INVESTIGADORES
KOZAK Daniel Matias
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Urban Fragmentation: The Case of Buenos Aires
Autor/es:
KOZAK, DANIEL
Lugar:
Oxford, Gran Bretaña
Reunión:
Conferencia; Built Environment Annual Research Student Conference; 2004
Institución organizadora:
Oxford Brookes University
Resumen:
Over the last three decades the paradigm of city planning has shifted from ‘large-scale’ visions to ‘project-based’ strategies.  The way in which planners and architects now think of and act in cities -which are increasingly integrated into an accelerated global process - is deeply related to a broader cultural phenomenon, usually identified as fragmentation and which is covered by an extensive literature.   In particular, it can be hypothesised that the current approaches to planning in Buenos Aires are consistently bringing more fragmentation to the metropolis in several dimensions, including: physical, spatial, environmental and social.  Urban fragmentation - understood as the separation of the city into pieces, which may or may not be interconnected - usually leads to urban duplication and overlapping of functions and activities. Both processes of ‘planning blight’ - that become visible when the arrival of new developments leads to the decay of formerly successful areas – are often passively accepted as part of a ‘natural cycle of life’ in cities. This kind of attitude, intrinsically embedded in neo-liberal thinking, eventuates in an unnecessary waste of resources and energy.