Informal settlements are commonly regarded as a problem; such a condition stems from their association with poverty, irregularity and marginalization. Despite years of research proving the opposite, policies and academic discourses still highlight the division between “formal” and ”informal” cities, which often excludes informal settlements from “normal” urban considerations. This paper argues that discursive construction increases the marginalized condition of informal settlements, thus affecting their residents. Through the use of a “place-making” approach, we explore the construction of a place according to discursive, spatial, social, cultural and political elements in order to destabilize some of the assumptions underlying the discours...
The growth of informal settlements in the city of Cuidad Juarez have been part of the historical dev...
The informal ownership of urban space to produce housing is a phenomenon which is generated in respo...
In Hispanic America of the 16th century the lettered word preceded the foundation and building of ci...
Observers from a variety of disciplines agree that informal settlements account for the majority of ...
AbstractObservers from a variety of disciplines agree that informal settlements account for the majo...
“Urban informality” is a signifier that is disputed by real estate developers, politicians, and resi...
La “informalidad urbana” es un significante que es cuestionado por las empresas de bienes raíces, lo...
Placemaking in the developed world can be understood as a concept where through a social and politic...
Las ciudades informales frecuentemente se consideran conflictivas y problemáticas, debido a su relev...
This work tries to understand the logics and the effects that face many Latin American countries in ...
This paper examines the introduction of land-use planning requirements into the regularization proce...
The urban growth in Latino American cities, in a neoliberal context, has led to several population g...
The auto-construction of dwellings in pirate urbanisations produces about 70% of low-income housing ...
Tablas, figuras, a blanco y negro y a colorfotografías blanco y negro, fotografías a color, gráficas...
This work discusses informality in the urban environment in respect to the informal property market ...
The growth of informal settlements in the city of Cuidad Juarez have been part of the historical dev...
The informal ownership of urban space to produce housing is a phenomenon which is generated in respo...
In Hispanic America of the 16th century the lettered word preceded the foundation and building of ci...
Observers from a variety of disciplines agree that informal settlements account for the majority of ...
AbstractObservers from a variety of disciplines agree that informal settlements account for the majo...
“Urban informality” is a signifier that is disputed by real estate developers, politicians, and resi...
La “informalidad urbana” es un significante que es cuestionado por las empresas de bienes raíces, lo...
Placemaking in the developed world can be understood as a concept where through a social and politic...
Las ciudades informales frecuentemente se consideran conflictivas y problemáticas, debido a su relev...
This work tries to understand the logics and the effects that face many Latin American countries in ...
This paper examines the introduction of land-use planning requirements into the regularization proce...
The urban growth in Latino American cities, in a neoliberal context, has led to several population g...
The auto-construction of dwellings in pirate urbanisations produces about 70% of low-income housing ...
Tablas, figuras, a blanco y negro y a colorfotografías blanco y negro, fotografías a color, gráficas...
This work discusses informality in the urban environment in respect to the informal property market ...
The growth of informal settlements in the city of Cuidad Juarez have been part of the historical dev...
The informal ownership of urban space to produce housing is a phenomenon which is generated in respo...
In Hispanic America of the 16th century the lettered word preceded the foundation and building of ci...