Esta pesquisa analisa cinco projetos de Habitação de Interesse Social (HIS) construídos na favela de Heliópolis, na cidade de São Paulo, em diferentes momentos históricos. A partir deles, a pesquisa discute a relação entre a produção de habitação e a produção de cidade com base no conceito processo-formaconteúdo desenvolvido por Milton Santos (2012) no livro \"urbanização brasileira\". Este conceito contribui para alinhavar o entendimento de que o espaço urbano é um produto socialmente construído, e que é desenhado por um amalgama interdisciplinar coordenado por diferentes fatores e agentes. A partir dos projetos de HIS construídos em Heliópolis, discorre-se tanto sobre questões mais amplas, como o modelo concentrado e excludente da urbanização brasileira, até escalas menores, como a relação das propostas projetuais com o tecido social e urbano preexistente, ou as intervenções engendradas pelos moradores nos projetos construídos pelo Poder Público. Estas análises foram feitas a partir de bases gráficas dos projetos, visitas aos locais, conversas e entrevistas com moradores, técnicos da prefeitura e arquitetos projetistas e revelam alguns avanços e retrocessos que têm estruturado o tema da Habitação. / This thesis analyzes five Social Housing projects built in Heliópolis, a favela whithin the city of São Paulo, at different historical moments. The thesis debates the relationship between the social housing production and the making of the city based on the process-form-content concept developed by Milton Santos (2012) in his work \"Brazilian urbanization\". This concept contributes to the understanding that urban space is socially constructed, and that it is designed by an interdisciplinary amalgam coordinated by different factors and agents. From these housing projects, the thesis approaches the concentrated and exclusivist model of Brazilian urbanization, and the relation between these social housing proposals and the preexisting social and urban fabric. These analyzes were based on graphical project bases, site visits, conversations and interviews with residents, city hall technicians and architects, and reveal some advances and setbacks that have structured the theme of housing.

O trabalho apresentado debate sobre a luta social e a produção das cidades, a partir de três ocupações de vazios urbanos na Região Metropolitana de Campinas (RMC), por um movimento social de luta pela moradia, o Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST). Analisando a trajetória deste movimento, em torno do cotidiano dos conflitos gerados por estas ocupações, a dissertação pretende identificar os atores e as relações de poder envolvidas na produção desses espaços, apontando para as formas atuais de produção da cidade. / The debates the social struggle and the production of the cities analysed from three informal urban occupations, held in Campinas Metropolitan Region, by a Homeless Workers Movement - Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST). Analysing the movement trajectory around the everyday conflicts in these occupations, the dissertation aims to identify the actors and the power relations involved in the territorial production, pointing to the current production in the city.

In the last few decades, Dominican female writers have contributed significantly to the literary representation of the city of Santo Domingo and urban life. This dissertation studies how these female writers produce a cultural paradigm for criticizing the urban crisis in the Dominican Republic that at times is at odds with much narrative written by men and with key concepts in Urban Theory that are taken for granted. The authors I study, Ángela Hernández, Emilia Pereyra, Emelda Ramos, Aurora Arias and Rita Indiana Hernández, understand the city and redefine the urban model by expressing their dissatisfaction in the civilizing and modernizing potential of urban space in their texts. I specifically analyze novels and short stories through a reinterpretation of Henri Lefebvre’s concept of “the Right to the City” that considers issues such as gender, race and identity by using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that includes Geography, Urban Studies, Feminism, Queer Studies and Sociology.

Urban space has transformed as a result of changing dynamics in 21th century. It has started to be considered as a consumer-focused by physical interventions. At this point, the concept of liveability has become significant since it approaches urban space in a holistic approach. This thesis discusses livability of urban square as it is one of the best places where liveability of urban space can be examined. In this study, Orhangazi Urban Square is chosen as a case study area. The aim of this study is to reveal &bdquo / what makes an urban square liveable

ANKARA, 1923-1950: THE SOCIO-SPATIAL MANIFESTATION OF REPUBLICAN WILL Tak, Ahmet Ph. D., Department of Sociology Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya &Ouml / zcan February 2007, 248 pages The social, cultural, aesthetic, and spatial aspects of the urban transformation in its specific relationship with a certain ideology is examined in the study. Ankara, as the capital city of a new state, is regarded as a materialized reflection of the modernization program of the Kemalist ideology which defined the main foundations of the Republic and shaped its formation. The formation process of Ankara is tried to be understood in a historical deepness. Therefore, in order to comprehend the nature of the social transformation, in a historical context, Istanbul is taken into consideration as a model for the traditional Ottoman city because it had represented the Ottoman urban ideals with its social, cultural and aesthetic aspects. From the Ottoman period to the Republican, the structural transformation of the cities is tried to be studied with referring to a notion of crisis which has covered the cultural area. Ankara had been the most important place where the endeavors of the Republican elite to build a nation and to create a national culture and identity had became manifest explicitly and in the most pure form. Therefore, the creation process of Ankara presents us an important exemple to understand social and cultural dimensions of the Turkish modernization in the Republican period. In the context of Ankara, the process of establishing a modern and national high culture and identity in the tensions between modernity and traditionalism and its consequences are examined in the study.

There are many components which define and complete the urban spaces. One of these components is urban equipment which responds to the needs of the dweller by serving different purposes and creates a link between urban life and public life style. Urban equipment not only enables the interaction between urban spaces and the users of these places, but also has an efficient role in defining the cities&rsquo / quality and &ldquo / identity&rdquo / . Ankara, as the capital city of the Turkish Republic, has had an important mission throughout its history. But although it is the first planned city of the Turkish Republic, Ankara has become a victim of modernization and rapid and unplanned urbanization. As a result of this situation Ankara started to lose its own values. The main purpose of this thesis is, to identify the roles of urban equipment as a visual image, based on the perception of environmental spaces and creating urban identity. The methodology in this thesis is firstly determining the urban equipment on Atat&uuml / rk Boulevard which lies between Ulus and Kugulu Park which is the center line of Ankara and then questioning their effects on the urban identity. For this reason a questionnaire is applied to the local users and then according to this questionnaire&rsquo / s results, urban equipment&rsquo / s values as an urban identity element are analyzed. As a result of this study, urban equipments on Atat&uuml / rk Boulevard and their positive and negative values are determined. Therefore, how they are perceived by the local users and their contribution to the spatial and urban identity is determined.

This thesis concentrates on the effects of poverty and socio-spatial exclusion on the local communities and the solidarity ties among the poor. The field research conducted in Bostancik Neighbourhood revolved around two basic questions / socio-spatial segregation of the poor communities from the wider society and the impact of this on the internal structure of these communities with special reference to the solidarity ties and networks. The findings of the research show that the urban poor have been excluded from the mainstream economy and such an exclusion is companied by their further exclusion from social and political processes and public spaces of the city which resulted with their confinement in such physical settings looking like ghetto. Likewise, the research findings point to the fact that in Bostancik Neighbourhood, the community relations revolving around supportive networks, so-called common norms and interests have been severely damaged by the increasing poverty and exclusion. What replaces such relations is a new life style characterised by fragmentation and atomisation of not only community but also other forms of solidarity. In turn, it is observed that there is a high level tension and hostility within the community. The overall findings show that as a result of the economic, social, political and spatial exclusion and social isolation, the communal characteristics of the neighbourhood have been largely dissolved in favour of an atomistic life style threatining the conditions of living together.

This thesis problematizes to relationship between gender based poverty and exclusion and urban space. Five forms of oppression, namely exploitation, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, violence, marginalization, faced by women in highly patriarchal urban setting are examined to identify the spatial dynamics of each forms of oppression. A field research was carried out in one of the poor neighborhood of Ankara / nearby Siteler where male dominated furniture production is carried out. Through the in-depth interviews, women&rsquo / s perception and experience of spatializedoppression is documented and used to develop the arguments put forward in the theoretical section.

The urban space is subjected to countless transformations depending on multiple reasons such as urban planning decisions, the administrative system and regulations. In this context, the aim of this thesis is to reveal the spatial transformation of an urban area at the conjunction of the old and new districts of a historical city. A morphological analysis method depending on quantitative and qualitative chaarcteristics will be utilized to understand its changing spatiality.

Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2009. / Title from screen (viewed on November 13, 2009). Department of History, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Melissa Bingmann, Robert G. Barrows, Jeffrey S. Wilson. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-100).