483 Housing and the Right to the City. Part III

Friday, August 3, 2012: 10:45 AM-12:15 PM
NB 469 (Faculty of Economics)

RC43 Housing and Built Environment (host committee)
RC21 Regional and Urban Development
Session Organizers:
Kenneth GIBB, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom and Manuel B. AALBERS, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
The right to affordable housing in New York City: The case of Stuyvesant Town and the conflict over rent control
Michael GLASS, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Rachael WOLDOFF, West Virginia University, USA; Lisa MORRISON, United Nations, USA

The role of housing in capitalism and the unequal distribution of wealth and privilege in American cities (Oral Presentation)
Maria Carolina MAZIVIERO, Universidade de São Paulo , Brazil

Urban law and right to the city: Urban struggles in the inner city of São Paulo (Oral Presentation)
Marcia HIRATA, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Patricia SAMORA, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Squatters houses, eviction and the struggle to stay in the city (Oral Presentation)
Solange MUÑOZ, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Derecho a la ciudad en la agenda de los movimientos populares (Oral Presentation)
Raquel ROLNIK, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Evaniza RODRIGUES, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Brazil

Acceso a la vivienda y conflictictividad en conjuntos urbanos en Buenos Aires. Aproximaciones a la perspectiva de los residentes (Oral Presentation)
Fernando OSTUNI, Instituto de Investigaciones , Argentina; Jean-Louis VAN GELDER, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Netherlands

Personal networks in a context of risk and vulnerability. Building the right to the city in Santiago, Chile (Oral Presentation)
Felipe LINK, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; Margarita GREENE, Pontifica Universidad Católica, Chile; Rodrigo MORA, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Chile