Urban Growth:Legality Limits

Friday, October 28, 2011

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

                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? 

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

                  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)
                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.

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