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Author Smith, Korydon H., 1977- author.

Title Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda : architectural inquiries and prospects for a developing African city / Korydon H. Smith and Tomà Berlanda ; with a foreword and work from Peter Rich and work from Stephen Luoni and the University of Arkansas Community Design Center
Published Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 207 pages)
Series Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas Press, a collaboration
Contents Foreword: The quest for Rwandan identity -- Preface: Revealing the hidden intelligence of improvised cities -- Introduction: The challenge of informal settlements -- Family -- Society -- Neighbourhood -- Settlement -- Territory -- Afterword: Further reflections on study-abroad pedagogy -- Appendix: Kinyarwanda glossary of architectural and cultural terms
Summary Rwanda, less than a generation removed from the 1994 Genocide, is experiencing a period of economic ascent and population growth. Its capital city, Kigali, is expected to triple in size within a generation, and positioned to become a premiere hub of commerce in central and eastern Africa. Amidst this optimism, however, is limited land and material resources. Food security is in tension with environmental concerns, and government aspirations are often in friction with daily, individual struggles for subsistence. Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda explores the pressing challenges and opportunities to be found in planning, designing, and constructing a healthy, equitable, and sustainable city. Asking "what is an authentic-yet-modern, prosperous-yet-feasible African city, Rwandan city?" Smith, Berlanda, and colleagues conducted research on Rwandan activities of daily living and how these routines are connected to space-making practices and the Kinyarwanda terms that describe them. Through a culturally informed view of urban and rural lifestyles and spaces, Interpreting Kigali, Rwanda presents principles and proposals for neighborhood development in the challenging context of Kigali's informal settlements. With one billion people living in informal settlements worldwide, a number expected to double by 2030, the lessons learned in Rwanda provide a complex, fascinating, and urgent study for scholars and practitioners across disciplines and around the world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2018)
Subject Architecture -- Human factors -- Rwanda
City planning -- Social aspects -- Rwanda
Kinyarwanda language -- Social aspects
ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
ARCHITECTURE -- General.
Architecture -- Human factors
City planning -- Social aspects
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Rwanda -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
Rwanda -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Rwanda
Form Electronic book
Author Berlanda, Tomà, author
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.
University of Arkansas Press.
LC no. 2017049502
ISBN 9781610756389
161075638X