Can I read Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements on EtoBox?

Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements by Gouverneur, David is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Planning and Design for Future Informal Settlements about?

Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Dedication 6 Table of Contents 8 List of figures 12 Acknowledgments 18 Foreword 20 Introduction: Shaping the future of the self-constructed city: a call to action 24 1 Attempts to deal with the urbanization challenges of the developing world 30 1.1 Biases against informality 31 1.2 When city planning and urban design work against informality 37 1.3 Housing and urban performance 39 1.4 Urban frameworks for self-constructed dwellings 45 1.5 Limitations of Sites and Services 52 1.6 The informal city reconsidered 53 1.7 Informal Armatures: merging the formal with the informal 58 1.8 Conclusions 62 2 Dealing with informal settlements of the developing world: lessons from Venezuela and Colombia 70 2.1 The foundations of Venezuela’s political economy and the great urban migration 71 2.1.1 The emergence of “the other city” 73 2.1.2 Academia addresses informal growth and the social divide 77 2.1.3 A plan to rehabilitate the barrios of Caracas 78 2.1.4 Rise and fall of the plans for the improvement of informal settlements 86 2.1.5 The impact of a major quake on informal settlements 89 2.1.6 Political struggles, economic hardship, and social

Author

Gouverneur, David

Published

2014

Language

EN