From camp to city : refugee camps of the Western Sahara / edited by Manuel Herz.

Title & Author:

From camp to city : refugee camps of the Western Sahara / edited by Manuel Herz.

Publication:

Zürich, Switzerland : Lars Muller Publishers ; [Basel] : ETH Studio Basel, [2013]
©2013

Description:

511 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
The refugee camps of the Western Sahara -- A brief history of refugees and refugee camps -- A brief history of the Western Sahara -- Planning -- Living -- Administration -- Moving and communication -- Commerce and work -- Health and education -- Recreation and leisure -- Urban laboratories -- Camp Smara, 2007-2011 : a photographic survey.

Summary:

"What happens when temporary architectural structures become permanent? 'From Camp to City' provides an in-depth analysis on the topic. Examining the theme of the refugee camp in the context of urbanism and architecture, the book offers extensive documentation of an urban "borderline case" in the form of the Sahrawi refugee camps in the Algerian desert - temporary spaces of transit that have become more and more permanent in recent decades. In contrast to the predominant understanding of the refugee camps as being either humanitarian or dystopian, 'From Camp to City' investigates how people live and dwell in these informal exterritorial spaces, work, move around, and enjoy themselves. It documents how the camp, instead of being a place of misery, can also be understood as a potential political project. Numerous images and texts on all aspects of life illustrate the emergence of urban structures and the way architecture becomes involved in the underlying political conflict."--Back cover.

ISBN:

9783037782910
3037782919

Subject:

Refugees Western Sahara.
Sahrawi (African people) Social conditions 21st century.
Réfugiés Sahara occidental.
Sahraouis Conditions sociales 21e siècle.
Society.
Politics and government
Refugees
Social conditions
Refugees Housing.
Refugees Dwellings.
Buildings, Temporary Western Sahara.
Emergency housing Western Sahara.
Disaster victims Dwellings.
Urbanisering.
Samhällsplanering.
Flyktingläger.
Western Sahara Social conditions 21st century.
Western Sahara Politics and government 21st century.
Western Sahara Pictorial works.
Västsahara.
Sahara occidental Politique et gouvernement 21e siècle.
Western Sahara

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Herz, Manuel, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282843
Call No.: BIB 220692
Status: Available

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