LEADER 03964nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910791367503321 005 20170810191430.0 010 $a1-282-62819-4 010 $a9786612628191 010 $a1-84545-972-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781845459727 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012060 035 $a(EBL)544275 035 $a(OCoLC)645099896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000441777 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12164423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000441777 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10408438 035 $a(PQKB)10128248 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544275 035 $a(DE-B1597)636721 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781845459727 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012060 100 $a20091119d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRethinking the informal city$b[electronic resource] $ecritical perspectives from Latin America /$fedited by Felipe Herna?ndez, Peter Kellett and Lea K. Allen 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $aRemapping cultural history ;$vv. 11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85745-607-5 311 $a1-84545-582-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle page-Rethinking the Informal City; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1-Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America; Part I-Critical Perspectives; Chapter 2-The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built Housing Solutions; Chapter 3-Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and Recognition in Downtown Sao Paulo; Chapter 4-The Informal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements 327 $aChapter 5-The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving Housing Conditions in CitiesChapter 6-Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean Experience and a Challenge for Incrememtal Design; Part II-Critical Practices; Chapter 7-Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City; Chapter 8-Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana; Chapter 9-Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The Favela-Bairro Programme; Chapter 10-Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro 327 $aChapter 11-Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and UrbanityChapter 12-Public-City in Manifesto: The Formal City In-Formed by Public Interest; Notes on Contributors; Index 330 $aLatin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, despite intrinsic semantic implications, the terms formal and informal do not refer only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric. Given the fact that informal cities and settlements exceed the structures of order, control and homogeneity expected to be found in the formal city, the wide-ranging essays in this volume from disciplinary areas such as anthropology, architecture, history, cultural and ur 410 0$aRemapping cultural history ;$vv. 11. 606 $aSociology, Urban$zLatin America 606 $aCities and towns$zLatin America 606 $aArchitecture and society$zLatin America 615 0$aSociology, Urban 615 0$aCities and towns 615 0$aArchitecture and society 676 $a307.76098 701 $aHerna?ndez$b Felipe$f1971-$0895939 701 $aKellett$b Peter$g(Peter William)$01515403 701 $aAllen$b Lea K$01515404 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791367503321 996 $aRethinking the informal city$93751089 997 $aUNINA