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From Crisis to Creativity: The Future of Housing in Perspective

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By Nelson Mota, van Andel, Frederique Van Andel
| Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja
van Andel, Frédérique [1] ; Mota, Nelson [1] [1] Delft University of Technology Localización: ZARCH: Journal of interdisciplinary studies in Architecture and Urbanism, ISSN 2341-0531, Nº. 21, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Perspectivas del hábitat), págs.
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Designing for a Flow: Navigating Temporalities in Housing Considerations in Low-Income and Hazard-Prone Caribbean Contexts

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By Nelson Mota, Ellen van Bueren, Antonio Carmona Báez, Thijs Asselbergs
| MDPI
1. Affordable Housing and Self-Organized Housing Practices In many areas where access to affordable housing is limited, people resort to building their own homes. While this is a common practice, the unprecedented growth of cities has led to an increase in the scale of this process [1,2]. In fact, most of the world’s dwelling delivery is organized in this way, including housing on various Caribbean islands [3,4].
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‘The shock waves of the new political economy steering housing policies are widespread across the globe’

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By Nelson Mota, Dick van Gameren
| The Architectural Review Verified
To tackle this global crisis, we must look at people as a vital infrastructure for 21st century cities, not just to systems of pipes or cables According to the World Urbanization Prospects published by the United Nations in 2014, in the next three decades the rate of urbanisation will increase at a fast pace, adding 2.5 billion new dwellers to the current urban population. To accommodate this growth the world needs to create the equivalent of 300 new megacities, each roughly the size of London.
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‘The shock waves of the new political economy steering housing policies are widespread across the globe’

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By Nelson Mota, Dick van Gameren
| The Architectural Review Verified
To tackle this global crisis, we must look at people as a vital infrastructure for 21st century cities, not just to systems of pipes or cables According to the World Urbanization Prospects published by the United Nations in 2014, in the next three decades the rate of urbanisation will increase at a fast pace, adding 2.5 billion new dwellers to the current urban population. To accommodate this growth the world needs to create the equivalent of 300 new megacities, each roughly the size of London.
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