URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATIVE SPACES, VULNERABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES Ricardo García Mira Adina Dumitru Editors The new challenges of our economic, social and ecologic global context require solutions that go beyond “business as usual” strategies. While Europe and North America have gone through a deep economic crisis, which has affected all aspects of life –especially housing and working conditions–, other areas of the world have continued to grow and develop. The changing global context has important implications on the ways human beings organize their settings for everyday life –their residential environments and communal services, in particular– and on the necessity for supporting transitions to sustainable societies. The authors of this book approach the analysis of a number of aspects of urban sustainability from different perspectives, drawing attention to the need of promoting the necessary political, economic and socio-cultural changes to provide for sustainable urban communities. The book also provides insight into the vulnerabilities of urban contexts, resulting from rapid processes of urbanization, rising inequalities and environmental consequences of anthropogenic climate change. The capacity of resilience of communities in risky circumstances is also analysed, as well as the opportunities for managing risk through interventions targeting security and safety. A number of positive and negative aspects of perceived safety as a psychological dimension is also analysed. Finally, the book seeks to draw lessons from a diversity of cultural and geographical contexts on promoting sustainable and innovative urban communities, through multi-disciplinary analyses and the emergence of novel solutions to problems both old and new. URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATIVE SPACES, VULNERABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FIRST EDITION © 2014 Deputación Provincial de A Coruña. © 2014 Institute of Psychosocial Studies and Research “Xoan Vicente Viqueira”. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or trans- mitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, with- out written permission of the Institute of Psychosocial Studies and Research “Xoan Vicente Viqueira”. © Ricardo García Mira & Adina Dumitru INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH “XOAN VICENTE VIQUEIRA”, 2014 Faculty of Educational Sciences University of A Coruña Campus de Elviña, s/n. 15071 – A Coruña (Spain) Phone: +34 981167000 ext. 1881; E-mail: [email protected] Photography: Ricardo García Mira Text revisions: Ricardo García Mira and Adina Dumitru. DL C 714-2014 ISBN: 978-84-9812-243-5 Printed in Spain EJEMPLAR GRATUÍTO URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATIVE SPACES, VULNERABILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES Ricardo García Mira & Adina Dumitru (Editors) On behalf of the Sustainability, Housing, and Culture & Space IAPS Networks Steering Committee Ricardo García-Mira (University of A Coruña, Spain) Chair Rolf Johansson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) IAPS-Housing Network, coordinator Peter Kellett (University of Newcasttle upon Tyne, UK) IAPS-Culture & Space Network, coordinator Roderick Lawrence (University of Geneva, Switzerland) IAPS-Housing Network, coordinator Petra Schweizer-Ries (University of Applied Science/Bochum & Saarland University/ Saarbrücken, Germany) IAPS-Sustainability Network, coordinator Hülya Turgut (Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul Maltepe University, Turkey) IAPS-Culture & Space Network, coordinator List of contributors Lívio Marcio Albuquerque de Araujo Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Department of Psychology. Laboratory for Research in Environmental Psychology- Locus. E-mail: [email protected] Edinea Alcântara Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Laboratory of Periurban Studies (LEPUR), Urban Development Programme (MDU), Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] Olga Bannova SICSA, College of Architecture, University of Houston, Department of Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Rubenilda Rosinha Barbosa Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) Department of Psychology, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] Vera Helena Moro Bins Ely Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: UFSC. E-mail: [email protected] Zulmira A. Cruz Bomfim Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Department of Psychology. Laboratory for Research in Environmental Psychology-Locus. E-mail: [email protected] Amparo Casares Gallego University of A Coruña, Spain. Department of Architectonic Projects and Urban Planning. E-mail: [email protected] Jesús Conde García University of A Coruña, Spain. School of Architecture. Department of Projects and Urban Planning. E-mail: [email protected] Alberto Díaz Ayude University of A Coruña, Spain. Faculty of Educational Sciences, People- Environment Research Group. E-mail: [email protected] Adina Dumitru University of A Coruña, Spain. Departament of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences. E-mail: [email protected] Mehmet Emin Şalgamcıoğlu Istanbul Technical University - ITU Faculty of Architecture, Architecture Department, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected] Ahmad Fariz Mohamed Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Bangi, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected] Nazka Fernandes Farias Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Department of Psychology. Laboratory for Research in Environmental Psychology-Locus. E-mail: [email protected] Helenira Fonseca de Alencar Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Department of Psychology. Laboratory for Research in Environmental Psychology- Locus. E-mail: [email protected] Ferdinando Fornara University of Cagliary, Italy. CIRPA. Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy. E-mail: [email protected] Amelia Fraga Mosquera University of A Coruña, Spain. Faculty of Educational Sciences, People- Environment Research Group. E-mail: [email protected] Fátima Furtado Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) Department of Psychology, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] Cristina García-Fontán University of A Coruñ, Spain. Department of Architectonic Projects and Urban Planning. E-mail: [email protected] Ricardo García-Mira University of A Coruña, Spain. Faculty of Educational Sciences. People- Environment Research Group, E-mail: [email protected] Myriam Goluboff Scheps University of A Coruña, Spain. Department of Architectural Projects and Urban Planning. E-mail: [email protected] Vanessa Goulart Dorneles Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: UFSC, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] Marina Di Guida University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy. Department of Architecture. E-mail: [email protected] Pernilla Hagbert Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Architecture, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected] Jörn Harfst Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Department for Geography and Regional Science, Austria. E-mail: [email protected] Abdul Hadi Harman Shah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Bangi, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected] Shaharudin Idrus Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Bangi, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected] Rolf Johansson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail: [email protected] Judit Kimpian University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy. Department of Architecture. E-mail: [email protected] Alice Lancellotti Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Laboratory of Periurban Studies (LEPUR), Urban Development Programme (MDU), Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] Isabel Lema Blanco University of A Coruña, Spain. Faculty of Educational Sciences, Department of Psychology, People-Environment Research Group. E-mail: [email protected] Bruno Halyson Lemos Nobre Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Department of Psychology. Laboratory for Research in Environmental Psychology-Locus. E-mail: [email protected] Fábio Lúcio Lopes Zampieri Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: UFSC. E-mail: [email protected] Sara Manca Sapienza University of rome, Italy. Department of Psychology of Developemental and Socializational Processes. E-mail: [email protected] Paola Marrone University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy. Department of Architecture. E-mail: [email protected] Lucía Martincigh University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy. Department of Architecture. E-mail: [email protected] Sergi Méndez Politechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. ETSAB. Department of Architectonic Projects. E-mail: [email protected] Larissa Miranda Heinisch Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: UFSC. E-mail: [email protected] Thais Leite Moraes Ferreira Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil. Department of Psychology. E-mail: [email protected] Josep Muntañola Politechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. ETSAB. Department of Architectonic Projects. E-mail: [email protected] Lilian Namuganyi Makerere University, Department of Architecture, Kampala, Uganda. E-mail: [email protected] Derya Oktay Ondokuz Mays University, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected] Mohd Raffi Othman Seremban Municipal Council, Seremban Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. E-mail: raffi[email protected] Abdul Samad Hadi Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Bangi,