitan areas located in Venezuela’s Center-North region: Caracas, Maracay and Valencia, designated as "Camava."

Considering three core topics, government and territorial administration, infrastructure and environment, as well as looking at the reciprocal impact, this book describes and analyzes the determinant variables that characterize the phenomenon of regional urbanization in this area and in the wider Global South. It includes documentary research, semi-structured interviews and Delphi methodology, involving a total of forty experts from different disciplines to build a comprehensive outlook on the situation.

This book presents a broader understanding of the region to encourage a more sustainable and knowledge-based development plan, moving away from the exploitation of natural resources, with six future-oriented scenarios to consider. This is a much-needed study in the urban regions of Venezuela, which will be of interest to academics and researchers in Latin American studies, the Global South, architecture and planning.

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1(5)
1 Mapping the complexity of a poorly studied case
6(40)
The urban region Caracas-Maracay-Valencia
7(9)
Three attempts to deny the reality
16(6)
A compound perspective to approach a complex case
22(5)
Knowledge and foresight
27(1)
The difficulties to investigate in Venezuela nowadays
28(2)
Strategies to operate in a harsh context
30(16)
2 The formation of the main urban region of Venezuela
46(34)
Camava definitions: what has been said
46(5)
Strategic position, natural conditions and sea proximity
51(2)
First concentration, centuries of an archipelago country
53(6)
Second concentration, from one caudillo to another
59(12)
Third concentration, more than ever
71(9)
3 Three factors to understand a harsh reality
80(51)
Recently dead metropolitan government
80(10)
Once decent infrastructure
90(17)
No place for nature
107(12)
Nothing less, nothing more, just Camava
119(12)
4 Agreement on the complex future
131(32)
Not-so-uncertain Delphi results
131(21)
Incoming transversal conditions
152(11)
5 Camava's future expectation
163(37)
Five scenarios for Camava
163(30)
Looking through the scenarios
193(7)
6 Synthesizing strengths and weaknesses
200(15)
A more honest future
200(5)
Final thoughts
205(10)
Index 215
Fabio Capra Ribeiro is Associate Professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He is a practicing architect, with a Masters degree in Science in Architectural Design and a PhD in Urbanism and fifteen years working on social, spatial, and environmental justice, particularly in the degradation of the contemporary city through the study of integration spaces and boundary conditions. His website address is www.capraribeiro.com.