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Urban Residence - Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador (Hardcover)
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Urban Residence - Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador (Hardcover)
Series: CEDLA Latin America Studies
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Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have
become part of global networks through transnational migration,
incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections.
Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a
reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in
contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and
actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in
tandem, within these cities-popular-settlement residents and
professionals in the planning and construction sector-this study
analyzes how each is involved in house designs and neighborhood
consolidation. Ideas, ambitions, and power relations come into play
at every stage of the production and use of urban space, and as a
result individual decisions about both house designs and the urban
layout influence the development of the urban fabric. Knowledge
about intermediate cities is crucial in order to understand current
trends in the predominantly urban societies of Latin America, and
this study is an example of needed interdisciplinary scholarship
that contributes to the fields of urban studies, urban
anthropology, sociology, and architecture.
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