Miurbal Bulletin - No. 2, December 2007 (in Spanish and Portuguese only)

The second issue of the Observatory’s bulletin includes articles by young Brazilians, Bolivians, French and Italian researchers who offer to the reader an interesting and multifaceted overview on the issue of international migration in urban areas. In addition to a critical analysis of MIUrb/AL first year of activities, this bulletin puts a special focus on Bolivian migration, a quite illustrative type of flow for the exploration of the challenges that the new forms of human mobility – with its marked circulatory and transnational character - poses at the urban level.

Index

1. introducción - Marcello Balbo
2. Migraciones Internacionales: ciudades en primera línea. Resultados y análisis del primer año de actividades de MIUrb/AL - Giovanna Marconi
3. Um tema em construçao: para uma visibilidade diversificada - Iara Rolnik Xavier
4. A mobilização da sociedade civil no processo de integração dos migrantes internacionais na cidade de São Paulo - Séverine Calza
5. Imigrantes em torno de um circuito de produção e distribuição de roupas na cidade de São Paulo – histórias de territórios e deslocamentos - Patricia Tavarez de Freitas
6. ¿Diáspora cochabambina o construcción de espacios de vida translocales? – Mirko Marzadro
7. volveré para regar el campo Migración transnacional, inversión productiva y calidad de vida - Leonardo de la Torre Ávila

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Miurbal Bulletin - No. 1, May 2007 (in Spanish only)

Contents include, among other information, the intermediate results of the media monitoring carried out in the three cities of Tijuana, Santiago and Sao Paulo; the activities undertaken by MIUrb/AL researchers during the workshops hold in Santiago last March and an interesting trip around the main migrants neighbourhoods in Santiago.

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International Migrants and the City
This book, jointly published by Università Iuav di Venezia and UN-HABITAT, gives an account of different policies, practices and governance models that are addressing the issue of international migration in an urbanizing world. >> learn more

Bibliographical review of "International Migrants and the City"
(in Spanish only)
Published in Volume 3, number 3 (January-June 2006) of the scientific magazine "Migraciones Internacionales" by Colegio de la Frontera Norte. >> learn more

Governing International Migration in the city of the South
This paper, written for the Global Commission on International migration (GCIM), questions the common belief that international migration has almost exclusively a South-North direction, highlighting the growing complexity of today migration patterns. >> learn more

The conceptual error of the bi-national metropolis
This essay focus on debating why the municipalities located in the northern Mexican border do not form a metropolis with their neighbouring cities situated in the United States. >> learn more

La visión de la metrópolis transfronteriza. Crítica y evidencias en el caso de Tijuana y San Diego. (in Spanish only)
La población asentada en la frontera México-Estados Unidos está concentrada en pares binacionales de ciudades adyacentes. En la literatura sobre la urbanización fronteriza, en los medios masivos de comunicación, y en los medios políticos de ambos países, a esas ciudades adyacentes se les llama frecuentemente "ciudades gemelas", "región fronteriza", ó "metrópoli transfronteriza". >> learn more

Estructura Intrarbana y Segregación Social: el caso de Tijuana
(in Spanish only)
Esta presentación describe, con índices y mapas detalladas, el nivel de exclusión urbana en la ciudad de Tijuana evidenciando dos tipos de segregación: por localización y por diferenciación. >> learn more

A comunidade boliviana em São Paulo: definindo padrões de territorialidade (in Portuguese only)
This article explores the peculiarities of Bolivians’ territorial incorporation within the city of São Paulo, stressing the invisibility of this community that, despite being large, is almost absent from the urban public spaces.>> learn more