May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
The Missing Links: Establishing Evidence-based Design in Maternity Health Care by Victoria Swan | Supervisor: Raquel Colacios This thesis is intended as an articulation of distinctions between personal relationships in space and community, to explore the significance of pyschosocially framing needs in the community, for resource development in maternity health care. I will consider, why [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Disaster Risk Reduction in the Informal City by Cristina Castelao | Supervisor: Raquel Colacios Informal construction is the bulk of construction worldwide. However, in the curricula of the Schools of Architecture, this topic is usually only anecdotal and rarely there is a possibility to approach it more closely. The training received by architecture students often [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Peripheral Urban Renewal and Contemporary Social Responses: The case of Bon Pastor by Chris Govers | Supervisor: Dr. Carmen Mendoza The city of Barcelona has been undergoing a process of rapid spatial change for some time, and Bon Pastor lies in the sector of the city earmarked for the current generation of growth, through various [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Post Oslo urban development processes: The inclusive city or the divorcing translocality? [Palestine] by Natasha Aruri | Supervisor: Jacqueline Polvora, PhD This work investigates the urban development processes that took place in the city of Ramallah post the Declaration of Principles (1993). The investigation covers development processes that took place, identifies the key stakeholders, and [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Rethinking Food Security: Strategies To Ensure Sustainable Disaster Risk Management In Coastal Areas Of Bangladesh by Md. Mostafizur Rahman | Supervisor: Dr. Carmen Mendoza Addressing the global climate change, Bangladesh experienced more than 170 large‐scale disasters over the last three decades, which predominantly affected in southwestern coastal areas of Bangladesh. In addition to these natural [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Development: The dependency cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa by Mbongeni Ngulube | Supervisor: Jacqueline Polvora, PhD In this thesis, I investigate the relationship between development practice, dependency and poverty in the context of Sub Saharan Africa. Located between the end of the colonial period to the present, I trace the evolution of development practice in the [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Ecological Interactions: A Genetic and Phylogeographic Framework for Growing New Innovations by Jonathan Minchin | Supervisor: Dennis Dollens Contemporary analyses indicate that with our current means we have reached the limit of the earth’s carrying capacity. Exponential population growth and depleting resources are measures of the extent of our own growth and like all species; [...]
May 26th, 2011 | by admin | published in Portfolio
Role of Planning and Design in Turning a Culturally Divided City into an Inclusive Cosmopolis: Analyzing the Post-War Reconstruction in Beirut by George Kassab | Supervisor: Claire Colomb, PhD Civil wars can create physical and cultural divides within the same city and society. They are manifestations of divorced societies. As cities have the opportunities and [...]
