This year marks 5 years since the establishment of the UNESCO Housing Chair
This year marks 5 years since the establishment of the UNESCO Housing Chair, and a celebration of this achievement took place on 12 December with all partners and researchers of the Chair. The event was attended by the Rector of the University Rovira i Virgili, Dr. Maria José Figueres, and we welcomed Fundación Mutua de […]
Lurdes Quintero Gallego, student of the postgraduate in mediation of the UNESCO Housing Chairwins the II CEPAC Award
Lurdes Quintero Gallego, alumni of the URV’s Foundation and UNESCO Housing Chair postgraduate program in mediation, has been awarded the II CEPAC Award for final year and postgraduate projects about human towers (castells), with her project “Mediation castellera”. http://www.cepac.cat https://www.tarragona.cat/cultura/noticies/noticies-2018/lurdes-quintero-guanya-el-ii-cepac-amb-un-treball-sobre-mediacio-castellera
Gentrification in big cities
Gentrification is a phenomenon expressing in replacement or expulsion of the poor class from the urban center. It is a consequence of speculative strategies in the real estate sector and growing demands of classes with higher purchasing power. The development of gentrification can be explained by lack of public policies to control housing prices and insufficient […]
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