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Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda - Architectural Inquiries and Prospects for a Developing African City (Paperback)
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Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda - Architectural Inquiries and Prospects for a Developing African City (Paperback)
Series: Fay Jones Collaborative Series
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Rwanda, less than a generation removed from the 1994 Genocide, is
experiencing a period of economic ascent and population growth. Its
capital city, Kigali, is expected to triple in size within a
generation, and positioned to become a premiere hub of commerce in
central and eastern Africa. Amidst this optimism, however, is
limited land and material resources. Food security is in tension
with environmental concerns, and government aspirations are often
in friction with daily, individual struggles for subsistence.
Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda explores the pressing challenges and
opportunities to be found in planning, designing, and constructing
a healthy, equitable, and sustainable city. Asking "what is an
authentic-yet-modern, prosperous-yet-feasible African city, Rwandan
city?" Smith, Berlanda, and colleagues conducted research on
Rwandan activities of daily living and how these routines are
connected to space-making practices and the Kinyarwanda terms that
describe them. Through a culturally informed view of urban and
rural lifestyles and spaces, Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda presents
principles and proposals for neighborhood development in the
challenging context of Kigali's informal settlements. With one
billion people living in informal settlements worldwide, a number
expected to double by 2030, the lessons learned in Rwanda provide a
complex, fascinating, and urgent study for scholars and
practitioners across disciplines and around the world.
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