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Rethinking the informal city : critical perspectives from Latin America / edited by Felipe Hernandez, Peter Kellett and Lea K. Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Remapping cultural history ; v. 11.
- Remapping cultural history ; v. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology, Urban--Latin America.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Cities and towns--Latin America.
- Cities and towns.
- Architecture and society--Latin America.
- Architecture and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, despite intrinsic semantic implications, the terms formal and informal do not refer only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric. Given the fact that informal cities and settlements exceed the structures of order, control and homogeneity expected to be found in the formal city, the wide-ranging essays in this volume from disciplinary areas such as anthropology, architecture, history, cultural and ur
- Contents:
- Title page-Rethinking the Informal City; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1-Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America; Part I-Critical Perspectives; Chapter 2-The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built Housing Solutions; Chapter 3-Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and Recognition in Downtown Sao Paulo; Chapter 4-The Informal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements
- Chapter 5-The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving Housing Conditions in CitiesChapter 6-Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean Experience and a Challenge for Incrememtal Design; Part II-Critical Practices; Chapter 7-Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City; Chapter 8-Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana; Chapter 9-Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The Favela-Bairro Programme; Chapter 10-Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
- Chapter 11-Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and UrbanityChapter 12-Public-City in Manifesto: The Formal City In-Formed by Public Interest; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-494-1
- 0-85745-608-3
- 1-282-62819-4
- 9786612628191
- 1-84545-972-5
- OCLC:
- 645099896
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