Urban Poverty

atial dimension of poverty and of its spatial implications would allow to understand and define new directions of development and multiscalar actions for the city. In the United States, thanks to the passionate work of Ananya Roy (Institute on Inequality and Democracy, UCLA Luskin), this knowledge found its place in the university program at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development of UC Berkeley and in Los Angeles, being highly appreciated both by students and NGOs. The Summer School "Urban Poverty. The praxis of planning in unequal cities" is an opportunity for opening theory and practices of research and urban planning to issues of poverty and inequality in our cities. It will take advantage from the collaboration of experts in different but complementary disciplines.