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Informationen zum Autor Fabio Capra Ribeiro is Associate Professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He is a practicing architect, with a Master’s degree in Science in Architectural Design and a PhD in Urbanism and fifteen years working on social, spatial, and environmental justice, particularly in the degradation of the contemporary city through the study of integration spaces and boundary conditions. His website address is www.capraribeiro.com. Zusammenfassung This book explores the changes cities face when they become metropolises, forming expanding regions which create both potential and problems within settlements. To do so, it focuses on three metropolitan areas located in Venezuela’s Centre-North region: Caracas, Maracay, and Valencia, designated as ‘Camava.’ Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Mapping the complexity of a poorly studied case The urban region Caracas-Maracay-Valencia Three attempts to deny the reality A compound perspective to approach a complex case Knowledge and foresight The difficulties to investigate in Venezuela nowadays Strategies to operate in a harsh context Chapter 2. The formation of the main urban region of Venezuela Camava definitions: what has been said Strategic position, natural conditions and sea proximity First concentration, centuries of an archipelago country Second concentration, from one caudillo to another Third concentration, more than ever Chapter 3. Three factors to understand a harsh reality Recently dead metropolitan government Once decent infrastructure No place for nature Nothing less, nothing more, just Camava Chapter 4. Agreement on the complex future Not-so-uncertain Delphi results Incoming transversal conditions Chapter 5. Camava’s future expectation Five scenarios for Camava Looking through the scenarios Chapter 6. Synthesizing strengths and weaknesses A more honest future Final thoughts ...
