Tag: residential segregation

• February 14, 2019

  Intergroup Monopoly, game to explore the dynamics of group-based inequality

  Intergroup Monopoly (created by Richard Harvey, shared by Vanessa Woods) Intergroup Monopoly is an action teaching game that modifies the classic Monopoly board game to explore the dynamics of group-based inequality. In Intergroup Monopoly, players begin with unequal amounts of money and are given individualized rules that reflect differing degrees of privilege or disadvantage. For…

• July 20, 2016

  Thoughts about how urban design impact our lifes

  Just read this article and found so interesting ideas on how urban design impact society and what can be done to avoid increasing inequality. Here I just noted some additional thoughts. I am also thinking of how does it work in a wider scale, for instance, how regional infraestructures reinforce certain inequalities. The same with regard…

• October 27, 2014

  Interpretando la estratificación social en una ciudad post-socialista

  La ciudad neo-liberal tiende a desarrollar con gran ímpetu comunidades aisladas que reflejan las diferencias entre las clases sociales, segregándolas entre si y limitando enormemente los espacios y paisajes. Dicha tendencia responde al principio de acumulación del capital aplicado al desarrollo urbano. Es decir, a la acumulación de capital en las ciudades con el fin…

• August 29, 2014

  My new blog background #manila #philippines

  What you can see here is a photo taken in Manila (Philippines). Concretly, the buildings in the background are the so called Makati city, if I remember correctly. Why I’ve chosen this photo for my blog background? Well, for three reasons. First, it reflects in a single view my research interests, i.e. rapid growth, urban development, inequality,…