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Kitap > İngilizce Kitaplar > Berghahn Books > Antropoloji > Urban Residence : Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador
Urban Residence : Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador
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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 house designs and neighborhood
consolidation. Ideas, ambitions, and power relations come into play at every stage of the production and use of
urban space, and as a result individual decisions about both house designs and the urban layout influence the
development of the urban fabric. Knowledge about intermediate cities is crucial in order to understand current
trends in the predominantly urban societies of Latin America, and this study is an example of needed
interdisciplinary scholarship that contributes to the fields of urban studies, urban anthropology, sociology, and
architecture.
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