Partnering with the poor: Leveraging Land for Change
Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 13:30 - 15:30
Event Description
This session explores urban housing strategies, incorporating growing with community-based design. Innovative approaches to urban upgrading is illustrated by four city examples of “edible landscapes”: Kampala, Uganda: a new neighbourhood supporting incremental building methods and growing; Colombo, Sri Lanka: traditional medicinal plant as part of space-confined settlement upgrading; Montreal, Canada: one of North America’s most effective community gardening programs; Rosario, Argentina: use of open spaces in productive garden neighbourhoods. The audience will consider the potential for similar projects elsewhere, and how participatory governance can be married with innovative land uses.
Session Language
English
Spanish
Speakers
Mr. James Sseggane, Town Clerk (Acting Mayor, City of Kampala)
Mrs. Maxensia Nakibuuka Takirambule, Community representative
Dr Jayantha Liyanage, Municipal Commissioner, Colombo Municipal Council (Acting Mayor, Colombo)
K.A. Jayaratne, Presdient. Sevanatha Urban Resource Centre
Mr. Gerard Tremblay, Mayor. City of Montreal
Mr. Daniel Reid, Animateur HorticoleCity of Montreal
Mr Gerardo Barro, Director of Secretariat for Public Housing, Municipality of Rosario
Mr. Antonio Lattuca
Mr. Antonio Lattuca, Project Leader, Coordinator of the Municipal Urban Agriculture Programme
CHAIR: Hon. H. Peter Oberlander
REPORTER: Prof. Vikram Bhatt, EL Project Team Leader, Director, Minimum Cost Housing Group, McGill University School of Architecture