Feeling Sorry for SF.
To the question “Is San Francisco ready for the next quake?” you will find city officials saying yes (1) and experts saying no (2). On… Read More »Feeling Sorry for SF.
2019
How green is urban resilience?
Climate change and regular heatwaves enhance the need for urban planning strategies to rebalance grey infrastructures with green “systems”. Urban citizens applaud the idea. Canopies… Read More »How green is urban resilience?
Venice: the failure of resilience.
When Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), better known as Canaletto, painted the Canareggio canal of Venice, could he guess that he would contribute, three centuries later,… Read More »Venice: the failure of resilience.
Smart city.
Is there any chance to escape urban data? The answer is simply no. Why? Because we are the data. We consume data, we create data,… Read More »Smart city.
Katrina
Katrina was one of the most destructive natural disasters (*) to strike the US. The reasons of the malfunctions which turned the city into chaos… Read More »Katrina
Homeless, Poverty and Urban Resilience
The way individuals socialize in a given environment has been described by Bourdieu, introducing the definition of “habitus” as a system of “governed provisions”. According… Read More »Homeless, Poverty and Urban Resilience
Is the sky the limit? Not any longer…
The underground’s image is negatively related to darkness and discomfort. It triggers concerns and claustrophobic fears. It has been left over during centuries in favor… Read More »Is the sky the limit? Not any longer…
The Japanese paradox.
Centuries of earthquakes, typhoons, wars and fires. But a flourishing Tokyo which, undoubtedly, is a success story, at least seen from the economical perspective. Facing… Read More »The Japanese paradox.
