Title & Author:

Metropolis nonformal / edited by Christian Werthmann and Jessica Bridger.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publication:

[Novato, CA] : Applied Research and Design Publishing, 2015
©2015

Description:

238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes extensive illustrations and syntheses of presentations given at the Metropolis Nonformal symposia, held at the Technical University in Munich in 2011 and 2013.
Introduction: metropolis nonformal -- Pt.1. Reading the nonformal: Ch.1. Kinetic city, ephemeral city (India) -- Ch.2. Mass housing versus popular architecture (Brazil) -- Ch.3. Permanent residence abroad a sinking ship (Indonesia) -- Ch.4. Intensive landscapes (India) -- Ch.5. Design exchange (United States) -- Ch.6. Handmade urbanism (Brazil) -- Ch.7. Public participation: simple conceits versus complex realities (Tanzania) -- Ch.8. Where flowers bloom, so does hope: engagement in the dark side of modernity (United States) -- Ch.9. Urban informality in Rio de Janairo: marginal or mainstream? (Brazil) -- Pt.2. Reacting to the nonformal: Ch.10. Constructing cities (Venezuela) -- Ch.11. Sao Paulo: where water and city collide (Brazil) -- Ch.12. Whose city is it? Design strategies for marginalized communities in Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Ch.13. Productive public space in Kibera, Nairobi (Kenya) -- Ch.14. Informal settlements in Latin America (Brazil) -- Ch.15. Managing growth in Rio's favela (Brazil) -- Ch.16 Design guidelines (Brazil) -- Ch.17. Towards more resilient communities: coordinated strategies and interventions (Egypt) -- Ch.18. Integrating the informal city: past experiences and new strategies (Brazil) -- Ch.19. Handmade architecture: a catalyst for development (Bangladesh) -- Pt.3. Anticipating the nonformal: Ch.20. Critical issues about informal urbanization and the future of cities (Kenya) -- Ch.21. From the tree (curative) to the forest (preventive): revisiting policies towards informality (Latin America) -- Ch.22. Managing informal growth in the hills of Medellin (Colombia) -- Ch.23. Fragmented cities: linking the urban and the rural (Morocco) -- Ch.24. Sites and services of the 21st century: we have been there before, is it different now? (United States) -- Ch.25. Reflections on the nonformal (South Africa)
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Summary:

"Almost one billion people today live in conditions that UN-Habitat classifies as slum households, out of approximately 3.9 billion people who live in cities. If the UN's estimates are accurate, approximately 2.5 billion more people will be living in cities by 2050--and not in perfect shining skyscrapers set in pastoral landscapes. Instead, over two thirds of this new urban population, some two billion people, are projected to fall under UN-Habitat's category of slum households, deprived of at least one of five basic living conditions. Many of what UN-Habitat considers slum households are part of self-built neighbourhoods, the result of informal occupation and construction. If two-thirds of our new urbanization will largely be the result of people building their own homes and neighborhoods outside of formal planning and processes, and with close to a billion people living in such situations already, this is not a fringe phenomenon. It is part of the mainstream, and it is on its way to becoming the majority of future urbanization--and thus the title for this collection: Metropolis nonformal."--Page 9.

ISBN:

9781940743141 (paperback)
1940743141 (paperback)

Subject:

Cities and towns Growth 21st century Congresses.
Squatter settlements Congresses.
City planning Social aspects Congresses.
Villes Croissance 21e siècle Congrès.
Bidonvilles Congrès.
Cities and towns Growth.
City planning Social aspects.
Squatter settlements.
City planning Social aspects - Conferences
Slums Conferences
Squatter settlements - Conferences
Cities and towns Growth 21st century Conferences

Form/genre:

Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Werthmann, Christian, 1964- editor of compilation.
Bridger, Jessica, editor of compilation.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 297963
Call No.: BIB 244275
Status: Available