Dynamics and Resilience of Informal Areas International Perspectives

Dynamics and Resilience of Informal Areas International Perspectives / edited by Sahar Attia, Shahdan Shabka, Zeinab Shafik, Asmaa Ibrahim.

This volume provides visionary approaches within the multi-disciplines engaged with informal settlements covering three main themes; ‘Innovative Policies and Strategies to Informal Urbanism’; ‘Production, Operation and the Life-World of Urban Space’ and finally ‘The Dynamics of Informal Settlements’...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Attia, Sahar (Editor), Shabka, Shahdan (Editor), Shafik, Zeinab (Editor), Ibrahim, Asmaa (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Urban geography.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Sustainable development.
Sociophysics.
Econophysics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Innovative Policies & Strategies to Informal Urbanism
  • 1. Urbanization, Collective Action and Coping Strategies in Informal Areas of African Cities: A Polycentric Environmental Planning Perspective - Samson R. Akinola
  • 2. From Informal To Formal: What Can Be Learned From Reviewing Fifty Years of Portuguese Models, Policies and Politics - Paulo Silva
  • 3. Application of Upgrading Strategies and Urban Farming Principles to Mangueira Complex, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil - Alessandra Battisti
  • 4. Slum Tourism: A Catalyst for Urban Development? Reflections from Cairo’s Ashwa’iyat (informal areas) - Mennatuallah Hendawy
  • 5. Between Formal Structure and Informal Practice Public Space as Catalyst of Change: a Case Study - Riccardo Maroso
  • Part II. Production, Operation and the Life-World of Urban Space
  • 6. Right to Urban Space in Post-revolution Cairo: A Study for Street Vending Phenomenon - Nezar A. Kafafy
  • 7. Social Production of Urban Space in Informal Areas in the G.C.R “Missing Values & Probable Potential” - Randa A. Mahmoud
  • 8. Operative Public Space for Informal Nairobi: The why not Junior Academy Experience - Silvia Cimini
  • 9. “Slum” Upgrading In South Africa: Defamiliarising the Global Neighbourhood Aesthetic - Kristen Kornienko
  • 10. Informal Urbanism as a Product of Socio-Cultural Expression: Insights from the Island Pacific - Paul Jones
  • Part III. The Dynamics of Informal Settlements.-11. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Strategies for Housing and Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia: The PNPM Programme in Yogyakarta - Sonia Roitman
  • 12. A South-South Dialogue on Housing; the Facilitator Model and its Limitations in Brazil and India - Hector Becerril
  • 13. Residential Mobility in Egypt; a Must or a Myth - Rania Nasr Eldin
  • 14. A Proposed Statistical Model for Real Estate Appraisal in Historical Mixed use - Asmaa Abdel Aty Mohamed Ibrahim
  • 15. Water, Food and Energy Nexus, Investigating the Feasibility of the Concept through the Application of a Sustainable Sanitation System, the Case of Zerzara, Hurghada - Anas Alhowaily.

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