UN World Urban Forum

SIDE EVENT - Program

global UniversitiesUN ForumIS AN INCREMENTAL CORE HOUSING STRATEGY THE WAY TO RE-ESTABLISH COMMUNITIES IN HAITI?

Thursday, 25 March 2010, 12:30–13:30, Room W3-13


SUMMARY OVERVIEW
Laura Delgado, Xenia Antipova


PROGRAM – Side Event

INTRODUCTION: Dr. Reinhard Goethert, MIT-SIGUS, on behalf of the Global University Consortium for Incremental Housing

Context Presentations: (10 minutes. Summary posters will supplement brief comments)

• Rebuilding Lessons from Previous Disasters – Christopher de Vries, Anya Raredon, MIT – Department of Architecture
• Panels from the Incremental Exhibit are on display as reference.

Respondents: (50 minutes)

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS - Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Nohn, International Housing and Finance Consultant, Germany
LIVELIHOOD CONSIDERATIONS - Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Development Planning Unit (DPU London)
ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES - Non Arkaraprasertkul, Assoc. AIA Harvard-Yenching Fellow; Department of Geography, King's College London; Harvard University
HOUSING – Dr. (ABD) Gabriel Arboleda, University of California, Berkeley.

Open Discussion Follows (30 minutes)