Metropolis nonformal / edited by Christian Werthmann and Jessica Bridger.

First Edition.

[Novato, CA] : Applied Research and Design Publishing, 2015
©2015

238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans, portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

"Almost one billion people today live in conditions that UN-Habitat classifies as slum households, out of approximately 3.9 billion people who live in cities. If the UN's estimates are accurate, approximately 2.5 billion more people will be living in cities by 2050--and not in perfect shining skyscrapers set in pastoral landscapes. Instead, over two thirds of this new urban population, some two billion people, are projected to fall under UN-Habitat's category of slum households, deprived of at least one of five basic living conditions. Many of what UN-Habitat considers slum households are part of self-built neighbourhoods, the result of informal occupation and construction. If two-thirds of our new urbanization will largely be the result of people building their own homes and neighborhoods outside of formal planning and processes, and with close to a billion people living in such situations already, this is not a fringe phenomenon. It is part of the mainstream, and it is on its way to becoming the majority of future urbanization--and thus the title for this collection: Metropolis nonformal."--Page 9.

9781940743141 (paperback)
1940743141 (paperback)

Cities and towns Growth 21st century Congresses.
Squatter settlements Congresses.
City planning Social aspects Congresses.
Villes Croissance 21e siècle Congrès.
Bidonvilles Congrès.
Cities and towns Growth.
City planning Social aspects.
Squatter settlements.

Conference publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Werthmann, Christian, 1964- editor of compilation.
Bridger, Jessica, editor of compilation.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Location: Library main 297963
Call No.: BIB 244275
Status: Available