¿Urbanistas «en transición»? El enfoque antropológico del mejoramiento urbano y sus efectos sobre la concepción urbanística

María A. Castrillo Romón

Planners in Transition? The Anthropological Approach to Urban Improvement and its Effects on Urban Design

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María A. Castrillo Romón

Keywords:

Urban improvemente, anthropological approach, urban regeneration, participative planning

Abstract

This article discusses the urban improvement, which is described in terms of a
characteristic anthropological approach which differentiates it from urban regeneration and from
“participative urbanism”. The text focuses on the influences of this anthropological approach on
urban design. Three recent French cases are studied: three methodization of anthropologicalapproach
for urban design applied to the physical transformation of very different urban areas. The
analysis methodology developed by this research is qualitative, it’s mainly based on the
confrontation of interviews with planners who have designed and carried out each of the three
methodizations. The results are, a series of tasks (translation, DIY process and institutional
pedagogy) characterize the urban improvement like an explicit mediation between citizens and
public authorities.

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2014-03-20

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Castrillo Romón, M. A. (2014). Planners in Transition? The Anthropological Approach to Urban Improvement and its Effects on Urban Design. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 46(179), 81–97. Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/CyTET/article/view/76291

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Vol. XLVI, núm. 179 (2014). Por la rehabilitación, la regeneración y la renovación urbanas

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