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SUMMARY:Resilience from the Ground Up: Care Systems as Climate Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:As climate impacts intensify\, local governments are recognizing that social resilience and ecological resilience are deeply intertwined. This session explores how municipal care systems\, ranging from community support networks and social safety nets to public health and caretaking services\, function as critical\, frontline climate infrastructure. By centering equity\, gender justice\, and local governance\, speakers will share experiences in how investing in care work and community well-being strengthens urban adaptability\, protects vulnerable populations during extreme climate events\, and builds long-term institutional resilience from the ground up. \nREGISTER HERE \nThursday\, September 24\, 2026\,\n6:00PM to 8:00PM\nKlein Conference Room\nAlvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall\, room A510\n66 West 12th Street \n\nSpeakers & Program\nOpening Remarks \n\nMichael A. Cohen\, The New School / Observatory on Latin America\n\nModerator \n\nMarina Barros\, Executive Director\, Instituto Alziras\n\nPanelists \n\nDomenica Damião\, Municipal Secretary of Housing\, Environment\, Climate and Energy – Francisco Morato\, Brazil\nAline Rocha Junqueira\, Municipal Secretary of Sustainability and Climate Change– Juiz de Fora\, Brazil\nFlavia Bellaguarda\, Special Advisor for COP30\, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change\nAlex Gordon\, Manager\, Policy and Development\, WEDO\nDiego de Leon\, Out for Sustainability\nJacqueline Leduc Estrada\, Programme Officer Global Alliance for Care\n\n*Additional speakers to be announced \nCo-Sponsoring Institutions: \n\nObservatory on Latin America (OLA) / The New School\nInstituto Alziras\nFrente Nacional de Prefeitas e Prefeitos (FNP / National Front of Mayors)\n\nWith the Support of: \n\nGlobal Alliance for Care\nWomen’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)\nOut 4 Sustainability\nFrench Development Agency (AFD)\nInstitute for Climate and Society (iCS)\n\nREGISTER HERE \nClimate week hub\nhttps://event.newschool.edu/climateweekhub2026 \nWhile this event is hybrid and we encourage in-person participation\, here is the zoom link \nPresented by The Observatory on Latin America at The New School for Social Research.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/resilience-from-the-ground-up-care-systems-as-climate-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Klein Conference Room | The New School\, 66 West 12th Street\, room 510\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Latin America on the Move,New Urban Practices,News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T110000
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SUMMARY:ONLINE | Tools for Spatial Economic Planning Book Event
DESCRIPTION:Urbanization is a transformative force\, and guiding the evolving spatial and economic structure is an urgent and high-stakes task.  Tools for Spatial Economic Planning offers hand-on guidance on a variety of analysis and policy instruments suited for this task\, with real world case studies to illustrate their use. \nAt this virtual Book Launch\, the book’s authors will provide an overview of the spatial economic tools in the book.  Then\, representatives of major development organizations will provide perspective\, giving a snapshot of their work in the field of spatial economic planning.  Panelists will include representatives from the African Development Bank\, UN-Habitat\, the UN Economic Commission for Africa\, and OECD\, with moderation by the New School. \nREGISTER HERE \nWednesday 11\, February 2026\n11am – 12 pm \nThis is a free event \nPresented by the Observatory on Latin America.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/online-tools-for-spatial-economic-planning-book-event/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,New Urban Practices
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ORGANIZER;CN="Observatory on Latin America OLA%2C The New School":MAILTO:ola@newschool.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20250401T080000
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SUMMARY:Report of Activities OLA 2018-2024
DESCRIPTION:Download/view the OLA Report of Activities 2018-2024 in PDF \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/report-of-activities-ola-2018-2024/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:2084,Design and Development,Habitat in Debt,Latin America on the Move,New Urban Practices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T180000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch · “Infrastructure Policy and Inequality” by Michael A. Cohen
DESCRIPTION:The Observatory on Latin America presents the book launch: Infrastructure Policy and Inequality\, by Michael Cohen \nWelcoming Remarks: \nJoel Towers\nPresident\, The New School \nBook Presentation: \nMichael Cohen\nDirector of the Doctoral Program in Public and Urban Policy\, The New School \nDiscussants: \nAromar Revi\nDirector\, Indian Institute for Human Settlements \nSakiko Fukuda-Parr\nProfessor of International Affairs\, The New School \nNidhi Srinivas\nProfessor of Management\, The New School \n  \nSeptember 24\, 2024\n6:00 pm – 8:00 pm\nWollman Hall\, Fifth Floor\, Room B500\,\n65 West 11th Street\, New York \nRegister here* \n*This is an in-person event. Please RSVP by clicking on the red RSVP button on the linked page. \n  \nThis book reframes the purpose of infrastructure from being an input to economic growth to becoming a major instrument in reducing socio-economic inequalities in both industrialized and developing countries. \nPer Michael\, this book surveys infrastructure policies and performance over several decades\, drawing on global and national lessons of COVID-19 and extensive working experience in 55 countries. “It reviews the World Bank’s experience launching a 30-year program to alleviate urban poverty through 7\,000 projects. It shows that many significant policy changes have improved global urban policies adopted by national and local governments\, yet they have failed to significantly address and reduce intra-urban inequalities.” \nIt suggests that the “underperformance” of infrastructure could be improved by paying more attention to users and the demand side\, thereby contributing to overcoming many obstacles facing low-income communities worldwide. \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/book-launch-%c2%b7-new-book-%c2%b7-infrastructure-policy-and-inequality-by-michael-a-cohen/
LOCATION:Wollman Hall | The New School\, 65W. 11th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,New Urban Practices
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Towards A New Urban Practice
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, the Urban Fellows Programme at the Indian Institute for Human Settlements\, Bengaluru\, completed six years with 227 graduates. Collectively written by Faculty and staff at IIHS\, Towards a New Urban Practice marks this moment as a point of reflection. Using the programme as an archive\, the book reflects on questions of contemporary urban knowledge\, interdisciplinary and. southern urban pedagogy\, what it means to teach about and from practice\, and how our thinking on pedagogy needs to be equally rooted in questions of institutional design\, operations\, admissions\, and the political economy of employment for new urban practitioners. \nParticipants:\nAromar Revi\, Director\, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)\nGautam Bhan\, Associate Dean\, School of Human Development\, IIHS\nSudeshna Mitra\, Senior Lead – Academics & Research\, IIHS\nMichael Cohen\, Director\, Observatory on Latin America\, OLA\nBrian McGrath\, Professor of Urban Design\, Parsons \nFriday 31 March\, 2023\n2:00-4:00 pm (EDT)\nWollman Hall\, 65 W. 11th Street\, Room B500\nNew York\, NY\, 10003 \n  \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/book-launch-towards-a-new-urban-practice/
LOCATION:Wollman Hall | The New School\, 65W. 11th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,New Urban Practices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210225T200000
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SUMMARY:Online: Digital City: Emerging Territories and Unfulfilled Rights
DESCRIPTION:The Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and the Ministerio Público de la Defensa de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (MPD CABA)  invite to the presentation Digital City: Emerging Territories and Unfulfilled Rights. \nThe digital space\, constitutes a kind of “second nature” of the city in which we live today\, it also houses the social demands related to economic\, social and cultural rights sanctioned by the Constitution of the City of Buenos Aires (CABA). \nThis bilingual publication (Spanish and English) identifies and analyzes claims published on a selection of digital platforms by individuals and social groups from the most vulnerable neighbourhoods located south of the city. \nWith the authorship of Margarita Gutman\, Ileana Versace\, Javier Nesprías\, Julia Nesprías and Ximena Puppo\, this work has been carried out within the framework of the institutional link between the New School and the Ministerio Público de la Defensa (MPD CABA)\, and is part of the March issue of 2020 of the institutional magazine of the MPD. \nREGISTER HERE \n  \nSpeakers: \nHoracio Corti\, General Defender of the Public Ministry of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Regular Professor of Public Finance and Tax Law\, University of Buenos Aires. Doctor of Law\, University of Buenos Aires. \nDiego Golombek\, Executive Director of the National Institute of Technological Education (INET)\, Argentina\, Professor at the University of Quilmes\, Senior Researcher at CONICET. Doctor in Biological Sciences\, University of Buenos Aires. \nMargarita Gutman\, Professor of Urban Studies and International Affairs\, The New School. Consultation Professor FADU UBA. Doctor of Architecture\, University of Buenos Aires. \n  \nIntroduction by: \nMichael Cohen\, Director of the OLA\, Director of the Doctoral Program in Urban and Public Policy\, Professor of Urban Studies\, The New School\, Doctor of Political Economy\, University of Chicago. \n  \n* This webinar will be held through Zoom and will be in Spanish. \n** The English version will be presented at the New School as soon as presentiality resumes. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/book-presentation-emergent-territories-urban-vulerability-and-digital-space-autonomous-city-of-buenos-aires-2016-2018/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,New Urban Practices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20200430T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20200430T130000
DTSTAMP:20261018T084553
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SUMMARY:Call and webinar · Cities and COVID-19: New Directions for Urban Research and Public Policies
DESCRIPTION:The Knowledge Platform for Urban Transformation\, in partnership with the project “Science Advice and COVID-19” of the International Network for Government Science Advice\, the Coordination of Humanities\, the Coordination for Scientific Research and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Sciences and Humanities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM\, and The New School Observatory on Latin America\, invites to present a discussion note for the webinar: \nCities and COVID-19: New Directions for Urban Research and Public Policies\nApril 29-30\, 2020\n10:00 – 13:00 hours; CDT North America\nhttps://www.gotomeet.me/transformacionurbana/ciudades-covid-19\nDeadline for proposals: April 23\, 2020\nMore information: covid19.pctu@gmail.com \nThe seminar will have an orientation towards the discussion of Mexican cities\, but discussion notes on other Latin American cities will also be received. \nThe discussion notes will be organized and presented in panels during a webinar taking place on April 29-30\, 2020. The webinar will be in Spanish. The panels will be recorded and posted for free access in the Knowledge Platform for Urban Transformation webpage. The Platform will also publish a dossier with the discussion notes that are accepted and presented at the seminar. The publication will go through a blinded peer review process and will have a DOI. The date of publication will be between two and three weeks after the seminar. The authors will have an opportunity to make revisions to their discussion notes between May 9-12\, either to take into account the feedback received during the seminar or the suggestions made through the peer review process. \nThe discussion notes must have a length between 1 \,500 and 2\,000 words\, not including bibliography\, tables\, or figures. The text should be Arial 12\, with a paragraph spacing of 1.5. Tables should be included at the end of the text\, indicating their location in the text. Figures should be sent in a separate file indicating their location in the text\, and with a resolution of 300 dpi. The discussion notes should provide an explicit discussion of the following elements: \n• The new face of an urban problem brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.\n• A justification of the relevance of allocating research efforts to this new face of an urban problem.\n• The suggested research questions to spark new directions in urban research or public policies\, including the mechanisms to strengthen the science-policy links.\n• The possible case studies and research methods that can potentially advance the proposed line of research.\n• At the end of the discussion note\, include a brief biographic description of the author(s) of no more than 100 words. \nThe discussion notes should be sent to the email covid19.pctu@gmail.com cc’ing contacto@transformacionurbana.mx\, indicating in the following in the subject of the email: “Discussion note proposal”. The deadline to receive discussion notes will be April 23\, 2020. Participants will be notified of their acceptance and the date and time of the panel in which they have been scheduled between April 25-26\, 2020. \nView/download for more information (CitiesCovid19.pdf) \n \n  \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/call-and-webinar-%c2%b7-cities-and-covid-19-new-directions-for-urban-research-and-public-policies/2020-04-30/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Call,New Urban Practices,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20200429T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20200429T130000
DTSTAMP:20261018T084553
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SUMMARY:Call and webinar · Cities and COVID-19: New Directions for Urban Research and Public Policies
DESCRIPTION:The Knowledge Platform for Urban Transformation\, in partnership with the project “Science Advice and COVID-19” of the International Network for Government Science Advice\, the Coordination of Humanities\, the Coordination for Scientific Research and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Sciences and Humanities of the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM\, and The New School Observatory on Latin America\, invites to present a discussion note for the webinar: \nCities and COVID-19: New Directions for Urban Research and Public Policies\nApril 29-30\, 2020\n10:00 – 13:00 hours; CDT North America\nhttps://www.gotomeet.me/transformacionurbana/ciudades-covid-19\nDeadline for proposals: April 23\, 2020\nMore information: covid19.pctu@gmail.com \nThe seminar will have an orientation towards the discussion of Mexican cities\, but discussion notes on other Latin American cities will also be received. \nThe discussion notes will be organized and presented in panels during a webinar taking place on April 29-30\, 2020. The webinar will be in Spanish. The panels will be recorded and posted for free access in the Knowledge Platform for Urban Transformation webpage. The Platform will also publish a dossier with the discussion notes that are accepted and presented at the seminar. The publication will go through a blinded peer review process and will have a DOI. The date of publication will be between two and three weeks after the seminar. The authors will have an opportunity to make revisions to their discussion notes between May 9-12\, either to take into account the feedback received during the seminar or the suggestions made through the peer review process. \nThe discussion notes must have a length between 1 \,500 and 2\,000 words\, not including bibliography\, tables\, or figures. The text should be Arial 12\, with a paragraph spacing of 1.5. Tables should be included at the end of the text\, indicating their location in the text. Figures should be sent in a separate file indicating their location in the text\, and with a resolution of 300 dpi. The discussion notes should provide an explicit discussion of the following elements: \n• The new face of an urban problem brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.\n• A justification of the relevance of allocating research efforts to this new face of an urban problem.\n• The suggested research questions to spark new directions in urban research or public policies\, including the mechanisms to strengthen the science-policy links.\n• The possible case studies and research methods that can potentially advance the proposed line of research.\n• At the end of the discussion note\, include a brief biographic description of the author(s) of no more than 100 words. \nThe discussion notes should be sent to the email covid19.pctu@gmail.com cc’ing contacto@transformacionurbana.mx\, indicating in the following in the subject of the email: “Discussion note proposal”. The deadline to receive discussion notes will be April 23\, 2020. Participants will be notified of their acceptance and the date and time of the panel in which they have been scheduled between April 25-26\, 2020. \nView/download for more information (CitiesCovid19.pdf) \n \n  \n 
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/call-and-webinar-%c2%b7-cities-and-covid-19-new-directions-for-urban-research-and-public-policies/2020-04-29/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Call,New Urban Practices,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Guayaquil:20200416T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Guayaquil:20200416T180000
DTSTAMP:20261018T084553
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SUMMARY:Second global and virtual forum | City and coronavirus: policy impacts
DESCRIPTION:The Observatory on Latin America is pleased to invite you to take part in the Second Global and Virtual Forum | City and Coronavirus: Policy Impacts \nINTRODUCTION\nThe Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Ecuador)\, the Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito (MDMQ) and the University Network of Urban Studies (Civitic)\, convene the Second Global Forum Cities and Coronavirus: The Impacts of Policies. For the organization of the event\, a worldwide number of networks (31) and institutions (76) have joined\, concerned about the impact that Covid-19 can have on the cities of the planet. \nThe first Global Forum discussed on the impact of the Covid-19 measures in cities of the five continents\, in the second one we will make a cross-sectional analysis of certain relevant topics. go to post (in English)  – download/view summary pdf (in Spanish) \nOBJECTIVES\nThe main objective of this Second Global Forum is to debate the main impacts of the policies proposed to face the COVID-19 pandemic and their evaluation in the city environment. \nThe forum will be held on Thursday\, April 16 at 3:30 p.m. (continental Ecuador time\, GMT -5)\, through the Blackboard Collaborate platform; in which there will be five presentations\, each lasting fifteen minutes and\, subsequently\, a debate will be opened among those attending. \nPROGRAM  \nGlobal welcome\, description of the Second Global Forum\n15.30 – 15.40: Fernando Carrión\, Department of Political Studies of FLACSO Ecuador.\nPresentation for Latin America and the Caribbean: #QuedateEnCasa\n15.40 – 15.55: Ana Sugranyez and Alfredo Rodríguez\, Sur Consultores\, Santiago de Chile.\nPresentations for Europe: # Quarantine\n15.55-16.10: Antoni Castells\, Faculty of Economics\, University of Barcelona.\nPresentation for North America: # Sanitation\n16.10 – 16.25: Diane Davis\, Harvard University\, Cambridge.\nPresentation for Asia: # Epidemiological Surveillance and # Handwashing\n16.25– 16.40: Oscar Carracedo\, National University of Singapore (to be confirmed)\nPresentation for Oceania: #Distanciamientosocial\n16.40 – 16.55: Anthony Byrne\, University of Sydney. (to be confirmed)\nPresentation for Africa: # Health policy vs. Economic policy\n16.55 – 17.10: Gemma Solés\, Culture SDG & Urban Africa\, Wiriko.\nOpen debate\n17.10 – 17.30: Moderators:\nJaime Erazo\, Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito\nManuel Dammert-Guardia\, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru\nCall for the Third Global Forum\n17.30- 17.45: Fernando Carrión\, Department of Political Studies of FLACSO Ecuador. \nTRANSMISSION MEANS AND CONTACTS\nRegistration and Inscriptions:\nRoberto Benítez: rcbenitezfl@flacso.edu.ec\nContacts:\nFernando Carrión: fcarrion@flacso.edu.ec\nJaime Erazo: j.erazoespinosa@gmail.com\nMedia or virtual links:\nBlackboard: https://ca.bbcollab.com/guest/85c3515575bd42a3813834bcc97e8163\nFacebook live: Civitic Urban Studies\nYoutube live: Civitic Urban Studies.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/second-global-and-virtual-forum-city-and-coronavirus-policy-impacts/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:New Urban Practices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20200303T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires:20200303T170000
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SUMMARY:Research presentation · Sociotechnical Explorer: Digital Territorial Demands in Buenos Aires
DESCRIPTION:Seminar \nMargarita Gutman will present her work titled “Sociotechnical Explorer: Visual Tools for the Study of Territorial Demands that Emerge in the Digital Space (Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires 2000-2015)”.\nComments from Bill Morrish. \nTuesday\, March 3\, 2020\n3 to 5 pm\n66 W 12th Street\, room 716\nThe New School\, New York \nSociotechnical Explorer\nVisual Tools for the study of territorial demands that emerged in the public digital space (Metropolitan Region of Buenos Aires 2000-2015)\nGutman\, Margarita. The New School – FADU\, UBA.\nNesprias\, Javier. FADU\, UBA.\nPuppo\, Ximena. FADU\, UBA. \n \nThis text presents and discusses the scope of a set of visual tools\, created to interpret complex data about territorial conflicts publicized by civil society through webs\, blogs\, and YouTube. We focus on demands sparked by problems in urban public and private space\, infrastructure and environment\, associated with hydric basins\, sub-basins\, and states of vulnerability and risk. These demands are mostly made visible by neighbors’ associations\, alternative local media\, NGOs\, political associations\, and individuals. \nThis work is part of a larger research on the convergence or divergence between disciplinary (urban plans) and extra-disciplinary (civil society proposals) urban anticipations. The images here presented are related to the latter and are centered on the demands publicized in the digital public space of the territory known as Cuenca Baja del Matanza Riachuelo (comprised of the municipalities of Avellaneda\, Lanús\, Lomas de Zamora\, La Matanza\, Comuna 4\, and Comuna 8 in C.A.B.A.). We assume that the discussion of demands mobilizes proposals and urban anticipations\, and that these show local variations. \nThe methodology for the identification\, processing\, and survey of more than 1\,000 items analyzed entails defining platforms\, search engines\, and analytical categories\, as well as designing interpretive matrices\, graphics\, and georeferenced maps for visualization\, interpretation\, and communication of the data. \nSpecifically\, the interpretative matrices are intended to systematize the information\, allowing to quantify thematic repetitions and register relevant indicators in the analyzed territories. \nThe graphics system allows looking at the information at different scales\, make visible the relationships and interferences among the categories of analysis\, and establish common patterns. The methodology used for the production of the graphics implies the identification of a series of operations that could be classified under the notion of schematization (Costa\, 1988)\, as these procedures translate information into a visual language\, or phenomena that is not visible by looking at reality.\nIn this work\, the tools for georeferencing and codification of information have generated new cartographies about the social demands that are outcast from institutional channels. These cartographies are constructed through the elaboration of thematic maps\, points distribution maps\, symbols maps\, and cartograms\, making possible the comparison of the registered cases with the territory captured by digital cartographies in Google-Google Maps\, Google Street View- understood as a proxy for the “formal city”. \nThe categories of analysis allowed to identify three main problems mobilizing the conflicts: “environmental”\, “infrastructure and amenities”\, and “public and private urban space”\, with different levels of preponderance in each of the analyzed municipalities and communes. The environmental problems are related to the basins\, hydric sub-basins\, and water streams both through underground pipes and in the open. The water streams that are often out of sight from civil society emerge in an alternative and digital space. \nKey words: data visualization / knowledge and image generation / diagrams\, figures\, tables / interpretive schemes / maps.
URL:https://observatorylatinamerica.org/event/book-presentation-%c2%b7-sociotechnical-explorer-visual-tools-for-the-study-of-territorial-demands-that-emerge-in-the-digital-space-metropolitan-region-of-buenos-aires-2000-2015/
LOCATION:Room 716\, 66 W 12th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation,New Urban Practices
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