Rethinking the informal city : critical perspectives from Latin America | WorldCat.org

List of Figures; Acknowledgements Foreword; Rahul Mehrotra Chapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin America; Felipe Hernández and Peter Kellett PART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built Housing Solutions; Fernando Luiz Lara Chapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and Recognition in Downtown São Paulo; Zeuler R. Lima and Vera M. Pallamin Chapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite Settlements; Annalisa Spencer Chapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving Housing Condition in Cities; Paola Jirón Chapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean Experience and a Challenge for Incremental Design; Margarita Greene and Eduardo Rojas PART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICES Chapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal City; Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner Chapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of Havana; Ronaldo Ramirez Chapter 9. Formal-Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The Favela-Bairro Programme; Roberto Segre Chapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro; Jorge Fiori and Zeca Brandão Chapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and Urbanity; Jorge Mario Jáuregui Chapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public Interest; Claudio Vekstein Notes on Contributors; Index

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