“Lessons from Casa Taft: the role of NGOs in recovery efforts”

Bio:

After years working as an anthropologist, Marina enrolled at the University of Puerto Rico’s Graduate Planning School where she discovered her passion for urbanism. She later attained an M.A. in Collaborative Urban Design in Barcelona. In 2013, Marina became a professional squatter and urban blight advocate in Puerto Rico.

Abstract:

“Lessons from Casa Taft: the role of NGOs in recovery efforts”

 

Supplementary Materials:

• Isabel Sophia Dieppa “Residents say that quality of life is under threat from increasing tourism and rising rents that are pushing out young people and poorer families.”
• Frances Negrón-Muntaner The Emptying Island: Puerto Rican Expulsion in Post-Maria Time,
• Efrat Eizenberg 2018. Patterns of self-organization in the context of urban planning: Reconsidering venues of participation Planning Theory Vol. 18(1) 40–57