Shrinking Montevideo

REPUBLIC OF CUBA

LA HA BA NA

Havana

Viejaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

historical,

cultural

and

architectural

heritage is unquestionable. Neglected, however, through the course of its history, starting in the middle of the XIX. century and accelerated after the Triumph of the Revolution in 1959, the city core has turned into a mere ghost of its once splendid stature. Not indifferent t o the ruinous condition o f this city segment,

the

international

community,

with

the

Cuban

authorities at the lead, has been taking drastic measures in order to delay, and further, to reverse the progressing deterioration of Havana Vieja.

POPULATION LOSS

2.201.610

2.135.498 2.129.013

2002

2010

2011

[ONE-Cuba]

Shrinking Montevideo

Published on Jan 2, 2014

Gennaro Postiglione

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by Isabella Forestieri (POLIMI December 2013). More than fifty percent of the world's population now lives in cities, and the figure is expected to increase in the next two decades. However, the common assumption that the global increase in urbanization means that all cities are growing, is false: in every part of the world many cities are actually shrinking. As the city is "context par excellence" where man lives and acts, delineate the trajectories, the phenomena and processes that trigger in these living organisms, which are the cities, it is essential to understand the anthropology of contemporary life, its its unfolding, and to be able to act consequently to improve the livability the unity and the equity of its inhabitants.

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