Category: Ecosystems

The ecology of a slum: Part 5, government flows

15 April, 2009 (09:34) | Ecosystems, History, London, Slums, Theory, Urban Infrastrucure | No comments

[Continued from March 6th’s Part 4, and the previous Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.]
 

[Editorial justification for the tour: If we want to improve slums, we have to see them as ecosystems – spontaneous self-generated communities, self-organized, economically rational, economically efficient, adaptive and robust.  We may not like the slums (like Dharavi in Mumbai, Kibera [...]

Housing authorities’ comparative advantages

25 March, 2009 (10:05) | Ecosystems, Innovations, Legislation and policy, Predictions, Public housing, Theory, US News | 1 comment

On Saturday, March 14, I participated in back-to-back panels at the NAHRO (National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials) spring legislative conference, and the topic rolled around to the reinvention of public housing – particularly in light of the tumult engulfing the American affordable housing ecosystem.
 

 
[Readers will recall that I've previously published three speculative/ [...]

The ecology of a slum: Part 4, family flows

6 March, 2009 (11:14) | Ecosystems, History, London, Slums, Theory, United Kingdom | No comments

[Continued from yesterday's Part 3 and the previous Part 1 and Part 2.]

[Editorial justification for the tour: If we want to improve slums, we have to see them as ecosystems – spontaneous self-generated communities, self-organized, economically rational, economically efficient, adaptive and robust.  We may not like the slums (like Dharavi in Mumbai, Kibera in Nairobi, or Sao [...]

The ecology of a slum: Part 3, work flows

5 March, 2009 (10:43) | Ecosystems, History, London, Slums, Theory, United Kingdom | No comments

[Continued from last week’s Part 2 and Part 1.]
 
[Editorial justification for the tour: If we want to improve slums, we have to see them as ecosystems – spontaneous self-generated communities, self-organized, economically rational, economically efficient, adaptive and robust.  We may not like the slums (like Dharavi in Mumbai, Kibera in Nairobi, or Sao Paulo's favelas) we may [...]

The ecology of a slum: Part 2, outflows

25 February, 2009 (11:04) | Ecosystems, History, London, Slums, Theory, United Kingdom | No comments

[Continued from yesterday's Part 1.]
 
[Editorial justification for the tour: If we want to improve slums, we have to see them as ecosystems – spontaneous self-generated communities, self-organized, economically rational, economically efficient, adaptive and robust.  We may not like the slums (like Dharavi in Mumbai, Kibera in Nairobi, or Sao Paulo's favelas) we may wish them [...]