Architects Of Poverty
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Architects Of Poverty
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Author : Moeletsi Mbeki
language : en
Publisher: Picador USA
Release Date : 2009
Architects Of Poverty written by Moeletsi Mbeki and has been published by Picador USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Africa categories.
Of an estimated 1 billion people in the world who are trapped in a cycle of grinding poverty and despair, a disproportionate number live in sub-Saharan Africa. In this innovative and challenging account, Moeletsi Mbeki analyses the plight of Africa and concludes that the fault lies not with the mass of its people but with its rulers - the political elites who contrive to keep their fellow citizens poor while enriching themselves. Concentrating mainly on South Africa, his country of birth, and Zimbabwe, his home when he was in exile, Mbeki tells a tale of lost opportunities and extinguished hopes. Yet Mbeki is no Afro-pessimist. Along with his candid expose of the problems, he offers some suggestions about what needs to be done to break the stranglehold of the African elites on political power, and to set sub-Saharan Africa once more on the road to development.
Architectures Poverty
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Poverty
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Author : Eric Marcero
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Poverty written by Eric Marcero and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architecture and society categories.
The practice of an architect, where architecture means to offer or render professional services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings, that have as their principal purpose human occupancy or use. This is a definition that was put together to summarize what architecture is all about. It's pretty fair to say that this profession is a social profession and should ultimately deal with the human aspect, but does it? Do most architects follow this? In today's world, it seems like the architect is put in place to design buildings that aren't built for the client and his exact needs, it's built for whoever can fork over enough money to get these architects to design for them. Also building ecologically friendly, forget it, buildings are built to fit on a plot of land in subdivisions and meant to look pretty for the person that is going to be buying and living in this place. They don't pay attention to sun orientation, or preserving natural contours and foliage, they just plop the house on the lot to front the man-made road that was put in by the developer that destroyed all the natural aspects of the site. This question has come up many times; why do we design for the wealthy? Well it's because they have the money and can get the architect paid. Since when has architecture (a social art) changed from this social aspect to a profession that thrives on money? It seems like the definition of architecture has evolved and evolved in the wrong direction. Architects need to rethink their ways of thinking and evolve, once again, back to social interaction. While architects are out designing for the clients with the money, who is designing for the clients with very low income? Poverty rates grow every year and hardly anything is being done about it. Poverty has become one of the most pressing issues in the world, and being that we are architects with social aspects in mind, why don't we help the low income person more? Poverty has grown every year in this country and around the world. How do architects design and build for the people that really need our help, the people where 1 in 5 children suffer from being in unsafe living conditions and parents struggle to put food on the table for everyone in the family to eat? This is the real problem that architects need to concentrate on. Poverty has almost risen to a quarter of the population, a QUARTER! That's 1 in 4 people that you see walking down the street, or while driving your car to work. It's sickening to imagine this and know that there are only limited amounts of helpers that actually want to help. This information has led to this thesis topic of how do we (as architects, a social profession) help fight the battle on poverty and put work for major clients on hold, getting back to the humanitarian, social responsibilities to serve the human, every human!
A Manifesto For Social Change
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Author : Moeletsi Mbeki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-01
A Manifesto For Social Change written by Moeletsi Mbeki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-01 with categories.
"A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country's and the continent's development obstacles. Architects of Poverty: Why African Capitalism Needs Changing (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans misery. Advocates for Change: How to Overcome Africa's Challenges (2011) set out to show that there were short-term to medium-term solutions to many of Africa's and South Africa's problems, from agriculture to healthcare, if only the powers that be would take note. And now, more than 20 years after the advent of democracy, we have A Manifesto for Social Change, the conclusion in the trilogy."--Provided by publisher.
Architecture For The Poor
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Author : Hassan Fathy
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-02-15
Architecture For The Poor written by Hassan Fathy and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-15 with Social Science categories.
Architecture for the Poor describes Hassan Fathy's plan for building the village of New Gourna, near Luxor, Egypt, without the use of more modern and expensive materials such as steel and concrete. Using mud bricks, the native technique that Fathy learned in Nubia, and such traditional Egyptian architectural designs as enclosed courtyards and vaulted roofing, Fathy worked with the villagers to tailor his designs to their needs. He taught them how to work with the bricks, supervised the erection of the buildings, and encouraged the revival of such ancient crafts as claustra (lattice designs in the mudwork) to adorn the buildings.
Of Greater Dignity Than Riches
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Author : Farhan Karim
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2019-03-07
Of Greater Dignity Than Riches written by Farhan Karim and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with Architecture categories.
Extreme poverty, which intensified in India during colonial rule, peaked in the 1920s—after decades of imperialist exploitation, famine, and disease—a time when architects, engineers, and city authorities proposed a new type of housing for India’s urban poor and industrial workers. As Farhan Karim argues, economic scarcity became a central inspiration for architectural modernism in the subcontinent. As India moved from colonial rule to independence, the Indian government, business entities, international NGOs, and intergovernmental agencies took major initiatives to modernize housing conditions and the domestic environment of the state’s low-income population. Of Greater Dignity than Riches traces multiple international origins of austerity as an essential ingredient of postcolonial development. By prescribing model villages, communities, and ideal houses for the working class, this project of austerity eventually reduced poverty into a stylized architectural representation. In this rich and original study, Karim explains the postwar and postcolonial history of low-cost housing as an intertwined process of global transferences of knowledge, Cold War cultural politics, postcolonial nationalism, and the politics of economic development.
People Plans And Policies
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Author : Herbert J. Gans
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 1994-06-16
People Plans And Policies written by Herbert J. Gans and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-06-16 with Social Science categories.
The primary theme of this collection of essays is that the cities' basic problems are poverty and racism, and until these concerns are addressed by bringing about racial equality, creating jobs, and instituting other reforms, the generally low quality of urban life will persist. Gans argues that the individual must work to alter society. He believes that not only must parents have jobs to improve their children's school performance, but that the country needs a modernized "New Deal," a more labor-intensive economy, and a thirty-two hour work week to achieve full employment. Other controversial ideas presented in this book include Gans's opposition to the whole notion of an underclass, which he feels is the latest way for the nonpoor to unjustly label the poor as undeserving. He also believes that poverty continues to plague society because it is often useful to the nonpoor. He is critical of architecture that aims above all to be aesthetic or to make philosophical statements, is doubtful that planners can or should try to reform our social or personal lives, and thinks we should concentrate on achieving individual public policies until we learn how to properly plan as a society.
Who S Next
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Author : Andres Lepik
language : en
Publisher: Architangle
Release Date : 2021-11-03
Who S Next written by Andres Lepik and has been published by Architangle this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-03 with categories.
Homelessness--the state of having no home--is a growing global problem that requires local discussions and solutions. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, it has noticeably become a collective concern. However, in recent years, the official political discourse in many countries around the world implies that poverty is a personal fault, and that if people experience homelessness, it is because they have not tried hard enough to secure shelter and livelihood. Although architecture alone cannot solve the problem of homelessness, the question arises: What and which roles can it play? Or, to be more precise, how can architecture collaborate with other disciplines in developing ways to permanently house those who do not have a home? Who's Next? Homelessness, Architecture, and Cities seeks to explore and understand a reality that involves the expertise of national, regional, and city agencies, nongovernmental organizations, health-care fields, and academic disciplines. Through scholarly essays, interviews, analyses of architectural case studies, and research on the historical and current situation in Los Angeles, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, São Paulo, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Tokyo, this book unfolds different entry points toward understanding homelessness and some of the many related problems. The book is a polyphonic attempt to break down this topic into as many parts as needed, so that the specificities and complexities of one of the most urgent crises of our time rise to the fore.
Rural Poverty And Development
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Author : Emily Fernambucq
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Rural Poverty And Development written by Emily Fernambucq and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Rural development categories.
A Manifesto For Social Change
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Author : Moeletsi Mbeki
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan South africa
Release Date : 2016-05-01
A Manifesto For Social Change written by Moeletsi Mbeki and has been published by Pan Macmillan South africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-01 with Political Science categories.
A Manifesto for Social Change is the third of a three-volume series that started seven years ago investigating the causes of our country’s – and the continent’s – development obstacles. Architects of Poverty (2009) set out to explain what role African elites played in creating and promoting their fellow Africans’ misery. Advocates for Change (2011) showed that there were short-term to medium-term solutions to many of Africa’s and South Africa’s problems, if only the powers that be would take note. And now, more than 22 years after the advent of democracy in South Africa, we have A Manifesto for Social Change, the conclusion in the trilogy.