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

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English
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Basel, Switzerland ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2016]
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222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

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    • 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.
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    Includes bibliographical references.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9783035606690 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 3035606692 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016030011
    OCLC
    952700939
    International Article Number
    • 9783035606690
    RCP
    C - S
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