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Temporary Appropriation in Cities

Human Spatialisation in Public Spaces and Community Resilience

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Editors:
  1. Alessandro Melis

    1. School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

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  2. Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez

    1. School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

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  3. James Thompson

    1. School of Design, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Introduces temporary appropriation as a concept for analyzing human behavior, cities, and urban sustainability issues

  • Presents a cross-disciplinary analysis addressing themes such as citizenship, social sustainability, public health, and crime

  • Brings together contributions by international authors with various areas of expertise

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. General Introduction

    • Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez
    Pages 1-9

  3. Understanding Temporary Appropriation and Social Sustainability

    • Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis
    Pages 11-26

  4. Between Assemblages and Temporary Appropriation: The Case of Mexico City

    • Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis, Steffen Lehmann
    Pages 27-58

  5. Temporary Appropriation and Informality

    • Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis, Claire M. Coulter
    Pages 59-77

  6. Ongoing Appropriation: Invisible Seattle and Red May

    • Keith Harris
    Pages 79-93

  7. Temporary Appropriation and Public Space: Assessing the CPTED Principle of Activity Support

    • Alexander Gomez-Torres
    Pages 95-116

  8. Temporary Appropriation of Public Spaces: The Influence of Outdoor Comfort

    • Daniele Santucci, Ata Chokhachian, Thomas Auer
    Pages 117-126

  9. Origins of Informality: Examining the Historical and Spatial Roots of Informal Day-Labor Hiring Sites

    • Sean M. Crotty
    Pages 127-146

  10. Unsheltered Homelessness and the Right to Metabolism: An Urban Political Ecology of Health and Sustainability

    • Jeff Rose
    Pages 147-156

  11. Temporary Appropriation in Shanghai and Hong Kong: Two Study Cases Assessing the Resilience of Women Faced with the Lack of Affordable Housing

    • Alessandra Lai
    Pages 157-170

  12. (Temporary) Appropriation (of Space), Makassar, and Urban Kampung

    • Brendan C. Josey, Diego Ramirez-Lovering
    Pages 171-193

  13. Extending Temporary Appropriation Through Architecture: The Role of Adaptive Reuse in Shaping New Zealand’s Built Environment

    • Paola Boarin
    Pages 195-207

  14. Using the Street in Mexico City Centre: Temporary Appropriation of Public Space Versus Legislation Governing Street Use

    • Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis, Claire M. Coulter
    Pages 209-235

  15. Transforming Everyday Public Space: Human Appropriations in Search for Citizenship and Urban Well-Being

    • Luisa Bravo
    Pages 237-244

  16. General Conclusion

    • Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis, James Thompson
    Pages 245-248

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 249-256
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About this book

This book conceptualises and illustrates temporary appropriation as an urban phenomenon, exploring its contributions to citizenship, urban social sustainability and urban health. It explains how some forms of appropriation can be subversive, existing in a grey area between legal and illegal activities in the city.

The book explores the complex and the multi-scalar nature of temporary appropriation, and touches on its relationship to issues such as:

  • sustainability and building re-use;
  • culture;
  • inclusivity, including socio-spatial inclusion;
  • streetscape design;
  • homelessness; and
  • regulations controlling the use of public spaces.
The book focuses on temporary appropriation as a necessity of adapting human needs in a city, highlighting the flexibility that is needed within urban planning and the further research that should be undertaken in this area. The book utilises case studies of Auckland, Algiers and Mexico City, and other cities with diverse cultural and historical backgrounds, to explore how planning, design and development can occur whilst maintaining community diversity and resilience.

Since urban populations are certain to grow further, this is a key topic for understanding urban dynamics, and this book will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.


Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Architecture, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

    Alessandro Melis, Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez

  • School of Design, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    James Thompson

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