PROGRAMME

Urban growth: Legality Limits

November 3rd, 2011  at Intituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Sala Ángel Bassols Batalla*

*Address: Circuito Mario de la Cueva (sin número), Ciudad Universitaria - UNAM

10:00     Welcome Adress by Rosalba Casas Guerrero                                                                             

  -Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS Principal)-

10:15     INURA Principles by Richard Wolff -INURA Common Office, Zürich-

10:30     Introduction to INURA México 2011 by Beatriz García Peralta                                             

  -Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales (IIS)-

10:45     Coffee break

11:00     Limithropy: An Investigation of the Physical Edge of the Greater Mexico City Area (2008-2011) by Feike de Jong, Journalist -CNN Mexico and Expansión Magazine-

11:30     Urban Expansion: Two Processes in Mexican Cities by Roberto Eibenschutz                               -Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM Xochimilco)-

12:00     Participative Design in Urban Projects by Gustavo Romero (UNAM), Leticia Salinas (Casa y Ciudad A.C.), Emilio Canek Fernández y Mauricio Durán (UNAM - Colectivo DF), Bahram Ghadimi (Fosovi A.C.).

13:00     Questions & Comments

14:00     Lunch at the Institute

15:00     Henri Lefebvre, Planetary Urbanization and the Right to the City by Christian Schmid       - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH Zürich)-

15:30     Limits of Legality by Enrique Ortiz -Habitat Internacional Coalition (HIC)-

16:00     Informal City?: The Latin American Contribution by Priscilla Connolly                                             -Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM Azcapotzalco)-

16:30     Divided Cities: Segregation and Poverty in Latin America by Martha Schteingart           

-El Colegio de México  (Colmex)-

17:00     Questions & Comments

18:00     Short visit: Campus Ciudad Universitaria and Historic Center of Coyoacán

Map of the tour: http://maps.google.com.mx/maps/ms?msid=212804426522140173002.0004aab758744853311ce&msa=0

                4th November

9:40 Meeting at Catedral de la Ciudad de México (main cathedral)

10:00 Guided tour through the Historic Center of Mexico City by The Historic Center’s Trust

Topics: Re-habilitation of housing, mobility alternatives, urban renovation, street markets, cultural alternatives, urban art and image at the main area of the Historic Center.

17:00 Meeting at “Casa Vecina”

             Micro-urbanism workshop  by Casa Vecina

             Discussion Re-habilitation of the Historic Center: Gentrification or side-effect? 

Link tourmap:http://maps.google.com.mx/maps/ms?msid=212804426522140173002.0004aab799c0ca5f4565d&msa=0

                5th November

8:00  Breakfast & Introduction to the tours at Hotel Maria Cristina

9:45 Shield city and Social Exclusion

Full day tour by Jorge Legorreta (UAM-Azcapotzalco)

Contact: http://metropolisciudaddemexico.com/

Route: Reforma – Lomas, Naucalpan, El Chamizal, Palo Alto, Bosque Real, Interlomas, Santa Fe

Link tour map: http://maps.google.com.mx/maps/ms?msid=212804426522140173002.0004aab7c8641a0b5e980&msa=0

                  6th November

8:00   Pick up at Hotel María Cristina

Metropolis: Eastward Expansion and Lacustrine Side of the City

Full day tour by Jorge Legorreta (UAM-Azcapotzalco) and Jaime Rello (UPREZ - Unión Popular Revolucionaria Emiliano Zapata)

Route: Nezahualcóyotl, La Paz, San Buenaventura – Ixtapaluca, Valle de Chalco, San Gregorio Atlapulco – Tlahuac.

20:00   Transfer to Tepoztlán (retreat venue)

Mapa del tour: http://maps.google.com.mx/maps/ms?msid=212804426522140173002.0004aab83f486b4aa211d&msa=0&ll=19.2191,-99.

                Retreat from Monday 7th to Wednesday 9th November

*The programme is attached to this document  or visit www.inuramex.blogspot.com

   Location: Casa Azul Tepoztlán

Address: Santiago Tepetlapa, Morelos

Phone: 01739 395 1852

                http://www.casaazuldetepoztlan.com/

            Official check-in: Sunday 6th at 10 p.m.

            Check-out: Wednesday 9th at 6 p.m.

RETREAT PROGRAMME

RETREAT PROGRAMME

Sunday 6th to Wednesday 9th, November 2011 at Casa Azul, Tepoztlán - México

Sunday 6th                         Arrive late to Casa Azul Retreat place

Monday 7th

9.30 - 10.30 am                      Introduction to the area, Introduction to the retreat

11.00 am - 12.00 am             INURA Annual General Meeting, part 1

12.00 am - 1.00 pm               NMM1 - Short overview and updates

1.00 - 3.00 pm                        Lunch break

3.0    - 6.00 pm             Discussion about INURAMEX Conference Tours

·         Video conference by Rodrigo Meneses

6.00 - 9.30 pm                       Dinner break

9.30- …                                   Film night

Tuesday 8th

9.00 am - 1.00 pm                 Excursion to Tepoztlán

1.00 - 3.00 pm                        Lunch break

3.00 - 6.00 pm                        Sessions:

From Revolution to Evolution: Urban Insurgencies and the emerging political space

·         Tahrir Square in Cairo: How Egyptians rediscovered public space. (Costanza La Mantia)

·         Medellin popular urban space: Between creative insurgent citizenship and persistent territorial control by gang-politicing alliances (Omar Alonso Urán & María Soledad Betancur)

·         Open discussion on Arab Spring, Occupy Movement and more…

6.00 - 8.00 pm                       Urban Legality Limits & Conflict // Open Session

·         Urban Legality and the educating city (Angela Stienen)

·         From conflicts to new public policies: Urban Agriculture in Lisbon Metropolitan area (Juliana Torquato Luiz & Giovanni Allegretti)

·         Ciudad Bosque Real as planning model in Mexico City: spatial inequality and informality (Frank Müller)

8.00 - 9.30 pm                       Dinner break

9.30 - 11.00 pm                     Party and / or bar-hopping

Wednesday 9th

9.30 am - 1.00 pm                 NMM2- Working session

1.00 - 3.00 pm                       Lunch break

4.00 - 6.00 pm                       Annual General Meeting, part 2

6.00 pm                                  Checkout

**Transfer to Mexico City or any other place inside the country

1)      With the group: A bus will pick us up at Casa Azul on Wednesday 9^th at 6:00 pm and take us to Maria Cristina Hotel in Mexico City. If you need to get to any other place, we might stop where you need.

2)      By yourself: If you are going to Mexico City’s Airport: there is a shuttle that takes you from Cuernavaca bus station to Mexico City’s Airport, so you need to take a bus from Tepoztlán to Cuernavaca (Downtown satation or Casino La Selva station) and then the shuttle. The journey will take around 3 hours.

If you are going to any other place in the country by bus: you need to take bus from Tepoztlán to Cuernavaca for main destinations because Tepoztlán bus station is a local one.

>> Tepoztlán bus station is located in 5 de Mayo #35 at “downtown”

>> Cuernavaca’s bus stations are located in Mariano Abasolo #100 (Centro) and in Plan de Ayala #102 (Casino La Selva)

DIRECTIONS FOR FIRST DAY ARRIVALS

1.    Directions

You need to get to UNAM campus by your own on November 3^rd for the opening conference, there are two options…

By metro:

Ticket cost = $3.00 pesos

The nearest metro stations are Insurgentes, Sevilla and Insurgentes (line# 1-pink) take the metro directed to Pantitlan, transfer in Balderas to line#3- green, directed to Universidad (that is your final destination). When you arrive to the station walk to the UNAM campus (ask for directions if necessary), as soon as you get in to UNAM campus you will see an internal bus stop station. Take bus route 3-green line, and get off in Ciencias Políticas stop, walk uphill a few meters and cross the street you will see the Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas (blue building big parking lot), ask for the conference room: Sala Dr. Ángel Bassols Batalla.

By metrobus:

Ride cost: $5.00 pesos… You need a metrobus card ($10.00 pesos), you can get it in the Metrobus stands near by the Metrobus stations.

The nearest Metrobus stations are Hamburgo and Reforma. Take metrobus southbound direction to El Caminero, get off on CU station and take a yellow flag taxi (authorized inside campus UNAM) and tell the driver you are going to Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas in Zona Cultural.

Please consider that the estimated time of your trip will be 1 and a half hours, peek hours in any mean of transportation last from 6am till 10 am.  Beware your wallet and valuable objects on your journey.

SOME USEFUL TIPS

 

Some useful tips

1.    Arrival

You will land in Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport. http://www.aicm.com.mx/home.php

If your plane lands in Terminal 1, you will exit in: Hall E1 if you arrive from Centralamerica, Southamerica & The Caribbean, Hall E2 if you arrive from Europe, Asia and Africa, or Hall E3 from The United States, Canada & rest of the world.

If your plane lands in Terminal 2, you will exit in: Hall F if you arrive from Centralamerica, Southamerica & The Caribbean or Hall E if you arrive from United States, Europe, Asia & Canada.

For international flights, it takes around 30-60 minutes to get outside the Airport (migration point, baggage claim)

2.    Taxis outside the Airport

After picking up your belongings go to the official and authorized taxis’ sites.

Terminal 1: International Flights: Hall E2, E3 and door 10.

Terminal 2: International Flights: Hall E door 4.

Recommended taxis:

Nueva Imagen http://www.taxisdelaeropuerto.com.mx/

Cost 185 pesos

Yellowcab http://www.taxisyellowcabaeropuerto.com.mx/

Cost depending on car: standard $152 pesos and executive $ 225 pesos

Show your Hotel/Hostel information to the counter, it should be in zone 4 and it costs about 10 euros fee.

3.    Your safety

-       Do not carry too much money, just the necessary for daily expenses and use the hotel’s safe deposit box to leave the rest.

-       The use of safe taxi cabs or public transport is recommended. Avoid taking touristic taxis outside the hotel… Taximex’s phone number: 9171 88 88

-       Avoid using expensive jewelry and carrying valuable objects on the street.

-       When taking photographs with your camera, be cautious.

-       Always bring copies of your official documents, such as passport, visa, ID and insurance cards.

-      Dollars are not accepted. If you prefer not to carry too much money you might use ATM’s for current withdrawal, credit and debit cards are accepted in almost every place.

-      Check the local banking numbers in case you have any trouble with your debit or credit cards.

-       Drinking alcohol is not permitted on the streets and smoking is not allowed inside of public and private buildings, restaurants and shopping malls.

4.    Personal belongings

-       Consider bringing clothes for cold and hot weather, since the temperature is very low at night and tends to build up on sunny days. Prefer neutral colors to avoid gaining unwanted attention, comfortable shoes, and a bathing suit. Also we recommend the use of sunblock and a cap.

-       For using electric appliances, use a current adaptor 127 V/ 60 Hz/ with an A plug

5.    Health

-       If you require any medication, don’t forget to bring it along with the proper indications of use. In Mexico a prescription is needed for buying antibiotics.

-       Tap water is not meant for drinking, drink only bottled water.

-       Consider eating at the suggested places and not on street outposts.

-       Don’t forget to use mosquito repellent at Tepoztlán.

-        If you are going to eat  fruit or vegetables, don’t forget to wash it thoroughly.

-       We strongly recommend the use of antibacterial gels.

Feike de Jong ...Caminata por la orilla: 51 días de expedición por el Valle de México

Caminata por la orilla: 51 días de expedición por el Valle de México - Nacional - CNNMéxico.com

Feike de Jong es un periodista holandés radicado en la Ciudad de México, ganador del Premio de Periodismo Walter Reuter 2010. Hizo una expedición por la periferia del Valle de México durante 51 días: 700 kilómetros recorridos entre noviembre y diciembre de 2009. El video describe algunas de las imágenes que encontró en su ruta, donde no todo es asfalto y concreto.

Feike de Jong, journalist from Holand, now lives in Mexico city, winner of the Walter Reuter journalism price 2010. He made an exploration around Mexico city periferia during 51 days, 700km between november & december 2009. This video describes some images tha he found on his route, where not everything is asphalte & concrete.

TIPS Arrival

When arrival:

You will land in Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport.  http://www.aicm.com.mx/home.php

If your plane lands in Terminal 1, you will exit in:

Hall E1 if you come from Centralamerica, Southamerica & caribean.

Hall E2  if you come from Europe, Asia y Africa.

Hall E3 from United States, Canada & rest of the world.

If your plane lands in Terminal 2, you will exit in:

Hall F if you come from Centralamerica, Southamerica &  caribean.

Hall E if you come from United States, Europe, Asia & Canada.

In international flights, it takes around 30-60 minutes get outside the Airport (migration point, baggage claim) 

TAXIS:

After picking up your belongings go to the official and authorized taxi's sites.

Terminal 1: International Flights: Hall E2, E3 and door 10.

Terminal 2: International Flights: Hall E door 4.

Reccomended taxis:

Nueva Imagen

http://www.taxisdelaeropuerto.com.mx/

Cost 185 pesos

Yellowcab

http://www.taxisyellowcabaeropuerto.com.mx/

Cost depending car

standard  152 pesos

executive 225 pesos

Please show your Hotel/Hostel information to the counter, it should be in zone 4, is about 10 euros fee.

Metro/subway /underground

Mexico city Metro is the most efficient transportation.

If you want to use it, we suggest you to check out Mexico city metro website:

http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/tucamino/indexing.html

ticket cost is 3 pesos= .16 Euros .21 Dollars

Retreat Programme 6th-9th November 2011- Tepoztlán

Retreat Programme      

Sunday 6th to Wednesday 9th, November 2011

Sunday 6th

 Arrive late to Casa Azul Retreat place

 dinner

Monday 7th

9.30-10.30 am               Introduction to the area, Introduction to the retreat

11.00 am-12.00 am        INURA Annual General Meeting part1 (short)

12.00 am - 1.00 pm        NMM1 - Short overview and updates

1.00 – 3.00 pm              Lunch break

3.00 -6.00 pm                Discussion about INURAMEX Conference Tours.

 A: Urban Legality Limits & Conflict Workshop.

6.00-9.30 pm                 Dinner break

9.30-…                          Film night

Tuesday 8th

9.00 am -1.00 pm           Excursion to Tepoztlán

1.00 – 3.00 pm              Lunch break

3.00 -6.00 pm                Parallel presentations

B:Urban insurgencies.

C: Social Housing Today.

D: Open Session. Workshops (Call for papers?!?)

6.00-8.00 pm                     NMM2- Working session

9.30-11.00 pm                   Party and/ or bar-hopping

Wednesday 9th

9.30 am -1.00 pm               NMM3- Working session

1.00 – 3.00 pm                  Lunch break

4.00-6.00 pm                    Annual General Meeting

6.00 pm                               Checkout 6pm