ISBN:
3868598871
,
9783868598872
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (17922 KB, 231 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Handmade urbanism
DDC:
307.7
Keywords:
Bürgerbeteiligung
;
Infrastruktur
;
Lebensbedingungen
;
Metropolen
;
Partizipation
;
Schwellenländer
;
Electronic books
;
Mumbai
;
São Paulo
;
Istanbul
;
Mexiko
;
Kapstadt
;
Stadtplanung
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Bürgerbeteiligung
;
Soziale Bewegung
Abstract:
People have always been interested in the cities in which they live. With the world's stark urbanization, the engagement of citizens to improve their urban environments is also growing. Far from the traditional urban planning culture, they make use of limited resources, offering solutions to face the challenges these cities offer. They focus on the provision of social infrastructure aiming to improve the living conditions of the residents at the local scale. Handmade Urbanism showcases 15 projects realized mostly in less favored areas of five major cities in emerging countries, examining the potential of urban transformation embedded in community initiatives. What is the basis for such initiatives? Which are the instruments and tools they use? Illustrations depict their operational modes, reveal the actors involved and trace the steps they made in the organization of the initiatives. Interviews with experts, actors and different stakeholders clarify their meaning towards the local challenges. At a global level, common threads and differences are made clear. Handmade Urbanism drafts a possible urban vision of the city impacted by those processes and organizes a discussion that promotes participatory initiatives while exploring their potential to impact on the city at large - to the benefit of all. The publication includes the documentary "Urban Future", which provides the reader with further information from the ground. This e-book contains video links in the Five Cities section, which provide the reader with further information from the ground. When clicking on the video title, a browser window will open where the video can be viewed (working internet connection required).
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Acknowledgements; Index; Introduction; Introductory Interview Returning to the Roots; Initial Thoughts Make the Invisible Visible; Foreword The Community: Richard Sennett; Editorial An Urban Trend: Residents Taking Ownership of their Environment; Five Cities; Introduction to Five Cities; Mumbai; Mumbai Waterfronts Center; Triratna Prerana Mandal; Urban Design Research Institute; Dreams, Dignity, and Changing Realities: The Story of a Community Toilet; Network, Intermediate, Integrate: Reaching out to the Grassroots; Elastic Urbanism: Sustainability and Informality in the City
Description / Table of Contents:
Making Voices Heard: Art and ActivismDemocratizing Public Space; São Paulo; Union Building; ACAIA Institute; Biourban; Workshops as a Communication Facilitator: Understanding Community Needs; Preexistence in Socially Vulnerable Areas; Scaling Up Micro Actions; ""How to Live Together""; The Challenge of Derelict and Residual Spaces. Is Anyone Thinking on the Local Level?; Istanbul; Music for Peace; Nurtepe First Step Cooperative; Children of Hope-Youth House; Presence and Vision of a Grass Roots Initiative; New Planning Approaches for Building Up Cities; Action and Participation in Planning
Description / Table of Contents:
Curating Artists and Cultural PracticesAdvocating Sustainable and Participatory Models; Mexico City; Miravalle Community Council; Cultural Center Consejo Agrarista; Recovering Spaces for Life; Weaving Efforts: Working for the Common Good; Reality Surpasses Us: We Need to Be More Flexible and Porous; Unfolding New Professional Profiles for Bottom-up Urban Planning; Cultural Acupuncture over the City; Braiding the Physical and the Social: A New Social Contract for the City; Cape Town; Mothers Unite; Rocklands Urban Abundance Center; Thrive; Incidental Urban Acupuncture
Description / Table of Contents:
Breaking it Down to Build it UpReimagining the City from a Different Viewpoint; Lighting the Fire within Us; Going Local: The Lavender Hill Area; Common Points; Four Interviews: Five Cities, One Gaze; The Significance of Space in Urban Society; Reporting from Local Initiatives; Cities are an Expression of Human Needs; Focus on Results: Attention to Real Needs; Project Categories, Programs and Common Clouds; Final Considerations; Credits; Imprint; Back Cover
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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