List of figures
Foreword: Francesco M. Orsini
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Migratory Waves
Right to the City?
Nomenclature
Addressing Informality
Published Antecedents
Structure of the Book
Chapter 1. Rio De Janeiro
Slavery. Brazil's Enduring Legacy
The Favela-Bairro Program
Jorge Jáuregui. ‘Everything had to be built’
Favela Intervention Tactics. Urbanism, Architecture, and Landscape Design
Design as an Agent of Social Change
A Preemptive Balance of the Favela-Bairro Program
Chapter 2. Medellín
Laying the Foundations
Sergio Fajardo's Citizen Commitment
Redefining Governance: Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) and Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano (EDU)
Alejandro Echeverri and the Catalan Connection
PUI: Toward an Urban Design Strategy for Informal Neighborhoods
Case Study: PUI Nororiental
Case Study: UVA de la Cordialidad
Social Urbanism: Critiques and Recommendations
Chapter 3. São Paulo
A Distinctive Urban History
The 1980s: Brazil ‘Discovering’ its Favelas
The Antonico Creek Project in Favela Paraisópolis
Upgrading Favelas in ‘the Corner of Heaven’
Devising Favela-intervention Mechanisms
Women in Command
Post-occupation Concerns and Strategies
Chapter 4. Buenos Aires
The Persistence of the Urban Grid
The ‘Villas Miseria’ and the Policies of Eradication
Argentina Acknowledges the ‘Villas Miseria’
2001: The Conurbano as the Expression of a Country in Turmoil
Urbanism Approximating Informality: Flavio Janches in Villa Tranquila
Villa 31/ ABario Padre Carlos Mugica
On Housing, Civic Buildings, and Public Spaces
Reasons for Optimism for a Fractured Country
Chapter 5. Tijuana
When Illicitness Dictates Urban Growth
A Laboratory of Postmodernity
On Paradises, Border Walls, and Canyons
Los Laureles Canyon
Oscar Romo, Alter Terra, and the Poetics of Recycling
Cruz & Forman: Manufacturing Informality
Combining Formal and Informal Processes
Informality in Tijuana as a Differentiated Path
Chapter 6. Theoretical Considerations
Informal Cities
Informality in Art
Hélio Oiticica: Aspiring to a Large Labyrinth
The Esthetics of the Favela: Paola Berenstein
Debating Intervention Approaches
The Cathedrals of Our Time
Conclusions
Sustainability and Informality
Anticipating Informality
The Politics of Informality
Afterword: Zaida Muxí Martínez
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