Significance of Public Space in the Fragmented City: Designing Strategies for Urban Opportunities in Informal Settlements of Buenos Aires City

Flavio Janches

No wp-2011-013, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This article surveys the problem of urban marginalization by one of its more critical expressions in the contemporary city: the slums. The aim is to define an urban design strategy for the integration of those settlements as part of the city context, which enables to find solutions for the conflict improving these communities quality of life.

Keywords: Public (Decision making); Segregation; Urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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