Title & Author:

Handmade urbanism : from community initiatives to participatory models : Mumbai, São Paulo, Istanbul, Mexico City, Cape Town / organized/edited by Marcos L. Rosa, Ute E. Weiland ; with Ana Álvarez, Lindsay Bush, Demet Mutman, Priya Shankar ; [illustrations by Paulo Ayres].

Publication:

Berlin : Jovis, [2013]
©2013

Description:

224 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 DVD (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in)

Notes:
"Includes the documentary Urban Future, which provides the reader with deeper insight into the workings of community-driven initiatives"--Page 4 of cover.
Accompanying DVD documentary, Urban Future, includes 5 films for television directed by Olaf Jacobs and produced by Hoferichter & Jacobs: "Mumbai : City of Islands" (2010); "São Paolo : City in Pieces" (2010); "Istanbul : City Between the Continents" (2010); "Mexico City : City Without Limits" (2010); "Cape Town : City Between the Oceans" (2012). Each film runs approximately 28 minutes.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Five cities -- Mumbai -- Sao Paulo -- Istanbul -- Mexico City -- Cape Town -- Common Points.
Accompanying DVD: PAL; all regions; 16:9 aspect ratio.

Summary:

"People have always been interested in the cities in which they live. With the world's stark urbanization, the engagement of citizens to improve their urban environments is also growing. Far from the traditional urban planning culture, they make use of limited resources, offering solutions to face the challenges these cities offer. They focus on the provision of social infrastructure aiming to improve the living conditions of the residents at the local scale. Handmade Urbanism showcases 15 projects realized mostly in less favored areas of five major cities in emerging countries, examining the potential of urban transformation embedded in community initiatives. What is the basis for such initiatives? Which are the instruments and tools they use? Illustrations depict their operational modes, reveal the actors involved and trace the steps they made in the organization of the initiatives. Interviews with experts, actors and different stakeholders clarify their meaning towards the local challenges. At a global level, common threads and differences are made clear. Handmade Urbanism drafts a possible urban vision of the city impacted by those processes and organizes a discussion that promotes participatory initiatives while exploring their potential to impact on the city at large -- to the benefit of all. The publication includes the documentary 'Urban Future', which provides the reader with further information from the ground"--Provided by publisher.
Case studies in Mumbai (Bombay), São Paulo, Istanbul, Mexico City and Cape Town.

ISBN:

9783868592252 (cloth)
3868592253 (cloth)

Subject:

Urbanization Developing countries Case studies.
Community development Case studies.
Urban renewal Developing countries Case studies.
Public spaces Developing countries Case studies.
Architecture and society Case studies.
Architecture et société Études de cas.
Développement communautaire Études de cas.
Architecture and society
Community development
Public spaces
Urban renewal
Urbanization
Stadtplanung
Bürgerbeteiligung
Soziale Bewegung
Nachhaltigkeit
Stadsförnyelse.
Urbanisering utvecklingsländer.
Arkitektur och samhälle.
Offentliga platser.
Developing countries
Bombay
São Paulo
Istanbul
Kapstadt
Mexiko

Form/genre:

Feature films
Case studies
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
Short films
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Courts métrages.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Optical disks.
DVDs.

Added entries:

Rosa, Marcos L., editor.
Weiland, Ute E., editor.
Ayres, Paulo, illustrator.
Jacobs, Olaf, 1972- film director.
Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH.

DVD title: Urban future

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284715
Call No.: BIB 223817
Status: Available