Rethinking the informal city : critical perspectives from Latin America /: critical perspectives from Latin America. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Felipe Hernández, Peter Kellett and Lea K. Allen.
• Other Names: Hernández, Felipe, 1971-; Kellett, Peter (Peter William); Allen, Lea K
• Contents: List of Figures; Acknowledgements Foreword; Rahul Mehrotra Chapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America; Felipe Hernández and Peter Kellett PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built Housing Solutions; Fernando Luiz Lara Chapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and Recognition in Downtown São Paulo; Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin Chapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements; Annalisa Spencer Chapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving Housing Condition in Cities; Paola Jirón Chapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean Experience and a Challenge for Incremental Design; Margarita Greene and Eduardo Rojas PART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICES Chapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City; Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner Chapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana; Ronaldo Ramirez Chapter 9. Formal–Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The Favela-Bairro Programme; Roberto Segre Chapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro; Jorge Fiori and Zeca Brandão Chapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and Urbanity; Jorge Mario Jáuregui Chapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public Interest; Claudio Vekstein Notes on Contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.76098; Sociology, Urban -- Latin America; Cities and towns -- Latin America; Architecture and society -- Latin America; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban; ARCHITECTURE -- General; Architecture and society; Cities and towns; Sociology, Urban; Latin America; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845459727; 1845459725
• Related ISBNs: 9781845455828; 1845455827
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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