This book aims to provide bases for reasoning on what challenges
urban-architectural design for vulnerable communities will face in the
coming years. Several issues, such as technological development, climate
change, political crisis and economic uncertainties show as traditional
strategies and methodologies are not sufficient to deeply solve the
problems of these complex realities. These new changes, which are
studied in different fields of knowledge, highlight the fact that the
development of effective solutions must be characterized by
multidisciplinary approaches and must be based on strategies promoted by
different disciplines.
For this reason, this contributed volume collects contributions and
considerations from experts in various fields of knowledge working in
different parts of the world, such as the Americas, Europe and Asia. The
goal is precisely to provide the reader with multidisciplinary knowledge
and methodologies in order to better reflect and analyze the challenges
that designing for vulnerable communities will face in the next few
years. These multidisciplinary studies are organized into five sections:
- Sustainability and Vulnerabilities in Time of the Anthropocene
- Approaches, Principles and Paradigms to Contemporary Research and
Practice for Vulnerable Communities
- Designing for Vulnerabilities: Applications and Actions
- Social Engagement in Vulnerable Communities Between Digital and
Humanist Visions
- Vulnerabilities in Context: Analysis and Projects in the U.S.-Mexico
Border Region
Design for Vulnerable Communities will be of interest primarily to
researchers and professionals in the field of urban-architectural
design, but it will also be a useful tool to policy makers and members
of civil society at large interested in making cities more inclusive.
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