Spatial justice and informal settlements : integral urban projects in the Comunas of Medellin / / Eva Schwab

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910468036203321
• Autore: Schwab Eva <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: United Kingdom : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2018
• ISBN: 1-78743-017-0; 1-78714-767-3
• Edizione: [First edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
• Collana: Emerald points
• Disciplina: 307.76098
• Soggetti: Urbanization - Government policy - Latin America; Public spaces - Colombia - Medellín; Land use - Colombia - Medellín; Urbanization - Latin America; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- Spatial Justice -- Spatial Justice in Informal Settlements -- Open Spaces in Informal Settlements -- Objectives, Themes and Research Questions -- The Research Setting: Medellin and Comuna 13, an Informal Settlement -- Notes on Methodology -- Unidad Deportiva El Socorro -- Parque 20 de Julio -- Parque Ambiental y Paseo Urbanojuan XXIII -- Structure of the Book -- ; 2. Just Informal Settlements: Upgrading Informality and Spatial Justice -- Informal Settlements -- Upgrading Informal Settlements -- Critical Evaluations of Leading Examples of Upgrading Initiatives -- Spatial Justice -- Understandings of Spatial Justice and Implications for Applicability to Informal Settlements -- The Everyday as a Form of Recognition -- Spatial Justice and Public Space -- Aspect of Justice in the Upgrading of Public Open Spaces in Informal Settlements -- The Quality of the Material Space -- Functional Considerations The Symbolic Value in the Design Language -- The Integrity of Its Production Process -- Management and Regulation -- The Use of Space -- ; 3. Everyday Open Spaces -- Streets, Paths, Stairs -- Front Gardens -- Sports Fields -- Play Areas -- Squares -- Parks -- Green Setbacks -- Leftover Open ; Spaces -- Leftover Landscape -- Other Spaces -- ; 4. PUI and the Production of Space -- Assessing the Processes, Products and Effects of Upgrading -- Assessing the Process -- Challenging the Speed of Change -- Questions of Representation -- Challenging the Level of Participation -- Assessing the Products -- Increased Use of Public Space -- Global Design Aesthetics vs. Local Distinctiveness -- Questions about the Legitimacy of Political Image-Making -- Assessing the Effects -- Questions of Social and Material Sustainability -- Questions about the Quality of Construction -- Questions of Evaluation -- Strong Place Attachment Improved Informal Economies -- Lack of Improvement in Formal Economies -- Improved Community Image and Self-Esteem -- ; 5. Upgrading through Public Open Space -- Accessibility: Relationship between the Sites and the Surroundings -- Spatial Formation and Design Language -- Topography and Spatial Borders -- Symbolically Meaningful Design Language -- The Use of Contemporary Open Spaces in Answer to the Complexity of Influences on It -- Localisation of Uses -- Activities and People -- Daytime and Weekly Dynamics -- ; 6. Conclusions: Upgrading Beyond Equity -- Open Spaces in Informal Settlements -- Upgrading Informal Settlements -- Quality of Material Space and Symbolic Meaning -- The Everyday Use of Open Spaces -- The Integrity of the Production Process -- Implications and Significance of Findings for Policy -- Concluding Thoughts.
• Sommario/riassunto: Spatial Justice and Informal Settlements links the discourses of informal urbanism with spatial justice in the context of in situ governmental programmes oriented around public open space and designed to upgrade informal settlements in Latin America.