Maria Carrizosa

Habitat for Humanity International

This article argues that to understand housing as domestic only is a misconception. People intensify the use of their homes in ways that create substantial economic opportunities, urban services, and a range of social protections for themselves and their communities. The research presented here introduces the concept of 'space-use intensity', in fl...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home became a global phenomenon, yet before 2020, it was a relatively understudied practice. But in informal settlements, the definition of "home" and "employment" is completely intertwined, which is why there is so much to learn from them. For over half a century, mainstream theoretical...

One of five research papers commissioned by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kenya Office, as part of their program on the Just City in Africa. Based on the research presented here, we estimate that 84.5% of the activities taking place in consolidated informal settlements across African cities remain invisible to municipal governments, and yet they pro...

Definición del concepto "informalidad" para el libro: Glosario de las Ciudades, que contiene 200 conceptos urbanísticos por 200 autoras/es en celebración del número 200 de Cafe de las Ciudades.

Lagging official statistics proved in 2018 that the majority of the world works informally. Soon after, working from home became a global phenomenon, a practice that before 2020 was relatively understudied. These two facts have long-been connected in informal settlements, where the use of space is so intense that the definition of what a house is a...

Kazakhstan has an ambitious transformation agenda for 2050 that intends to link diversified and green economic growth with urbanization. The country plans to quadruple its GDP, substantially increase its non-oil revenues, halve its energy consumption, and increase its urbanization from 56 per cent to 70 per cent. In line with these national goals,...

This book evaluates the impact of 20 years of urban policies in six Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico. It argues that evaluating the fulfillment of past commitments is essential for framing and meeting the new commitments that were taken in Habitat III over the next 20 years. Taken as a whole, the boo...

This book presents effective urban resilience practices put in place in six Latin American cities: Manizales, Colombia; La Paz, Bolivia; Cuenca, Ecuador; Santa Fe and Pilar, Argentina; and Cubatão, Brazil.

This chapter puts forward “an implied look and a transversal reading” across six countries of the subcontinent, which amass a third of the Latin American population. The central issues include the contradiction between housing policy and urban policy, the unchecked power of real estate developers, the fragility of the achievements of the Habitat ag...

En este artículo se presenta un proceso experimental para la construcción de viviendas económicas, en el cual se construyen bóvedas de concreto sobre metal desplegado en el suelo, donde luego son prearmadas e izadas sobre muros de carga. De esta manera se obtienen cubiertas monolíticas de bajo costo que se prestan para realizarse por autoconstrucci...

Resumen El presente texto documenta el proceso adelantado por la Comisión Calidad de Hábitat de la Sociedad Colombiana de Arquitectos entre los años 2008 y 2009, relacionado con la reflexión sobre el tema de la calidad de hábitat urbano en proyectos de Vivienda de Interés Social (VIS). El artículo consta de tres secciones. En la primera se explica...