Title & Author:

Lessons of informality : architecture and urban planning for emerging territories : concepts from Ethiopia / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle (eds.).

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2016]

Description:

222 pages ; 25 cm + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.)

Notes:
Accompanying videodisc has title: Spaces : documentaries.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface: From documentaries to architectural strategies -- Introduction: Informality in emerging territories / Felix Heisel -- Space creation and a sense of responsibility -- Housing in an informally grown city / Fasil Giorghis -- Landownership and the leasehold system / Wubshet Berhanu -- A "new" Addis Ababa / Marjan Kloosterboer -- The ruralization of urban centres in Ethiopia / Heyaw Terefe, Felix Heisel -- Social, cultural and traditional context -- Social dynamics and development / Alula Pankhurst -- Persisting meaning and evolving spaces / Genet Alem -- Bottom-up insurance systems / Bisrat Kifle -- Self-employment as economic empowerment -- The economic importance of recycling / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle -- Microeconomies, a formalized strategy / Lia Gabre Mariam W. -- Addis Ababa, a rental city / Perrine Duroyaume -- City preservation through tourism / Tadesse Girmay Gebreegziabher -- Paradigm shifts in urban strategies -- From density to intensity / Felix Heisel -- Materializing informality / Dirk E. Hebel -- Building laws for innovation / Elias Yitbarek, Felix Heisel -- Decentralized infrastructural systems / Tesfaye Hailu Bekele -- Spatial dialogic / Sascha Delz -- _Spaces : the documentary series / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle.

Summary:

Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. While rightly criticized for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory. The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kuré-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials.

ISBN:

9783035606690 (print)
3035606692 (print)
(pdf)
9783035606706
(epub)
9783035606720

Subject:

City planning Ethiopia.
City planning Ethiopia Addis Ababa.
Architecture, Domestic Ethiopia Addis Ababa.
Architecture and society Ethiopia.
Sustainable urban development Ethiopia.
Architecture et société Éthiopie.
Urbanisme durable Éthiopie.
Architecture and society.
Architecture, Domestic.
City planning.
Sustainable urban development.
Ethiopia.
Ethiopia Addis Ababa.

Form/genre:

DVDs.

Added entries:

Heisel, Felix, editor.
Kifle, Bisrat, editor.
Merḥavim.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293792
Call No.: BIB 238973
Status: Available

Location: Library main 293818
Call No.: BIB 238973
Status: Available