handmade urbanism: mumbai, são paulo, istanbul, mexico city, cape town: from community initiatives to participatory models

ISBN-13: 9783868592252 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 224 str.

Marcos Rosa

Opis

With urban expansion in almost global overdrive, opportunities for citizens to improve their own urban environment are growing steadily. Handmade Urbanism examines the possibilities of urban transformation that stem from community initiatives. It showcases projects that focus on the provision of social infrastructure, aiming to improve the living conditions of residents in the more impoverished areas of five major cities across the world: Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Istanbul, Mexico City and Cape Town. The publication includes interviews with experts and community leaders that help to clarify approaches to local struggles, as well as the DVD documentary Urban Future, which provides the reader with further information from the ground.

Spis treści

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX -- Contents -- Introduction -- Introductory Interview: Returning to the Roots -- Initial Thoughts: Make the Invisible Visible -- Foreword: The Community -- Editorial An Urban Trend: Residents Taking Ownership of their Environment -- Five Cities -- Introduction to Five Cities -- Mumbai -- São Paulo -- Istanbul -- Mexico City -- Cape Town -- Common Points -- Four Interviews: Five Cities, One Gaze -- The Significance of Space in Urban Society -- Reporting from Local Initiatives -- Cities are an Expression of Human Needs -- Focus on Results: Attention to Real Needs -- Project Categories, Programs and Common Clouds -- Final Considerations -- Credits -- IMPRINT

O autorze

Marcos L. Rosa / Ute Weiland (Hg.)
Mit einem Vorwort von Richard Sennett