Rethinking the informal city : critical perspectives from Latin America /

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Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, despite intrinsic semantic implications, the terms formal and informal do not refer only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their ent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hernández, Felipe, 1971- (Editor ), Kellett, Peter (Peter William) (Editor ), Allen, Lea K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2010
Colección:Remapping cultural history.
Temas:
Sociology, Urban > Latin America.
Cities and towns > Latin America.
Architecture and society > Latin America.
Social Science.
Sociologie urbaine > Amérique latine.
Villes > Amérique latine.
Architecture et société > Amérique latine.
ARCHITECTURE / General.
Architecture and society
Cities and towns
Sociology, Urban
Latin America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, despite intrinsic semantic implications, the terms formal and informal do not refer only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric. Given the fact that informal cities and settlements exceed the structures of order, control and homogeneity expected to be found in the formal city, the wide-ranging essays in this volume from disciplinary areas such as anthropology, architecture, history, cultural and ur.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages).
ISBN:9781845459727
1845459725

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