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M.A in Post-disaster reconstruction, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran.
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M.A in Landscape Architecture, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran
Abstract
Small-sized interventions like pocket parks or playgrounds aim to initiate developments for the improvement of social and physical conditions in the Colombian metropolis. Medellin`s spatial and social transformation- both in the city centre and in the peripheral settlements- has turned the city from one of the most dangerous hotspots of a drug-related armed conflict into a show case for inclusive urban upgrading and development. While the transformative process are made visible through spatial interventions of diverse scale, their foundation has been laid through a series of planning and urban development documents, which changed both planning law and the understanding of the city. These documents intend to focus on a holistic approach to urban development and recognize the stark social disparities as one of its main impediments. Accordingly, the last three Urban Development Plans aim to improve the city`s governability and economic performance, erase poverty and inequality, and change its image-both nationally and internationally.
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