Liveability or Environmentalism for the Poor

LIVEABILITY OR ENVIRONMENTALISM FOR THE POOR

by aleksandra szwedo and david ardiansyah

URBAN LIVEABILITY

URBANISM FOR THE POOR MIKE DAVIS, ‘PLANET OF SLUMS’

ECO-URBANISM HODSON AND MARVIN, ‘URBANISM IN ANTHROPOCENE’

URBANISM FOR THE POOR MIKE DAVIS, “PLANET OF SLUMS” CHAPTER 4 ILLUSIONS OF SELF HELP

THE ‘FRIENDS’ OF THE POOR OR ARE THEY?site and services

self-help is a myth?

SOFT IMPERIALISM

participatory and partnership

de Soto’s ‘titling’ to empower the poor?

PROFITS OF POVERTY

market forces and real estate speculation

squatters as urban pioneers

END OF THE URBAN FRONTIERdenser periphery and rising costslums of hope to latifundia and crony capitalism

ARE SLUMS INTRACTABLE?

are slums really that bad?

have states been far more effective in the destruction of mass housing than its contructions?

SLUMS OF HOPE OR JUST ILLUSIONS?

It would be foolish to pass from one distortion — that the slums are places of crime, disease and despair — to the opposite that they can be safely left to look after themselves.

Jeremy Seabrook

ECO-URBANISM HODSON AND MARVIN, ‘URBANISM IN ANTHROPOCENE’

ANTHROPOCENE

‘the result of human actions whose critical markers include disturbances of the carbon cycle, global temperature’

‘development of industrialisation’

‘global growth in urbanisation’

‘now the survival of cities will be dependent upon their ability to ensure ecological security’

cities ecology contextreshaping

ECO-TOWNS

reduce CO2 emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 energy emissions - 0 or below water efficient (water neutrality) waste as fuel eg. Whitehill Bordon

ECO-BLOCKS

urban gated communities (self-sufficient unit) resource self-sufficient energy from on-site renewables water and waste recycle eg. Quingdao Eco-block project

ECO-ISLANDS

6000 new apartments and businesses 50% of power from renewable resources eg. Treasure Island, former naval air base, San Francisco

ECO-CITIES

‘Dongtan is ¾ the size of Manhattan and is designed as a sustainable city to attract a whole range of commercial and leisure investments to what is currently a large area of mostly agricultural land’

eg. Dongtan, Masdar

ECO-REGIONS

energy saving modyfications (carbon emission reduction by 60%) water neutral eg. Thames Gateway, UK

£9 billion project Europe’s largest regeneration project offshore wind generation dams + biomass generation plant

creating one size fits all by ‘replicating eco-city developments’

new development money intensive (directed at richer communities) gated communities

ALTERNATIVES?

community-based initiatives local and community control of infrastructure ensuring more equitable access to environmental resources for low-income households eg. LID, Transition Towns, Relocalisation

FAIR CITY

users and resources

progressive socio-technical change

new development and retrofitting the existing

emphasise questions about need and politics of interdependencies

debate of the consequences of the new style of urbanism rather than eco-technic products

do you agree?

what is liveability or environmentalism for the poor?

is it urbanism of the poor (by slum upgrading) or is it through eco-urbanism?

fin

thank you