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Anna SOAVE
Submitted by frankie on Thu, 2007-02-22 23:11.
Anna Soave is a consultant working in the field of urban planning and upgrading. She graduated as an architect in Italy and worked in design offices in Europe and Mexico before specialising in planning at the Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL), in 2000.
In 2001, she was appointed to the academic staff of the DPU as Coordinator of the MSc programme in ‘Building & Urban Design in Development’ (BUDD) in which she taught modules focusing on the upgrading of low-income and dilapidated urban areas in developing countries. Since 2003, she has been working in Kabul as a planner for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Historic Cities Support Programme, engaged in the conservation and upgrading of historic quarters. Key tasks include the oversight of planning initiatives in close consultation with municipal staff and community representatives; the synthesis and presentation of data and information emerging from physical and socio-economic surveys; the analysis of critical issues related to urban recovery and the preparation and dissemination of awareness-raising material among government counterparts and donors.
Published research on urban development includes: “The Historical Neighbourhoods of Kabul: Planning Efforts and Negotiation Processes” in Mumtaz B. & Noshis K.(2004), in Development of Kabul: Reconstruction and planning issues, 10th Architecture & Behaviour Colloquium, Monte Verità, Comportements, Lausanne; and “San Isidro Neighbourhood, within Old Havana (Cuba): An Integrated Community Project”, in Turath: Old City of Jerusalem Revitalisation Program, 2000; as well as compiling and editing publications that include: Slums and Informal Settlements in Urban Development: Case Studies from around the world, UN-HABITAT (2003); Sustainable Urbanisation: Bridging the Green and Brown Agendas, London; Allen A., You N. et al (eds), DPU-DFID, London 2002; Implementing the Habitat Agenda: In Search for Urban Sustainability, Wakely P., You N. et al (eds), DPU-DFID, London, 2001.
Her interests lie in the development of appropriate urban design solutions in response to local needs drafted through field work and based upon rapid urban appraisal, problem identification, stakeholder consultations and participatory approaches.