Christian Werthmann

Informal Urbanization in Latin America (eBook, ePUB)

Collaborative Transformations of Public Spaces

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000403107
• Artikelnr.: 61916319

Autorenporträt

Christian Werthmann is a Professor of Landscape Architecture and Design at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, with extensive professional and academic experience in Europe and the United States. During his time as an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2004-2012), he started to investigate informal urbanization and disaster zones with a focus on Latin America. His investigations have led to numerous publications, exhibitions and conferences since. In the past few years, he published with, Jessica Bridger, Metropolis Nonformal (2016), curated the "Dangerous Landscapes" conference in Hannover (2017) and co-curated the exhibition "Out There. Landscape Architecture on Global Terrain" at the Architectural Museum Munich (2017). His latest research project, Inform@Risk, is concerned with the development of integrative early warning systems in the barrios of Medellín (2020).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Informal Neighborhoods - An Incomplete Taxonomy for a Diverse
Universe Part II: Lessons from Latin America Case Study I: Buenos Aires -
Step by Step Interview with Flavio Janches and Max Rohm Case Study II: Rio
de Janeiro - Equality through Public Space Interview with Lu Petersen Case
Study III: São Paulo - Protecting Water Interview with Elisabete França and
Marta Maria Lagreca de Sales Case Study IV: Medellín - Scaling Mountains
Interview with Alejandro Echeverri Part III: And Now?