Lessons of informality : architecture and urban planning for emerging territories - concepts from Ethiopia / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heisel, Felix, editor.

Kifle, Bisrat, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Ethiopia.

City planning.

City planning--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Architecture, Domestic--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture and society--Ethiopia.

Architecture and society.

Sustainable urban development--Ethiopia.

Sustainable urban development.

Ethiopia.

Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.

Genre:

DVDs.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

222 pages ; 25 cm + 1 DVD (87 minutes : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Basel, Switzerland ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2016]

System Details:

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. While rightly criticized for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory. The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kuré-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials.

Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. While rightly criticized for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory.0The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kuré-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials.

Contents:

Preface: From documentaries to architectural strategies

Introduction: Informality in emerging territories / Felix Heisel

Space creation and a sense of responsibility

Housing in an informally grown city / Fasil Giorghis

Landownership and the leasehold system / Wubshet Berhanu

A "new" Addis Ababa / Marjan Kloosterboer

The ruralization of urban centres in Ethiopia / Heyaw Terefe, Felix Heisel

Social, cultural and traditional context

Social dynamics and development / Alula Pankhurst

Persisting meaning and evolving spaces / Genet Alem

Bottom-up insurance systems / Bisrat Kifle

Self-employment as economic empowerment

The economic importance of recycling / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle

Microeconomies, a formalized strategy / Lia Gabre Mariam W.

Addis Ababa, a rental city / Perrine Duroyaume

City preservation through tourism / Tadesse Girmay Gebreegziabher

Paradigm shifts in urban strategies

From density to intensity / Felix Heisel

Materializing informality / Dirk E. Hebel

Building laws for innovation / Elias Yitbarek, Felix Heisel

Decentralized infrastructural systems / Tesfaye Hailu Bekele

Spatial dialogic / Sascha Delz

_Spaces : the documentary series / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Accompanying videodisc has title: Spaces : documentaries / by Felix Heisel and Bisrat Kifle.

Contains:

Spaces : documentaries.

Other Format:

Online version: Lessons of informality.

ISBN:

9783035606690

3035606692

OCLC:

952700939

Publisher Number:

9783035606690