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1 online resource |
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Preface: From documentaries to architectural strategies -- Introduction: Informality in emerging territories / Felix Heisel -- Space creation and a sense of responsibility -- Housing in an informally grown city / Fasil Giorghis -- Landownership and the leasehold system / Wubshet Berhanu -- A "new" Addis Ababa / Marjan Kloosterboer -- The ruralization of urban centres in Ethiopia / Heyaw Terefe, Felix Heisel -- Social, cultural and traditional context -- Social dynamics and development / Alula Pankhurst -- Persisting meaning and evolving spaces / Genet Alem -- Bottom-up insurance systems / Bisrat Kifle -- Self-employment as economic empowerment -- The economic importance of recycling / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle -- Microeconomies, a formalized strategy / Lia Gabre Mariam W. -- Addis Ababa, a rental city / Perrine Duroyaume -- City preservation through tourism / Tadesse Girmay Gebreegziabher -- Paradigm shifts in urban strategies -- From density to intensity / Felix Heisel -- Materializing informality / Dirk E. Hebel -- Building laws for innovation / Elias Yitbarek, Felix Heisel -- Decentralized infrastructural systems / Tesfaye Hailu Bekele -- Spatial dialogic / Sascha Delz -- _Spaces : the documentary series / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle |
| Summary |
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 for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory. The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kuré-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials |
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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 for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory.0The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kuré-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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City planning -- Ethiopia
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City planning -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa
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Architecture, Domestic -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa
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Architecture and society -- Ethiopia
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Sustainable urban development -- Ethiopia
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ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.
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Architecture and society
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Architecture, Domestic
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City planning
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Sustainable urban development
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa
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| Genre/Form |
DVDs.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Heisel, Felix, editor
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Kifle, Bisrat, editor
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| LC no. |
2016030531 |
| ISBN |
9783035606706 |
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3035606706 |
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9783035606720 |
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3035606722 |
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