Community Garden Streetscapes : promoting social cohesion between the formal city and the informal settlements in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires
Urbanisation causes challenges related to environmental issues and social conflicts (Sijmons 2010; Elmqvist et al. 2018). On a local level, in the informal settlements of Hurlingham in Greater Buenos Aires, it is expressed through unequal distribution of urban land, severe floodings and segreg...
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| Formato: | H2 |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés sueco |
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SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)
2020
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| Sumario: | Urbanisation causes challenges related
to environmental issues and social conflicts
(Sijmons 2010; Elmqvist et al. 2018). On a local
level, in the informal settlements of Hurlingham
in Greater Buenos Aires, it is expressed through
unequal distribution of urban land, severe
floodings and segregation (Janches 2020a;
van de Berg 2018). The informal settlements,
also called barrios populares or barrios
vulnerables, emerged in the aftershock of a
rapid urbanisation process, in a country which
has been dealing with an unstable economy for
decades. Barrios populares are built, without
provision, by the urban inhabitants themselves
(van Gelder 2017). Today they provide shelter for
over 1 600 000 people excluded from the formal
city (van de Berg 2011). The residents in the
informal settlements are exposed to high risk of
crime, floods and pollution (Janches 2020a). Yet,
in these vulnerable self-created neighborhoods,
cultural assets such as social streetlife (WUF10
2020) and strong sense of community can be
found (Janches 2012). This thesis examines how
these site specific aspects can be enhanced by
a transformation of the streets through the
concept of community garden streetscapes.
Design and management strategies for
community garden streetscapes in Hurlingham
are developed based on literature findings
and inspiration from reference projects.
Moreover, five streetscape typologies have been
formulated based on a street’s typical attributes.
Overall design ideas for all streetscape
typologies are presented and the visualisations
show how the gardens can fill a variety of
purposes, from increased food availability and
lowering the number of unemployed, to the
creation of recreational and biological values.
In terms of enhancing social cohesion between
the residents in the formal city and the informal
settlements, the street typology Bridging Street,
has proven to be most suitable.
The thesis takes on a speculative approach
and discusses community gardens as one way to
handle global challenges at local level. Hopefully
it can provide important insights to potential
benefits that urban agriculture, in the form of
community garden streetscapes, can give to
a community in terms of life quality and social
cohesion. |
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