Session: 4B+4C-1
4b4c Sustainable communities, landscapes, cities, regions and transportation Sustainable communities, landscapes, cities, regions and transportation

Chair

Nuno Martins, Astrid Skjerven, Santiago Mejía

Time

11:30 - 13:00 on Wednesday, 14th of June 2017

Venue

SD 715

11:30

Envisioning versus realizing products for people in poor communities: The case of Victor Papanek and Nordic designers

Astrid Skjerven (Oslo and Akershus University College)
11:45

Informal settlements and community vulnerability: a multiscale strategy to improve local resilience through waste upcycling

Andrea Cecchin (Independent Researcher), Mathieu Lamour (Independent Researcher), Michael Maks Davis (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador), David Jácome Polit (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador)
12:00

Analysis of externalities from transportation in Bogota

Mónica Espinosa (Universidad de los Andes), Stef Proost (Ku Leuven), Ángela Inés Cadena Monroy (Universidad de los Andes), Eduardo Behrentz (Universidad de los Andes)
12:15

Evaluation of the improvement in thermal comfort with the incorporation of sustainable building materials in the ongoing self-construction processes for housing in the district of Bosa in Bogota

Franz Calderon (Universitaria Agustiniana Uniagustiniana)