Social Urbanism: Reframing Spatial Design through our Collective Culture

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This book serves as a critical review of SOCIAL URBANISM, defined as a socio-political and practical approach to urban globalization, deriving from a planning strategy and portfolio of built projects that seek to alleviate the social consequences of urbanization. This book emphasizes both the political processes and the urbanism projects that simul

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Mara Bellalta is Dean, Faculty, School of Landscape Architecture, Boston Architectural College: Former Design Director, Martha Schwartz Partners, designer, Sasaki Associates. She has been Visiting Critic, Harvard GSD, and Visiting Faculty, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and Pontificia Universidad Catlica de Chile