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
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City planning -- Social aspects -- Rwanda
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Kinyarwanda language -- Social aspects
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
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ARCHITECTURE -- General.
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Architecture -- Human factors
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City planning -- Social aspects
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Manners and customs
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Social conditions
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Rwanda -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
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Rwanda -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Rwanda
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Berlanda, Tomà , author
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Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design.
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University of Arkansas Press.
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LC no. |
2017049502 |
ISBN |
9781610756389 |
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161075638X |
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