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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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City planning
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Ethiopia
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City planning
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa
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Architecture, Domestic
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Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa
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Architecture and society
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Ethiopia
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Sustainable urban development
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Ethiopia
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Heisel, Felix
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Kifle, Bisrat
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Heisel, Felix
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Kifle, Bisrat
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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.
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ISBN
9783035606690 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
3035606692 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016030011
OCLC
952700939
International Article Number
9783035606690
RCP
C - S
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