Urban Residence : Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador.

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Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klaufus, Christien
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Colección:Latin America studies.
Temas:
City planning > Ecuador > Citizen participation.
Dwellings > Ecuador > Design and construction > Citizen participation.
Housing development > Ecuador > Citizen participation.
Urban anthropology > Ecuador.
Urbanisme participatif.
Promotion résidentielle > Équateur > Participation des citoyens.
Anthropologie urbaine > Équateur.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
City planning > Citizen participation.
Urban anthropology.
Ecuador.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem, within these cities--popular-settlement residents and professionals in the planning and construction sector--this study analyzes how each is involved in ho.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (330 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857453723
0857453726
1280496584
9781280496585
9786613591814
6613591815

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