One healthy antidote (among many) to the political problems involved in "red
vs. green" is the work of Jorge Hardoy (Argentine planner, now deceased) and
Co. in the journal Environment and Urbanization. Looking principally at the
3rd World, they focus their environmental concerns on living conditions in
the exploding cities of the south. Thus, human beings -- the water they
drink, food they eat, vulnerabilities they face -- were placed squarley in
the center of the analysis. As one begins to grapple with that monster of a
problem (mega-primate cities), the analysis necesarily becomes more complex
and multidisciplinary: rural urban migration, land degradtaion in the
hinterlands, etc., all have to be put on the table for discussion.
While most writings in the journal suggest technocratic solutions (they are
mostly urban planners, after all), the utility of such analysis for social
movements should be obvious. It is understood by the comrades of the PT in
Brazil, for example.
Tom
Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia
Tel/Fax: (591-42) 48242
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