UID:
almafu_9959295852002883
Format:
1 online resource (330 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-49658-4
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9786613591814
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0-85745-372-6
Series Statement:
CEDLA Latin America studies ; v. 100
Uniform Title:
Steden en de bouwers.
Content:
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 occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem, within these cities-popular-settlement residents and professionals in the planning and construction sector-this study analyzes how each is involved in ho
Note:
Author's thesis (doctoral--Utrecht University, 2006) originally published under the title: De steden en de bouwers.
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Intermediate Andean cities -- Neighborhood dialectics -- Habits in house building -- Fashionable homes -- Transformations in Cuencan architecture -- Riobamba, disordered city -- The ordinary city.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-85745-371-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780857453723
