Improvised cities : architecture, urbanization & innovation in Peru /

Beginning in the 1950s, an explosion in rural-urban migration dramatically increased the population of cities throughout Peru, leading to an acute housing shortage and the proliferation of self-built shelters clustered in barriadas, or squatter settlements. Improvised Cities examines the history of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gyger, Helen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburg, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Series:Culture, politics, and the built environment.
Subjects:
Self-help housing > Peru.
Squatter settlements > Peru.
Autoconstruction > Pérou.
Bidonvilles > Pérou.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Self-help housing.
Squatter settlements.
Peru.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Challenge of the Affordable House, 1954-1958; 2. The Barriada under the Microscope, 1955-1957; 3. A Profession in Development, 1957-1960; 4. Mediating Informality, 1961-1963; Color Plates; 5. World Investments, Productive Homes, 1961-1967; 6. Building a Better Barriada, 1968-1975; 7. Revolutions in Self-Help, 1968-1980; 8. Other Paths, 1980-1986; Epilogue; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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