The Palgrave Handbook of Bottom-Up Urbanism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arefi, Mahyar (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kickert, Conrad (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban geography.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Urbanism.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).

Who shapes our cities? In an age of increasing urban pluralism, globalization and immigration, decreasing public budgets, and an ongoing crisis of authority among designers and planners, the urban environment is shaped by a number of non-traditional stakeholders. The book surveys the kaleidoscope of...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Insurgency Meets Institution in Urban Placemaking
• 3. Guerrilla Architecture & Humanitarian Design
• 4. The Practice of Urbanism: From Public Participation to Community Development
• 5. Lean Urbanism is About Making Small Possible
• 6. Informal Urbanism and the American City
• 7. DIY Neighborhoods
• 8. The Self-Made City: Alternative Living and Urban Development Models
• 9. Bottom-up urbanism in Greece
• 10. Making Good Urbanism in Central Africa
• 11. New Trends in Bottom-up Urbanism & Governance: Reformulating Ways For Municipalities to Engage with Citizen-Led Urban Initiatives
• 12. Unplanned Creativity? Islam, Muslims and Urban Innovation in Germany
• 13. Endurance, Compliance, Victory: Learning from Informal Settlements in Five Iranian Cities
• 14. Space, Time & Agency on the Indian Street.