Researching the contemporary city : identity, environment and social inclusion in developing urban areas
The city is perhaps the most complex of all human constructs. In the 21st century when cities are bigger than ever, and the majority of the world's population now live in urban areas, the need for research into this complexity to address the large scale challenges of urban life has never been greater. This collection of research studies from different parts of the world, brings together case studies, underpinned by theory, to contribute to the urgent search to make our cities more just, more livable, more accessible, more participatory and more democratic: in short, more humane places to live and work. These cross-cutting themes of social inclusion, spatial integration and poverty alleviation are the ever present motifs and motivations throughout this volume
Print Book, English, 2013
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, D.C., 2013
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9789587166347, 9587166345
874671341
Preface : in Happiness Inn
Introduction : researching the contemporary city / Peter Kellett and Jaime Hernández-García
Cairo : a deconstruction reading of space / Mona Abdelwahab
Transforming the desert into a liveable place : the Egyptian experience / Tamer Abdelfattah Ahmed
Negotiating disabling environments : a collective movement in Bangkok / Antika Sawadsri
Technology and participation : geo-information tools in settlement upgrading / Musiyimi Mbathi
Status, capital and identity : from informal to formal housing in Bangkok / Rittirong Chutapruttikorn
People shaping public spaces : popular urban design processes in Mexico / Mauricio Hernández-Bonilla
The production of informal urban space : the barrios of Bogotá / Jaime Hernández-García
Converging heritage approaches in historic centres : the Danzón and the Zócalo of Veracruz, Mexico / Brenda Galván-López
About domestic architecture : from rural to urban in Indonesia / Agam Marsoyo
Home-based livelihoods and housing policy : urban informality in India and Indonesia / Peter Kellett