| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
Emerald points |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Spatial Justice and Informal Settlements; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; About the Author; 1. Introduction; Spatial Justice; Spatial Justice in Informal Settlements; Open Spaces in Informal Settlements; Objectives, Themes and Research Questions; The Research Setting: Medellín and Comuna 13, an Informal Settlement; Notes on Methodology; Unidad Deportiva El Socorro; Parque 20 de Julio; Parque Ambiental y Paseo Urbano Juan XXIII; Structure of the Book; 2. Just Informal Settlements: Upgrading Informality and Spatial Justice; Informal Settlements |
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Upgrading Informal SettlementsCritical Evaluations of Leading Examples of Upgrading Initiatives; Spatial Justice; Understandings of Spatial Justice and Implications for Applicability to Informal Settlements; The Everyday as a Form of Recognition; Spatial Justice and Public Space; Aspect of Justice in the Upgrading of Public Open Spaces in Informal Settlements; The Quality of the Material Space; Functional Considerations; The Symbolic Value in the Design Language; The Integrity of Its Production Process; Management and Regulation; The Use of Space; 3. Everyday Open Spaces |
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Streets, Paths, StairsFront Gardens; Sports Fields; Play Areas; Squares; Parks; Green Setbacks; Leftover Open Spaces; Leftover Landscape; Other Spaces; 4. PUI and the Production of Space; Assessing the Processes, Products and Effects of Upgrading; Assessing the Process; Challenging the Speed of Change; Questions of Representation; Challenging the Level of Participation; Assessing the Products; Increased Use of Public Space; Global Design Aesthetics vs. Local Distinctiveness; Questions about the Legitimacy of Political Image- Making; Assessing the Effects |
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Questions of Social and Material SustainabilityQuestions about the Quality of Construction; Questions of Evaluation; Strong Place Attachment; Improved Informal Economies; Lack of Improvement in Formal Economies; Improved Community Image and Self-Esteem; 5. Upgrading through Public Open Space; Accessibility: Relationship between the Sites and the Surroundings; Spatial Formation and Design Language; Topography and Spatial Borders; Symbolically Meaningful Design Language; The Use of Contemporary Open Spaces in Answer to the Complexity of Influences on It; Localisation of Uses |
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Activities and PeopleDaytime and Weekly Dynamics; 6. Conclusions: Upgrading Beyond Equity; Open Spaces in Informal Settlements; Upgrading Informal Settlements; Quality of Material Space and Symbolic Meaning; The Everyday Use of Open Spaces; The Integrity of the Production Process; Implications and Significance of Findings for Policy; Concluding Thoughts; References; Index |
| Summary |
Spatial Justice and Informal Settlements links the discourses of informal urbanism with spatial justice in the context of in situ governmental programmes oriented around public open space and designed to upgrade informal settlements in Latin America |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Latin America
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Urbanization -- Government policy -- Latin America
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Urbanization
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Urbanization -- Government policy
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Latin America
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Colombia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787147676 |
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1787147673 |
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9781787430174 |
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1787430170 |
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