Lessons of Informality : : Architecture and Urban Planning for Emerging Territories. Concepts from Ethiopia / / ed. by Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle Woldeyessus.
Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. While rightly criticized fo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2016] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: From documentaries to architectural strategies
- Introduction: Informality in emerging territories
- Space creation and a sense of responsibility
- Housing in an informally grown city
- Landownership and the leasehold system
- A “new” Addis Ababa
- The ruralization of urban centres in Ethiopia
- Social, cultural and traditional context
- Social dynamics and development
- Persisting meaning and evolving spaces
- Bottom-up insurance systems
- Self-employment as economic empowerment
- The economic importance of recycling
- Microeconomies, a formalized strategy
- Addis Ababa, a rental city
- City preservation through tourism
- Paradigm shifts in urban strategies
- From density to intensity
- Materializing informality
- Building laws for innovation
- Decentralized infrastructural systems
- Spatial dialogic
- _Spaces / The documentary series
- Editors and contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Ilustration credits