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Informal Urbanization in Latin America - Collaborative Transformations of Public Spaces (Hardcover)
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Informal Urbanization in Latin America - Collaborative Transformations of Public Spaces (Hardcover)
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Various kinds of informal and extra-legal settlements-commonly
called shantytowns, favelas, or barrios-are the prevailing type of
urban land use in much of the developing world. United Nations
estimates suggest that there are close to 900 million people living
in squatter communities worldwide, with the number expected to
increase in the coming decades. Informal Urbanization in Latin
America investigates prevailing strategies for addressing informal
settlements, which started to shift away from large-scale slum
clearance to on-site upgrading in Latin America over the last 40
years, by improving public spaces, infrastructure and facilities.
The cases in this book range from one micro intervention (the Villa
Tranquila Project in Buenos Aires) to three large-scale
government-run projects: the celebrated Favela Bairro Program in
Rio de Janeiro, the social housing program in Sao Paulo and the
famous Proyectos Urbanos Integrales Approach in Medellin. The cases
show a collaborative and sensitive transformation of landscape and
public space, and provide designers and planners with the tools to
develop better strategies that can mitigate the volatility that the
residents of non-formal neighborhoods are exposed to. The book is a
must-read for all who are interested or working in the global
urbanization as well as social equity.
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