The Economic Corridors project seeks to identify targeted areas for small business reconstruction in Port-au-Prince. Every city has within it smaller communities that drive the economic life of the city–and every community has anchors that attract commerce and activity. Earthquake damage has shifted the economic landscape and new businesses, both formal and informal, are returning to life. As reconstruction funds are limited, the Rebuilding Center seeks to maximize impact by identifying those businesses most likely to facilitate a larger community recovery and helping them rebuild. By identifying a small group of economic drivers, we're building an armature around which a community can grow back.
The Rebuilding Center is currently investigating six sites. The sites were selected to represent a mix of formal and informal economies and reflect not only historic conditions but the potential for future growth. Within these sites, small specific corridors were identified for full mapping: Route de Freres, Petionville, Kenscoff, Delmas 32-60, Canape Vert and Champ de Mars.
Mapping specifically identifies businesses (both pre-quake and post-quake), as well as varying rates of pedestrian & vehicular traffic. The demographics of each kind of traffic are broken out by age, type, time, etc.
Architecture for Humanity teams look specifically at the balance between formal and informal economies, as well as how far businesses encroach upon the public space of the street. Many economic corridors suffer from extreme congestion which is paradoxically the result of economic activity that becomes a barrier to future growth.
As the data is collected and analyzed, community level engagement will begin and targeted small business owners will be invited to apply for reconstruction services.
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May I say: Economic Corridor reminds me of my " Great World Village" Housing built along and above the traffic , like the Great Wall of China.More than 2,000 miles long of housing with commercial....
GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
If the housing is going to be built over the traffic, built like the Great Wall of China, there would be a necessary economic corridor going along with it. Since I have been busy with the housing, I did not do enough on the economics for the residents. Now is the time to plan a linear development of commercial corridor along with the housing. Because if there is no employment; there would be empty housing !
GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
1/ the noise would be eliminatewd. 2/ people go downstairs to take the public transportation, just like the New Yorkers, nobody could afford to pay the $1,000 rent for the parking space!.....On and on..... GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
It seems to be quite convenient and economically fesible that living upstairs of where the making a living is downstairs. Take Delmas as an example,if I may,to plug in the schemes I have in "draw a book 21 or so" People could take a bus to their factory to work or own a business downstairs, and their children going to school by walking, and family outing in a park near by, etc.
I am convinced that the cheap shipping containers at $ 2,000 a piece are good for Haiti. What do you think?
GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
No ? You don't think?
GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
It is a waste of time to write in here !
GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師
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