Titre et auteur:

The architecture of empowerment : people, shelter and livable cities / edited by Ismaïl Serageldin ; foreword by Muhammad Yunus.

Publication:

London : Academy Editions ; Lanham, Md. : Distributed to the trade in the United States of America by National Book Network, Inc., 1997.

Description:

128 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128).
Foreword / Muhammad Yunus -- The architecture of empowerment: a survey / Ismail Serageldin -- The new landscape / Charles Correa -- Convergence, marginalisation and inequality: directions for the urban future / Michael Cohen -- Architecture to change the world? / Suha Ozkan -- Conservation of Old Sana'a: Sana'a, Yemen -- Conservation of Lamu: Lamu, Kenya -- Restoration of Old Bukhara: Bukhara, Uzbekistan -- Renewal of the Hafsia Quarter: Tunis, Tunisia -- Rehabilitation of Old Asilah: Asilah, Morocco -- Citra Niaga urban development: Samarinda, Indonesia -- Participatory planning process in Lublin: Lublin, Poland -- The Grameen Bank housing programme: Bangladesh, India -- The Urban scene in Pakistan -- The Orangi pilot project housing programme: Karachi, Pakistan -- Khuda-Ki-Basti incremental development scheme: Hyderabad, Pakistan -- East Wahdat upgrading programme: Amman, Jordan -- The Kampung improvement programme: Jakarta, Indonesia -- Densification of existing urban fabric: Lima, Peru -- Shustar New Town: Shustar, Iran -- Ismailia development project: Ismailia, Egypt -- Aranya low-cost housing: Indore, India -- Kampung Kali Cho-de: Yogyakarta, Indonesia -- Community-based urbanisation and Favelas rehabilitation proceses: Fortaleza, Brazil -- Urban management and the environment: Curitiba, Brazil -- Micro-finance: reaching the poorest / Ismail Serageldin -- Epilogue / Muhammad Yunus and Ismail Serageldin.
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Résumé:

By observing the alienating effects of urban growth on the people who live in big cities the author argues for a major rethinking of the main paradigms of planning and architecture in an attempt to humanise them.

ISBN:

1854904930 (pbk.)
9781854904935 (pbk.)

Sujet:

City planning.
Architecture, Domestic.
Poor Dwellings.
Social ecology.
Civic improvement.
Urban renewal.
Rural poor Dwellings.
Change.
Quality of life.
Basic needs.
Écologie sociale.
Villes Aménagement et assainissement.
Rénovation urbaine.
Changement (Philosophie)
Qualité de la vie.
Besoins fondamentaux.
human ecology.
civic improvement.
urban renewal.
quality of life.
Empowerment
Stadtentwicklung
Städtebau
Stèadtebau.

Vedettes secondaires:

Serageldin, Ismail, 1944-

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 129465
Cote: NA9050.A73 (ID:97-B1882)
Statut: Disponible