Reducing Violence in Spontaneous Settlements : A Public Space Strategy
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Morazzani Diaz, Grace
issued: 2021-05-07T23:17:08Z
issued: 2021-05
description: This project seeks to improve the living conditions of the more than 107 million people living in spontaneous settlements in Latin America and reduce the levels of urban violence through an interdisciplinary process. This work recognizes that public space strategy can not provide a complete solution to urban violence and human behavior. Nonetheless, it considers that physical media and public social spaces are fundamental for providing the means to other disciplines to work, such as sociology, education, psychology, and others. This projects questions: what is the agency of space in the recurrence of violent acts? Is it possible to reduce violence in informal settlements by modifying the spatial settings and living conditions? How can we, as designers, help reduce risk factors that may take children and young adults to consider criminality as their only means for survival? By introducing spatial interventions that improve living conditions in spontaneous settlements, this project expects to provide the means to promote the healthy development of children through strategies based on the social dynamic of informal settlements. The main objective of this work is to analyze in-depth the spatial conditions that generate violence and produce a toolkit of physical interventions in spontaneous settlements that can help reduce the risk factors for children and young adults through the already established social dynamics of informal settlements. Lastly, a test design will exemplify the application of this toolkit on the grounds of La Cota 905, an informal settlement in Caracas known for its high levels of violence and criminal activities.
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note: IN SPONTANEOUS SETTLEMENTSA PUBLIC SPACE STRATEGYreducing VIOLENCEAUTHOR: GRACE MORAZZANI DIAZGPII SUPERVISOR: SARA JACOBSCOMMITTEE MEMBERS: ELISA SILVA“Submitted in partial fulfillment for the Master of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia.”Landscape ArchitectureSchool of Architecture and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of British ColumbiaName: Grace Morazzani DiazUBC Student number: Graduate Project Title: Reducing Violence in Spontaneous Settlements, a Public Space Strategy.In presenting this report in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of LandscapeArchitecture, University of British Columbia, I agree that UBC may make this work freelyavailable for reference or study. I give permission for copying the report for educationalpurposes in accordance with copyright laws.NAME DATE SIGNATUREGRACE MORAZZANI DIAZ 05/04/2021ABSTRACTThis project seeks to improve the living conditions of the more than 107 million people living in spontaneous settlements in Latin America and reduce the levels of urban violence through an interdisciplinary process. This work recognizes that public space strategy can not provide a complete solution to urban violence and human behavior. Nonetheless, it considers that physi-cal media and public social spaces are fundamental for providing the means to other disciplines to work, such as sociology, education, psychology, and others. This projects questions: what is the agency of space in the recurrence of violent acts? Is it possible to reduce violence in informal settlements by modifying the spa-tial settings and living conditions? How can we, as de-signers, help reduce risk factors that may take children and young adults to consider criminality as their only means for survival?By introducing spatial interventions that improve living conditions in spontaneous settlements, this project expects to provide the means to promote the healthy development of children …
has type: Graduating Project
spatial: Caracas, Venezuela
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0397347
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. LARC 598
subject: Violence
subject: Crime reduction
subject: Public Space
subject: Early Childhood
subject: Middle Childhood
subject: Adolescence
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78209