| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Remapping cultural history ; v. 11
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Remapping cultural history ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociology, Urban -- Latin America.
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Sociology, Urban. |
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Latin America. |
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Cities and towns -- Latin America.
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Cities and towns. |
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Architecture and society -- Latin America.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban. |
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Architecture and society. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hernández, Felipe, 1971- editor.
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Kellett, Peter (Peter William), editor.
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Allen, Lea K., editor.
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| Other Form: |
9781845455828 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1845455827 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN |
9781845459727 (electronic book) |
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1845459725 (electronic book) |
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9781845455828 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1845455827 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780857456076 (paperback : alk paper) |
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0857456075 |
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9780957456083 ebook |
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