Papers & Presentations 52nd World Congress

Plenary Presentations of the 52nd World Congress (all in pdf format).

Lectures

Sunday October 12, 2008

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Miradas cambiantes: El desarrollo del Puerto Rico Urbano – 500 años del Urbanismo Puertorriqueño (1508 – 2008) [The development of Puerto Rico Urban - 500 years of Puerto Rican Town Planning (1508 - 2008)]
Dr. Anibal SEPÚLVEDA RIVERA
Professor, Graduate School of Planning
Rio Piedras campus, University of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
 Image Building a System for Planning and Housing that is fair, inclusive and sustainable - The Experience of Puerto Rico
Plan. Lucilla FULLER-MARVEL
Social Planning Workshop
Puerto Rico

 

Central theme of the Congress

Monday October 13, 2008

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Housing beyond its walls: Planning for a sustainable and affordable housing
Presentation of Ms. Anna TIBAIJUKA, Under Secretary General and Exec. Director UN HABITAT, given on her behalf by Arch. Claudio ACIOLY. (slides)
Nairobi, Kenya

 

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Hacia ciudades incluyentes, democráticas, habitables y sustentables:
Papel de la producción social y la gestión participativa del hábitat y la vivienda
[Towards inclusive cities, democratic, livable and sustainable: Role of social production and participatory management of habitat and housing]. (slides)
Arch. Enrique ORTIZ FLORES
Habitat International Coalition, HIC
Mexico

Plenary Sub-Item I - Economic Dimension

Monday October 13, 2008

 

 ImageThe housing market in the United States
Sr. Roy BERNARDI
Assistant Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States 
 ImageAcceso a la Vivienda en América Latina y el Caribe
[Access to Housing in Latin America and the Caribbean]
Raquel R SZALACHMAN
Economic Affairs Officer,  Division for Sustainable Development and Human Settlements, Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC
Chile
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Hacia una ciudad más sostenible y feliz
[Towards a more sustainable and happy city]
Dr. Enrique PEÑALOSA-LONDOÑO
Former Mayor, City of Bogota
Colombia

 

Sub-Plenary Session II - Spatial and Environmental Dimension

Tuesday October 14, 2008

 
 

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20 Years of Enabling Shelter Strategy : The role of housing in sustainable urbanisation
(slides)
Arch. Claudio ACIOLY, Jr.
Chief of Housing at UN-Habitat
Nairobi, Kenya

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Programas de Regeneración de Tejido Social y Urbano en el Contexto de una Política Habitacional Integral : Reflexiones a partir de la Experiencia Chilena
[Programmes for Regeneration in the Urban and Social Fabric in a context of an Integrated Housing Policy: Reflections from the Chilean experience]
Slides
Arq. Rubén SEPÚLVEDA OCAMPO
Director Instituto de la Vivienda, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Chile

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Visión Integradora del Urbanismo [Integrated urban planning]
slides
Ramón GARCÍA BRAGADO
Teniente de Alcalde del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona
España

Sub-Plenary Session III - Social Dimension

Wednesday October 15, 2008

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El desafío político de gobernar la ciudad: dos modelos [The political challenge of governing the city: two models]
slides
Arq. Fernando CARRIÓN MENA
Coordinador de Estudios de la Ciudad, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - FLACSO
Quito, Ecuador

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Ciudades Divididas: Segregación y Pobreza en América Latina [Cities Divided: Segregation and Poverty in Latin America]
Arq. Martha SCHTEINGART
Profesora e Investigadora del Centro para Demografía y Estudios Urbanos
El Colegio de México
México

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Affordable Housing and Subsidy Programs
Fernando BERIO MUÑIZ
Executive Director, Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority
Puerto Rico

 

Closing session

Informe Relatoría General [Report form the General Rapporteur]
Slides
Arq. Fernando CARRIÓN MENA
Coordinador de Estudios de la Ciudad, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - FLACSO
Quito, Ecuador

 

The translation of the Final report from the General Rapporteur will be part of the Congress report

' 52nd IFHP World Congress: findings and recommendations'.

Last Updated @ Wednesday, 14 January 2009