I really have no time to do this with work and stuff but can’t seem to stay away … Cities are too fascinating. Just got back from Caracas, Venezuela. These visits always get me thinking about cities, the future and the world.
Caracas is such an interesting and I think representative case for urban development in the South. While Caracas it is relatively small with only 5 million people (as opposed to Mexico DF’s whopping 27 million), it has one of the longest histories of informal city construction in modern times.
In this vein, I have been following the research of Urban Think Tank in Caracas and visited them while in Chacao. I had a very interesting talk with some folks in the office (although the principals/partners were out of town that day) and immediately bought their book when I came home.
While I am still finishing some fun summer reading, I plan to start reading Informal City – Caracas Case next. I’ll keep you posted with interesting stuff from the book … No really, I promise I will.
