Informal Urbanization in Latin America Werthmann Christian
Various kinds of informal and extra-legal settlements--commonly called shantytowns, favelas, or barrios--are the prevailing type of urban land use in much of the developing world. United Nations…
Specifikacia Informal Urbanization in Latin America Werthmann Christian
Various kinds of informal and extra-legal settlements--commonly called shantytowns, favelas, or barrios--are the prevailing type of urban land use in much of the developing world. United Nations estimates suggest that there are close to 900 million people living in squatter communities worldwide, with the number expected to increase.Informal Urbanization in Latin America investigates prevailing strategies for addressing informal settlements, which started to shift away from large-scale slum clearance to on-site upgrading in Latin America over the last forty years, by improving its public spaces, infrastructure and facilities. The cases in this book range from one micro intervention (the Villa Tranquila Project in Buenos Aires) to three large-scale government run projects like the celebrated Favela Bairro Program in Rio de Janeiro, the social housing program in S o
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