Urban Residence

Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-85745-371-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 100, 330 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

Reihe: CEDLA Latin America Studies

Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem, within these cities—popular-settlement residents and professionals in the planning and construction sector—this study analyzes how each is involved in house designs and neighborhood consolidation. Ideas, ambitions, and power relations come into play at every stage of the production and use of urban space, and as a result individual decisions about both house designs and the urban layout influence the development of the urban fabric. Knowledge about intermediate cities is crucial in order to understand current trends in the predominantly urban societies of Latin America, and this study is an example of needed interdisciplinary scholarship that contributes to the fields of urban studies, urban anthropology, sociology, and architecture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klaufus, Christien

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction: Urban Living and Architecture

Chapter 1. Intermediate Andean Cities

Chapter 2. Neighborhood Dialectics

Chapter 3. Habits in House Building

Chapter 4. Fashionable Homes

Chapter 5. Transformations in Cuencan Architecture

Chapter 6. Riobamba, Disordered City

Chapter 7. The Ordinary City

Appendix: Ethnographic Urban Research

Glossary

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Klaufus, Christien
Christien Klaufus holds a Masters degree in Architecture and a PhD in Cultural Anthropology. Before joining CEDLA in 2008, she was a researcher at Delft University of Technology. Her research focuses on urban development, housing, architecture, and material culture. She has worked in Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and the Netherlands.