Housing policy in Latin American cities : a new generation of strategies and approaches for 2016 UN-Habitat III / [edited by] Peter M. Ward, Edith J. Jiménez and Mercedes Di Virgilio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ward, Peter M., 1951-

Jiménez, Edith J.

Di Virgilio, María Mercedes.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Housing policy--Latin America.

Housing policy.

Urban policy--Latin America.

Urban policy.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xix, 344 pages : illustration ; 24cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

After the 1960s, rapid urbanization in developing regions in Latin America, Africa, and Asia was marked by the expansion of low-income "irregular" settlements that developed informally and which, by the 2000s, often constitute between 20-60 percent of the built-up area of metropolitan areas and other large cities. Apart from the activities of the Latin American Housing Network (LAHN), there has been minimal attention directed at the earliest portion of settlements that formed some 25-40 years ago that now form a large part of the intermediate ring of the cities. Developed as a coordinated collaborative research project, the authors and contributors offer original perspectives on the policy challenges of densification and rehabilitation facing much of the low income housing of Latin American cities. Researchers and practitioners working on housing theory, housing policy, comparative spatial and sociological research, and urban development issues will find the book highly significant. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Latin America's "Innerburbs": Towards a New Generation of Housing Policies for Low-Income Consolidated Self-Help Settlements / Peter M. Ward Ward, Peter M. 1

2 A Spectrum of Policies for Housing Rehab and Community Regeneration in the "Innerburbs" / Peter M. Ward Ward, Peter M. 20

3 Opportunities and Challenges for Consolidated Informal Urbanization in the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara / Edith R. Jiménez Huerta Huerta, Edith R. Jiménez, Heriberto Cruz Solís Solís, Heriberto Cruz 40

4 The Challenge for Housing Rehab in Mexico City and Monterrey / Peter M. Ward Ward, Peter M. 65

5 The Challenges of Consolidation in Precarious Settlements of Caribbean Cities: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic / Erika Denisse Grajeda Grajeda, Erika Denisse 95

6 The Consolidation of the City and Low-Income settlements in Guatemala City / Bryan R. Roberts Roberts, Bryan R. 113

7 New Approaches to Intervention in the Informally Settled Areas of Bogotá / Angélica Camargo Síerra Síerra, Angélica Camargo 136

8 Rehab, "Los Aires" and Densification of Consolidated Settlements in Lima, Peru / Danielle M. Rojas Rojas, Danielle M., Peter M. Ward In collaboration with with, Peter M. Ward In collaboration, Olga Peek Peek, Olga, Martha Lazarte Salinas Salinas, Martha Lazarte 160

9 Unique, or Just Different? Self-Help, Social Housing, and Rehab in Santiago, Chile / Peter M. Ward Ward, Peter M., Carolina Flores Flores, Carolina, Francisco Sabatini Sabatini, Francisco 192

10 Residential Trajectories of the Older Irregular Settlements in the City of Montevideo / Magdalena Marsiglia Marsiglia, Magdalena, María José Doyenart Doyenart, María José 214

11 Transformations in the Originally Informal and Now Consolidated Urban Areas of Metropolitan Buenos Aires / Mercedes Di Virgilio Virgilio, Mercedes Di, María Soledad Soledad, María, Arqueros Mejica Mejica, Arqueros, Tomás Guevara Guevara, Tomás 237

12 Rental Markets and Housing Policies in Consolidated Informal Settlements / Edith R. Jiménez Huerta Huerta, Edith R. Jiménez, Angélica Camargo Sierra Sierra, Angélica Camargo 263

13 Urban Regeneration and Housing Rehabilitation in Latin America's Innerburbs / Peter M. Ward Ward, Peter M., Edith R. Jiménez Huerta Huerta, Edith R. Jiménez, Mercedes Di Virgilio Virgilio, Mercedes Di 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138776852

1138776858

9781138776869

1138776866

OCLC:

866614552