Lessons of Informality

Published by Birkhäuser 2019

Lessons of Informality

Architecture and Urban Planning for Emerging Territories. Concepts from Ethiopia

Edited by: Felix Heisel and Bisrat Kifle Woldeyessus

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035606706

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The potential of informality

Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. While rightly criticized for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory.

The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kuré-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials.

Ethiopia is one of Africa’s "economic tigers"
Interdisciplinary team of authors from urbanism, sociology and architecture
Including a DVD with "_Spaces", a series of documentaries on Addis Ababa

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Felix Heisel, ETH Zurich

Bisrat Kifle, Chair of Architecture & Design, EiABC, Addis Ababa

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	11
Preface: From documentaries to architectural strategies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
Introduction: Informality in emerging territories Chances, challenges and visions Felix Heisel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Space creation and a sense of responsibility
Housing in an informally grown city Fasil Giorghis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Landownership and the leasehold system The formal-informal dialogue in landholding and urban development Wubshet Berhanu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
A “new” Addis Ababa Tabula rasa versus upgrading strategies in city planning Marjan Kloosterboer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
The ruralization of urban centres in Ethiopia An excerpt from interviews with Heyaw Terefe Heyaw Terefe and Felix Heisel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Social, cultural and traditional context
Social dynamics and development Reflections on Addis Ababa Alula Pankhurst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
Persisting meaning and evolving spaces Genet Alem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Bottom-up insurance systems Bisrat Kifle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Self-employment as economic empowerment
The economic importance of recycling Felix Heisel and Bisrat Kifle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Microeconomies, a formalized strategy Lia W. GabreMariam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Addis Ababa, a rental city Housing as social and economic asset Perrine Duroyaume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
City preservation through tourism Tadesse Girmay Gebreegziabher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Paradigm shifts in urban strategies
From density to intensity Felix Heisel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Materializing informality Dirk E. Hebel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Building laws for innovation Towards a function and performance-based building code Elias Yitbarek and Felix Heisel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Decentralized infrastructural systems Tesfaye Hailu Bekele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Spatial dialogic An integrative approach for urban development in rapidly transforming cities Sascha Delz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
_Spaces / The documentary series From cinematic documentation to implementation strategies Felix Heisel and Bisrat Kifle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Editors and contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
- Coloured Illustrations: 100
Keywords: Addis Abeba; Äthiopien; Architektur

eBook

Published: May 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783035606706

Hardcover

Published: May 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783035606690