This volume by urban planners and architects assesses the current state of play between urban theory, policy and architectural and planning practice in developing countries. It explains and criticises what is happening in cities in an era now dominated by neoliberal development policy, compares and contrasts the various policy and planning approaches, and explores how they are changing the role of architects, planners and other professionals. The contributors focus on the principal issues that exist in urban environmental strategy, the spatial restructuring of cities, and the attempts to foster more participation in urban programmes and management.
The originality of thought, the diversity of case material and the specific policy focus make this book an important contribution to the formulation of future urban strategies in the South.
Introduction
1. Cities, the State and the Market - Rod Burgess, Marisa Carmona and Theo Kolstee
Part I: The Macro-Economic Context
2. Contemporary Macro-economic Strategies and Urban Policies in Developing Countries: A Critical Review - Rod Burgess, Marisa Carmona and Theo Kolstee
3. Will Higher Productivity Improve Living Standards? - David Barkin
4. Urban Social Policy and Poverty Reduction - Caroline Moser
Part II: Environmental Strategies
5. Contemporary Urban Environmental Strategies and Policies in Developing Countries: A Critical Review - Rod Burgess, Marisa Carmona and Theo Kolstee
6. The Environment and Infrastructure Supply in Brazil - Ricardo Toledo Silva
Part III: Spatial Strategies
7. Contemporary Spatial Strategies and Urban Policies in Developing Countries: A Critical Review - Rod Burgess, Marisa Carmona and Theo Kolstee
8. The Inner Periphery of the City: Symbol and Cultural Expression in the Urban Scenery of Latin America - Roberto Segre
Part IV: Enablement and Participation
9. Contemporary Policies for Enablement and Participation: A Critical Review - Rod Burgess, Marisa Carmona and Theo Kolstee
10. Learning in a Time of Paradigm Change: The Role of the Professional - John F. C. Turner
11. Urban Reconstruction and Institutional Reshaping in Brazil - Ricardo Toledo Silva
Part V: Country Experiences
12. The Challenge of Metropolitan Planning in Lima: Towards a New Encounter - Jorge Ruiz de Somocurcio and Javier Dias Albertini
13. The Informal Commercial Centres of Lima and the Struggle against Poverty - Liliana Miranda
14. Integrated Urban Development: The Dyke Project in Santos - Alfredo Luis Buso, Katia Mellow and Costa Lima
15. The Production of Space: Illustrations from Sao Paulo - Yvonne Mautner and Laura Bueno
16. Community Enablement, Poverty Alleviation and Integrated Savings and Credit Schemes in Bangkok - Somsook Boonyabancha
17. Working with Pavement Dwellers in Bombay - Celine D'Cruz
18. Recent Developments in Indonesian Urban Development Strategy - Sri Probo Sudarmo
19. Brick by Brick We shall Build the Nation: Housing Poor People in South Africa - Ishmael Mkhabela
20. Urban Development in South Africa: Some Critical Issues from Johannesburg - Abdoumaliqalim Simone
22. Conclusions and Reccomendations
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