Spatial justice and informal settlements /

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.

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Introduction --
Spatial Justice --
Spatial Justice in Informal Settlements --
Open Spaces in Informal Settlements --
Objectives, Themes and Research Questions --
The Research Setting: Medellin and Comuna 13, an Informal Settlement --
Notes on Methodology --
Unidad Deportiva El Socorro --
Parque 20 de Julio --
Parque Ambiental y Paseo Urbanojuan XXIII --
Structure of the Book --
Just Informal Settlements: Upgrading Informality and Spatial Justice --
Informal Settlements --
Upgrading Informal Settlements --
Critical Evaluations of Leading Examples of Upgrading Initiatives --
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 --
Everyday Open Spaces --
Streets, Paths, Stairs --
Front Gardens --
Sports Fields --
Play Areas --
Squares --
Parks --
Green Setbacks --
Leftover Open Spaces --
Leftover Landscape --
Other Spaces --
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 --
Questions of Social and Material Sustainability --
Questions 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 --
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 --
Activities and People --
Daytime and Weekly Dynamics --
Conclusions: Upgrading Beyond Equity --
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.
1. Verfasser:
Schwab, Eva
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, 2018.
Ausgabe:
First edition
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781787430174
1787430170
9781787147676
1787147673
Schlagworte:
Urbanization > Colombia.
Urbanization > Government policy > Colombia.
Social Science, Human Geography.
Urban & municipal planning.
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