Kosta Mathey
Kosta Mathéy. Prof. with PhD in applied social sciences and registered architect in Britain and the Commonwealth. Kosta Mathéy was founder of two m. sc. programs on urban development planning at the university of technology in Darmstadt and the Vietnamese German university in ho chi minh city. He also is or has been teaching at various other universities in Germany, Cuba, brazil, Colombia, Oman, and Nigeria. In development cooperation he worked for ILO, un-habitat, European community, giz, kfw, the Goethe institute and other organizations in Asia. Africa and Latin America.he is author or editor of 7 books and more than 100 contributions in edited books and scientific journals
Phone: +49 170 711 3337
Address: Global Urban Studies Institute
GLOBUS
Grimmstrasse 12b
D-10967 BERLIN
Germany
Phone: +49 170 711 3337
Address: Global Urban Studies Institute
GLOBUS
Grimmstrasse 12b
D-10967 BERLIN
Germany
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found and in most big cities in the world their inhabitants live in constant fear of violence. We, as editors, have developed our interest, and concern in the topic primarily in working contexts in the countries of the Global South.
Silvia Matuk, while working in construction projects, with community, in highlands in Peru experienced the terror of the Sendero Luminoso and, like much of the dispersed population, had to withdraw to the capital only to see, how year after year, the threat of violence, was becoming an urban feature. In the 1990s, after the treaty to settle the civil war in El Salvador, she worked in housing construction for ex-guerilla members and
displaced persons. Her conclusions from these experiences confirm the importance of housing for stabilization of peace processes, considered not only a basic need of the population but also an important element in
the reconstruction of the social tissue, community cohesion and identification with a territory (Hays and Matuk, 1995:25-26).
Kosta Mathéy, with reference to his experience in urban upgrading for the poor in several countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America had been invited to develop solutions to urban insecurity while being in charge of designing the German cooperation project “Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading” (VPUU) in the township of Khayelitsha in South Africa.
However, in the same year the National Housing Institute (Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda) was closed down by the government, and its responsibilities were transferred to different existing state offices. The plan of a general overhaul of the housing legislation has been abandoned until now. The first draft of this document, which draws on the findings collected in preparation for the Cuba Housing Profile, as well as the editor's numerous research ventures in Cuba since 1985, represents the most detailed analysis of the housing sector in Cuba compiled so far. Therefore, this Open Access distribution will be highly welcome by the Scientific Community.
This scientific report does not necessarily represent the position of the Cuban Government nor of UN-HABITAT.
found and in most big cities in the world their inhabitants live in constant fear of violence. We, as editors, have developed our interest, and concern in the topic primarily in working contexts in the countries of the Global South.
Silvia Matuk, while working in construction projects, with community, in highlands in Peru experienced the terror of the Sendero Luminoso and, like much of the dispersed population, had to withdraw to the capital only to see, how year after year, the threat of violence, was becoming an urban feature. In the 1990s, after the treaty to settle the civil war in El Salvador, she worked in housing construction for ex-guerilla members and
displaced persons. Her conclusions from these experiences confirm the importance of housing for stabilization of peace processes, considered not only a basic need of the population but also an important element in
the reconstruction of the social tissue, community cohesion and identification with a territory (Hays and Matuk, 1995:25-26).
Kosta Mathéy, with reference to his experience in urban upgrading for the poor in several countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America had been invited to develop solutions to urban insecurity while being in charge of designing the German cooperation project “Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading” (VPUU) in the township of Khayelitsha in South Africa.
However, in the same year the National Housing Institute (Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda) was closed down by the government, and its responsibilities were transferred to different existing state offices. The plan of a general overhaul of the housing legislation has been abandoned until now. The first draft of this document, which draws on the findings collected in preparation for the Cuba Housing Profile, as well as the editor's numerous research ventures in Cuba since 1985, represents the most detailed analysis of the housing sector in Cuba compiled so far. Therefore, this Open Access distribution will be highly welcome by the Scientific Community.
This scientific report does not necessarily represent the position of the Cuban Government nor of UN-HABITAT.