Main entry:

Dovey, Kim, author.

Title & Author:

Atlas of informal settlement : understanding self-organized urban design / Kim Dovey, Matthijs van Oostrum, Tanzil Shafique, Ishita Chatterjee, Elek Pafka.

Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
©2023

Description:

1 atlas (303 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
The 51 sites, chosen from within 33 cities, are chiefly in Latin America, Africa, and southeast Asia, and are depicted by Google Earth aerial photography and interpretive maps.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-296) and index.
Part A. Introduction. Informal settlement vs. slums and squatting -- Informal settlement as a mode of production -- Why morphogenesis matters -- Understanding urban morphogenesis -- What this atlas is not -- Power and poverty -- Part B. Method. Assemblage thinking -- Mapping and diagramming -- Site selection -- A field of differences -- Multi-scalar mapping -- Morphogenic analysis -- Ethics -- Limits -- Part C. Settlement. Tongui -- Zavaleta -- Villa 31 -- Siqalo -- Joe Slovo Park -- Emandleni -- Angelo -- Kathrada Park -- Rio Abaixo -- Iriguaçu -- Barbadillo Alto -- El Paraiso de Jicamarca -- Wenji Maka II -- Rawa Malang -- Muara Angke -- Mbotela/Ofafa -- Riverbank -- Namungoona -- Maravillas de Dios -- Adjahui-Canal -- Kampung Muslim -- Panbros -- Old Fadama -- Hana Loma Andina -- Sandogo -- Pissy -- Kabbalamma Palya -- Pillaganahalli -- Talaba II -- Baseco -- San Roque -- Sitio Pajo -- Cité Lajoie -- Jerusalem -- Baiganwadi -- Mashachapada -- Santa Catarina -- Xuecun -- Maxicun -- Khuong Dinh -- Kishanagar -- Karail -- Gulshan-e-Sikandarabad -- Khori Gaon -- Mandoli B4 -- Al Baragheil -- Esh-al-Warwar -- Mnihla -- Yesilkent -- Dari-eh -- Part D. Morphogenesis. Morphogenic logic -- Topography -- Expanding and contracting -- Connecting -- Building -- Speculating.

Summary:

"Informal settlements and slums are the most pervasive modes of urbanization on the planet, housing up to 2 billion people and absorbing most rural-to-urban migration worldwide. This presents architects, urban planners, and everyone working to improve the lives of the world's urban poor, with a uniquely complex and urgent challenge. Featuring 50 contemporary case studies of informal settlements from over 30 cities across the Global South, the Atlas of Informal Settlement is the first book to map the processes by which informal settlements and slums grow and develop. Each case study uses maps and aerial photographs to examine the key stages of development, while accompanying texts outline the impact of environmental, social, economic and political factors - ultimately revealing the hidden rules and logics embodied in informal settlements worldwide. As the focus of sustainable urban development shifts towards the upgrade of slums through community collaboration, it has become vital to understand how such places develop. The Atlas of Informal Settlement provides key insights, enabling designers and planners to better harness the positive capacities of informal production. The book is also interspersed with short chapters introducing key theoretical concepts - the issues and complexities at stake when thinking about informal settlements - making this book essential reading for all students, academics, and professionals working in informal settlement contexts, from architects and urban designers to NGOs, policy-makers, and community activists"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781350295049 (hardcover)
1350295043 (hardcover)
9781350295032 (paperback)
1350295035 (paperback)
(electronic book)
9781350295056
9781350295063
9781350295070

Subject:

Slums Maps.
Slums Aerial photographs.
Urban poor Housing Maps.
Urban poor Housing Aerial photographs.
Urban poor Social conditions Maps.
Urban poor Social conditions Aerial photographs.
City planning Maps.
City planning Aerial photographs.
City planning
Slums
Urban poor Housing
Urban poor Social conditions

Form/genre:

atlases.
Atlases
Maps
Aerial photographs.
Atlas.

Added entries:

Oostrum, Matthijs van, author.
Shafique, Tanzil, author.
Chatterjee, Ishita, author.
Pafka, Elek, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 321919
Call No.: 321919
Copy: 1
Status: Available