Moravia Manifesto: Coding Strategies for Informal Neighborhoods

By Moritz Ahlert

Bilingual edition (English/Spanish)

In view of rapidly progressing urbanization worldwide, informal
settlements, especially in the cities of the global south must be a
focus of our attention-because in the future, the majority of new city
inhabitants will settle in these unplanned extensions of urban centers.
The tools and methods of conventional urban planning have so far been
unable to tackle this phenomenon. New approaches, combining top-down
planning and bottom-up initiatives to create sustainable and viable
living environments, are required.
The Moravia Manifesto
presents alternative planning approaches put forward by an international
think-and-do tank, developed alongside local participants from the
Moravia informal settlement at the heart of the Colombian metropolis
Medell n. This new planning approach is contextualized by essays and
international case studies. The urban coding planning approach
demonstrates new ways in which planning, politics, economy, and
administration can initiate and implement innovative and inclusive urban
transformation processes together with local communities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 386859535X
• ISBN13: 9783868595352
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Jovis Verlag
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.4"