Villages in the City - A Guide to South China's Informal Settlements

Klappentext Argues for the value of urban villages as places. To reveal their qualities, a series of drawings and photographs uncover the immense concentration of social life in their dense structures, and provide a peek into residents' homes and daily lives. Essays by a number of experts give a deeper understanding on the topic, and help imagine how reinstating the focus on the village could lead to a richer, more variegated pathway of urbanization. Zusammenfassung This book argues for the value of urban villages as places. To reveal their qualities! a series of drawings and photographs uncovers the immerse concentration of social life in their dense structures and provides a peek into residents homes and daily lives.

Product details

• Authors: Stefan Al, Stefan (EDT) Al
• Assisted by: Stefan Al (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2014
• EAN: 9780824847562
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-4756-2
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous