Since the first decade of this century, the structural nature of the urban condition based on a resilient view seemed unapproachable, because adapting an anachronistic model simply perpetuates its obsolescence, and despite generating temporary improvements in its reformist vision, it does not offer a real solution to the problems that we must face. In fact, we
are facing a paradigm shift, and here at the Urban Sciences Laboratory
of IaaC we believe that this is the moment to create spaces for research
and education that could meet the demands of a society that is becoming increasingly active towards the urban phenomena.
We hope that this book will begin to construct a necessary up-to-date
and committed agenda for cities tailored to new generations seeking to participate in the construction of their future.
