Florencia Quesada Avendaño
Biographic Data
| ID | 6897417 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florencia Quesada Avendaño |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florencia Quesada |
| FAMILY NAME | Avendaño |
| SIGNATURE | AVENDAÑO F Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5497-4009 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On the Fringes of Urban Justice
Living in the city’s ravines is the common destiny of thousands of poor urban dwellers in Guatemala City, as is too often the case elsewhere in the Global South. The ravines surrounding the city represent one of the most visible and unjust urban spaces in the nation’s capital. At the same time, Guatemala City has been among the most violent cities in the world and is highly vulnerable to climate change. Employing a critical spatial perspective an…
Imagining Cities of Inclusion—Formulating Spaces of Justice
This introduction underlines some of the topics the present thematic issue focuses on, such as segregation and security, control and creativity, resistance and networking, presenting continuities and changes in urban governance and urban justice in different parts of the world. We argue that urban theory should be rethought to consider cities as fora that recentre the ‘political’ in relation to gentrification, rights to the city, justice, and alt…
“Casa en tierra ajena”. Un documental sobre migración forzada en América Central. Producción
Desde hace muchas décadas, y especialmente provenientes del llamado Triángulo Norte (Guatemala, El Salvador y Honduras), miles de centroamericanos pobres migran intentando llegar a los Estados Unidos. La migración forzada en Centroamérica –de un 10 a un 12 por ciento de la población– es uno de los dramas humanitarios más desoladores e invisibilizados que enfrenta la región
The vicious circle of social segregation and spatial fragmentation in Costa Rica's greater metropolitan area
The vicious circle of social segregation and spatial fragmentation in Costa Rica's greater metropolitan area
On the Fringes of Urban Justice
Living in the city’s ravines is the common destiny of thousands of poor urban dwellers in Guatemala City, as is too often the case elsewhere in the Global South. The ravines surrounding the city represent one of the most visible and unjust urban spaces in the nation’s capital. At the same time, Guatemala City has been among the most violent cities in the world and is highly vulnerable to climate change. Employing a critical spatial perspective an…
The vicious circle of social segregation and spatial fragmentation in Costa Rica's greater metropolitan area
“Casa en tierra ajena”. Un documental sobre migración forzada en América Central. Producción
Desde hace muchas décadas, y especialmente provenientes del llamado Triángulo Norte (Guatemala, El Salvador y Honduras), miles de centroamericanos pobres migran intentando llegar a los Estados Unidos. La migración forzada en Centroamérica –de un 10 a un 12 por ciento de la población– es uno de los dramas humanitarios más desoladores e invisibilizados que enfrenta la región
Imagining Cities of Inclusion—Formulating Spaces of Justice
This introduction underlines some of the topics the present thematic issue focuses on, such as segregation and security, control and creativity, resistance and networking, presenting continuities and changes in urban governance and urban justice in different parts of the world. We argue that urban theory should be rethought to consider cities as fora that recentre the ‘political’ in relation to gentrification, rights to the city, justice, and alt…
On the Fringes of Urban Justice
Living in the city’s ravines is the common destiny of thousands of poor urban dwellers in Guatemala City, as is too often the case elsewhere in the Global South. The ravines surrounding the city represent one of the most visible and unjust urban spaces in the nation’s capital. At the same time, Guatemala City has been among the most violent cities in the world and is highly vulnerable to climate change. Employing a critical spatial perspective an…
Economic growth (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Latin American Urban Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work)