Christien Klaufus

Urban Residence (eBook, PDF)

Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador

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Produktbeschreibung

Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem, within these cities-popular-settlement residents and professionals in the planning and construction sector-this study analyzes how each is involved in house designs and neighborhood consolidation. Ideas, ambitions, and power relations come into play at every stage of the production and use of urban space, and as a result individual decisions about both house designs and the urban layout influence the development of the urban fabric. Knowledge about intermediate cities is crucial in order to understand current trends in the predominantly urban societies of Latin America, and this study is an example of needed interdisciplinary scholarship that contributes to the fields of urban studies, urban anthropology, sociology, and architecture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857453723
• Artikelnr.: 39598752

Autorenporträt

Christien Klaufus holds a Masters degree in Architecture and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology. Before joining CEDLA in 2008, she was a researcher at Delft University of Technology. Her research focuses on urban development, housing, architecture, and material culture. She has worked in Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: Urban Living and Architecture
Chapter 1. Intermediate Andean Cities
Chapter 2. Neighborhood Dialectics
Chapter 3. Habits in House Building
Chapter 4. Fashionable Homes
Chapter 5. Transformations in Cuencan Architecture
Chapter 6. Riobamba, Disordered City
Chapter 7. The Ordinary City
Appendix: Ethnographic Urban Research
Glossary
References
Index