CONTENTS
List of Figures ix
Preface x
Peter Kellett
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction 1
Informal, Popular or (Extra)Ordinary Settlements?
Chapter One 13
Informal Settlements and Public Spaces: Themes and Theories Informal Settlements
Public Spaces in Informal Settlements
The Production of Urban Space The Social Construction of Place Built Form and Language
Chapter Two 45
The Context of the Study: Place, Methodology and Case Studies
Informal Settlements in Bogota
Public Spaces in Informal Settlements Research Methodology and Approach Fieldwork Data Collection and Analysis The Case Studies
Chapter Three 83
The Production of Informal Public Space The Social Production of Urban Space The Organization Process
The Development Process Actors and Roles Defending and Upgrading
Chapter Four 114
Public Space and Users: Functional and Symbolic Interactions The Social Construction of Public Space
Social and Cultural Practices: Everyday Construction Recreation and Commerce: Functional Construction Conflictive Use: Power Construction
Emotional and Cognitive: Experiential and Symbolic Constructions
Chapter Five 147
Language, Form and Meaning Production, Use and Language Informal Urban Planning Popular Aesthetics
Design Language Meaning
Conclusion. 178
Beyond Ordinary Public Spaces
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 195
Notes 197
References 200
Index 215