Urban Residence : Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador.

Urban Residence : Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klaufus, Christien
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Series:Latin America studies.
Subjects:
City planning > Ecuador > Citizen participation.
Dwellings > Ecuador > Design and construction > Citizen participation.
Housing development > Ecuador > Citizen participation.
Urban anthropology > Ecuador.
City planning > Citizen participation.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction Urban Living and Architecture; 1
  • Intermediate Andean Cities; 2
  • Neighborhood Dialectics; 3
  • Habits in House Building; 4
  • Fashionable Homes; 5
  • Transformations in Cuencan Architecture; 6
  • Riobamba, Disordered City; 7
  • The Ordinary City; Appendix Ethnographic Urban Research; Glossary; References; Index.

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