Learning from the Slums for the Development of Emerging Cities

by Jean-Claude Bolay (Editor)

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Slums; Jean-Claude Bolay.- Chapter 2: Chapter 2: The Slum, an Urban Theory; Yves Pedrazzini.- Chapter 3: Typology of the Slums; Jérôme Chenal.- Chapter 4: Financing Relocation of Households of Karyan Thomas and Douar Skouila within Essalam Operation in Casablanca; Olivier Toutain.- Chapter 5: Slums in Ouagadougou; Aude Nikiema.- Chapter 6: The Future of the Traditional Habitat in African Cities; Raphaël Chatelet.- Chapter 7: Case Study of Kibera/Nairobi, Kenya; Christoph Lüthi.- Chapter 8: Despised Territories of Ciudad Bolivar; Yafiza Zorro.- Chapter 9: Villa El From Urban Self-management Projects to Territorial Marketing Strategies; Diana Burgos-Vigna.- Chapter 10: Rocinha, Favela beyond a Shelter Issue.- Fernanda Maria Lonardoni.- Chapter 11: Caught between Displacement and Social Housing Project in Nova Luz; Simone Gatti.- Chapter 12: (Re)Urbanization of Villa 31 Carlos Mugica; Javier Fernández Castro.- Chapter 13: Depopulation, Disinvestment and Blight Induce a Volatile Environment for Housing in a Former Metropolis; Margaret Dewar.- Chapter 14: Environmental Circumstances of Informal Settlements in Port-au-Prince after January 12, 2010: Cité de l'Eternel Case Study; Anie Bras, Abigail Kern, Georges Eddy Lucien and Evens Emmanuel.- Chapter 15: Where the Urban Design Episteme is Falling Apart; Camillo Boano.- Chapter 16: Cambodian Informal Settlements - A Cradle of Competitions for Land, Forced Evictions and Boenk Kak Case Study; Valérie Clerc.- Chapter 17: Slums in Shanghai; Anouk Matthey Dandrieu.- Chapter 18: "PLAN CAÑADA", a Participative Urban Planning Project for a Slum Area in Madrid, Spain; Todo por la Praxis.- Chapter 18: Informal Settlements in Southeast Europe during the Post-Socialist Period; Alexander D. Slaev and Sonia A. Hirt.- Chapter 19: From Theory to the Field; Jérôme Chenal.- Chapter 6: Conclusion; Jean-Claude Bolay, Jérôme Chenal and Yves Pedrazzini.

256 pages, Paperback

Published August 10, 2016