sábado, 19 de maio de 2012

Eko Atlantic City (Lagos - Nigeria)

Eko Atlantic is a new city under construction off Bar Beach, Victoria Island: a stretch of coastline adjacent to Lagos in Nigeria, West Africa. Lagos and Eko Atlantic are expected to become the new financial epicentre of West Africa by the year 2020. By that time, Nigeria will be one of the world's 20 largest economies.

Land reclamation view from space, January 2011
Eko Atlantic will change the face of Africa and will transform Lagos into a successful mega city-state. This state will provide space for the 25 million people expected to live and work in the region by the year 2015. Eko Atlantic is a creative and ambitious development and is rapidly becoming a source of great national pride in Nigeria. The planned residential and commercial property development in Eko Atlantic will ease the current pressure on the exhausted infrastructure and overpopulation on adjacent Victoria Island. Victoria Island is the bustling commercial centre of Lagos. The first phase of building will create a Business District that will stimulate commerce in Nigeria.
Eko Atlantic will be a city to live and work in. With its tree-lined boulevards, waterways, manicured gardens, elegant plazas, three marinas and a stunning ocean front promenade, the new city will be a complete contrast to the congested, traffic-filled streets of Lagos. This new Nigerian city will rise from what was in existence over a hundred years ago. Land reclamation work is already on track to create solid foundations extending over nine square kilometres. This will support a new urban development the size of the Manhattan district of New York City. The proposed designs for Eko Atlantic received international acclaim in 2009 when the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) recognised Eko Atlantic as: "An environmentally conscious city, built with nature to restore an original coastline and to protect Victoria Island, Lagos, from the severe risk of ocean surge and flooding..." (CGI)




 
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terça-feira, 15 de maio de 2012

sábado, 12 de maio de 2012

The State of Arab Cities 2012 , Challenges of Urban Transition




«The Arab world has played a very important role in the history of urbanization. It is the region where urban civilization was born and where urban matters have been addressed for centuries. The Arab urban civilization, as it has evolved over the past millennium, has generated some of the most beautiful cities in the world. This publication is the first ever to comprehensively analyze urbanization processes in the Arab States through the review of its four sub-regions: the Maghreb, the Mashreq, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the least-developed Arab countries of the Southern Tier. »

       

Water for African Cities



quarta-feira, 9 de maio de 2012

DNOT - Directiva Nacional de Ordenamento do Território - Cabo Verde


EROT - Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde)

EROT - Ilha de Santiago - Esquema Territorial

EROT - Ilha de Santiago - Planta de Condicionantes

EROT - Ilha de Santiago - Planta de Condicionantes

EROT - Ilha São Nicolau (Cabo Verde)

EROT - Ilha São Nicolau - Modelo Territorial


EROT - Ilha São Nicolau - Planta de Condicionantes

EROT - Ilha São Nicolau - Planta de Condicionantes

EROT - Ilha de Santo Antão (Cabo Verde)

EROT - Ilha de Santo Antão - Esquema Territorial

EROT - Ilha de Santo Antão - Planta de Condicionantes

EROT - Ilha de Santo Antão - Planta de Condicionantes


EROT - Ilha do Fogo (Cabo Verde)

EROT - Ilha do Fogo - Esquema Territorial

EROT - Ilha do Fogo - Planta de Condicionantes

EROT - Ilha do Fogo - Planta de Condicionantes


Entrevista à RTC - Directora-Geral do Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Urbano - capacitação institucional e outros aspectos inerentes à implementação do sistema de gestão territorial de Cabo Verde

Entrevista da Ministra Sara Lopes responsável pelo Ordenamento do Território e Urbanismo de Cabo Verde à RTC - Radio Televisão Cabo Verdiana (Dezembro 2010)


UN-HABITAT - UNIÃO EUROPEIA: apoio financeiro para o ordenamento do território em Cabo Verde







Entrevista, à TVC- Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana, da Directora Geral do Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Urbano de Cabo Verde, Jeiza Barbosa, sobre a Directiva Nacional de Ordenamento do Território.

Cabo Verde - Plano Estratégico de Energias Renováveis








( Ribeira das Pombas - insatisafação dos moradores com reabilitação de casas
realizada pela C.M. do Paúl - a posição da Câmara Municipal)

Cabo Verde - Gestão fundiária - Solos Urbanos - Construção Clandestina






Entrevista, à TVC- Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana, do geógrafo José Maria Semedo e do Arquitecto Francisco Duarte sobre os problemas urbanos de Cabo Verde.


Saneamento Básico - Cabo Verde - o caso da Ilha do Sal (Cabo Verde)





terça-feira, 8 de maio de 2012

Cidade Velha (Cabo Verde) - Património Mundial da Humanidade (UNESCO, 2009)


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«Álvaro Siza Vieira, a famous visionary Portuguese architect, is called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and architectonic heritage of Cidade Velha (Old Village) in Santiago, one of the African islands of Cape Verde. This project creates great expectations among the local population, who envisages it as a way of improving their quality of life. The film explores the relationship and the conflict between these two worlds, two cultures, with different ideas of what modernity and progress mean.»

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Reportagem sobre a visita do arquitecto Álvaro Siza Vieira e dos ministros da Cultura de Portugal e de Cabo Verde à Cidade Velha.