It is estimated that 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2030 (World Health Organization, 2013), making it critical that we learn how to improve or create appropriate housing and public spaces for the rising number of urban dwellers. The following readings address contemporary urban development with a focus on the global South, where much of the growth is occurring, and more specifically, the creation of housing in Colombia for people with few resources. Labeled ‘social housing’ by most international housing literature, this term connotes a societal responsibility rather than the US-centric terms ‘low-income housing’ or ‘public housing.’ This list of readings reflect both status quo and counterhegemonic practices and theories, and points to a direction for future research.
May 21, 2014
International Perspectives on Planning and Social Housing
Jen Jack Gieseking
Jen Jack Gieseking is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Digital and Computational Studies Initiative at Bowdoin College and hold a Ph.D. in environmental psychology. Jack’s work as an urban cultural geographer and environmental psychologist examines the everyday co-productions of space and identity support or inhibit social, spatial, and economic justice with a special focus on sexuality and gender. S/he is working on her first book, Queer New York: Constellating Lesbians’ and Queer Women’s Geographies in New York City, 1983-2008. S/he has held fellowships with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as German Chancellor Fellow; The Center for Place, Culture, and Politics; The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies; and the Woodrow Wilson Women’s Studies Dissertation Fellows Program. S/he has published in Area, Qualitative Inquiry, Journal of Urban Studies, and Journal of Social Issues. Jack can be found at jgieseking.org and @jgieseking.
Posts by Jen Jack Gieseking
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We’re the Top Selling Routledge Planning & Urban Design Book of 2014!
November 4, 2014
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We’re the Top Selling Routledge Planning & Urban Design Book of 2014!
November 4, 2014
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Book Launch at Bowdoin College (Sept 2014)
September 8, 2014
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OA Versions of Setha Low and Susan Saegert Essays
June 30, 2014
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OA Versions of Setha Low and Susan Saegert Essays
June 30, 2014
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