Gebundenes Buch

The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization

Beschreibung

The Routledge Handbook on Informal Urbanization investigates the mutual relationship between the struggle for political inclusion and processes of informal urbanisation in different socio-political and cultural settings.

Autor

Roberto Rocco is a senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Urbanism of the Delft University of Technology. He has got a degree in Architecture and Planning from the University of São Paulo and a post-graduate MSc degree in Spatial Planning from the same university. He worked as an independent researcher for NGOs in Brazil before being awarded a PhD by TU Delft in 2008, with a thesis on 'new urban geographies of globalization'. He has published on issues of governance, sustainability, and spatial justice and currently focuses on challenges of urbanization in the Global South and the implementation and governance of the New Urban Agenda. Jan van Ballegooijen is an independent researcher and practicing architect. He received an MSc degree at Delft University of Technology in 2011, with a project focusing on the relationships between democratization and urban informality in São Paulo's periphery. At TU Delft, he has also worked as a research assistant for the chair 'Design as Politics', investigating the tensions between politics and urban design. Besides his current work as an independent researcher, he is also a practicing architect in the Netherlands and Belgium. He is currently expanding his research on the relationship between urban informality and democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 803g
• ISBN-13: 9781138183889
• ISBN-10: 1138183881
• Artikelnr.: 55042537