Hydro-Sociology of Madrid City

CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

A THINKING-ACTING MODEL

Matías Nieto Tolosa - City Futures 2009. Madrid, 5th June

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -PRESTIGE AS A SOCIAL ENGINE OF EVOLUTION: A BALANCE BETWEEN TWO FRAMEWORKS

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK - ETYMOLOGY: WIDENING THE MEANING OF PRESTIGE PRAESTRINGERE: TO BIND OR TIE UP PRESTIGE: SOMETHING TO ASSOCIATE TO BECAUSE IS FAVORABLE (urban concentration) PRESTIGE: SOMETHING THAT CAUSES FASCINATION AND ASTONISHMENT (urban prestidigitation) Influence, seduction, attraction, association, convenience, privilege, profit, status, trend, fashion, emulation, disappointment, fraud, trick, prestidigitation, fascination, astonishment, consumption, credit, standing, respect, dignity, honor, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, mark, prominence, renown, reputation, esteem, etc

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -A BALANCED STRUCTURE: THE COEXISTING CENTRIPETAL-CENTRIFUGAL FACTS

CENTRIPETAL DYNAMICS: optimal conditions for survival promises (higher income, higher alternatives, etc.) favorable associations NATURAL PRESTIGE (strategic places formed with hydrogeologic slowness) HUMAN PRESTIGE (construct formed acceleratedly)

CENTRIFUGAL DYNAMICS: self-destructive excess (population, transportation as the ecosystems illness) unwanted balance between misery-weath communicating vessels EXternalizations EXclusions (segregation, gentrification, etc.)

MADRID’S MUNICIPALITY

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK - CONCEPTUAL MODEL: THE TRIHEDRON OF URBAN LIFE

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

ORIGINAL CONDITIONS CITY <> PRESTIGE Part of Toledo’s Arab Kingdom defense 200 (s.IX) to 12.000 (s.XI) inhabitants 35 Has of extension

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

ORIGINAL CONDITIONS CITY <> WATERS

- Mayrīt - Madrid

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

ORIGINAL CONDITIONS PRESTIGE <> WATERS

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: CITY <> PRESTIGE

THE CITY AS A CASTLE - DEFENSIVE ATTITUDE - NATURAL SLOWNESS

EVOLUTION FROM 1200 TO 1450: THE GROWTH OF THE MEDIEVAL CITY Matías Nieto Tolosa - City Futures 2009. Madrid, 5th June

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: CITY <> PRESTIGE

THE CITY AS A CITADEL - SELF-CONTINGENCY - THE CAPITAL SEDUCTION

EVOLUTION FROM 1561 TO 1860: CAPITAL AND COURT Matías Nieto Tolosa - City Futures 2009. Madrid, 5th June

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: CITY <> PRESTIGE

THE CITY AS AN OIL SPOT -OPENING OF THE FENCE - MASSIVE MIGRATIONS

EVOLUTION FROM 1860 TO 1939: INDUSTRIAL GROWTH Matías Nieto Tolosa - City Futures 2009. Madrid, 5th June

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: CITY <> PRESTIGE

THE TERRITORY AS A CITY - A CAR-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT - LAND URBANIZATION DOUBLING EVERY 11 YEARS (1939-1975) - 1.500.000 inhabitants in 1950 - 1957-1980: x4 occupation of rural land - 1957-1980: x2 inhabits.

EVOLUTION FROM 1939 TO 2005: DEVELOPMENTALISM Matías Nieto Tolosa - City Futures 2009. Madrid, 5th June

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: CITY <> PRESTIGE

THE TERRITORY AS A CITY - URBAN SPRAWL - 1957: 2.5 mill. inhab.

- 1980: 4.7 mill. inhab.

- 2000: 5.2 mill. inhab.

EVOLUTION FROM 1939 TO 2005: DEVELOPMENTALISM Matías Nieto Tolosa - City Futures 2009. Madrid, 5th June

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: PRESTIGE <> WATERS

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: PRESTIGE <> WATERS THE ENGINEERING PRESTIGE

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

CONDITIONS OF THE EVOLUTION: CITY <> WATERS

GROWING CHANNELIZED PROCESSES RUPTURE OF ECOLOGICAL CYCLES DANGEROUS AND UNCERTAIN SUBTERRANEAN “URBAN KARST”

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

FUTURE CONDITIONS: CITY <> PRESTIGE CONTINGENCY: RECOGNITION OF LIMITS (RESILIENCE) IRONY: UNCERTAINTY, COMPLEXITY AND ACTION SOLIDARITY: INTEGRATION OF MIXED INCOME SITUATIONS (SOCIAL DIVERSITY) ARTICULATED IN PUBLIC SPACES THROUGHOUT WATER COURSES

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

FUTURE CONDITIONS:

WATERWAY SEOUL

CITY <> WATERS

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

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CONTINGENCY, IRONY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE CITY'S PRESTIGE

FUTURE CONDITIONS: PRESTIGE <> WATERS

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IT HAS TO BE REBUILT THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PRESTIGE OF WATERS AS A DESIRABLE URBAN FUTURE

>>> rehabilitating the biological and social prestige of waters in a growing urban ecosystem…

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How can emerging approaches like Hydrosociology play a relevant dual role enhancing coherent social diversity in the context of a sustainable growing urbanity?

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WHAT URBAN POLICIES WE NEED TO RECOVER THE PLACE FOR NATURE IN THE CITY (Ian McHarg, 1964) THROUGHOUT ITS WATERS?

>>> rehabilitating the biological and social prestige of waters in a growing urban ecosystem…

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