Temporary Appropriation in Cities Human Spatialisation in Public Spaces and Community Resilience

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.

Chapter 1 General Introduction

Chapter 2 Understanding the Temporary Appropriation in Relationship to Social Sustainability   

Chapter 3 Between Assemblages and Temporary Appropriation: The Case of Mexico City

Chapter 4 Temporary Appropriation and Informality       

Chapter 5 Ongoing Appropriation: Invisible Seattle and Red May              

Chapter 6 Temporary Appropriation and Public Space: Assessing the CPTED Principle of Activity Support

Chapter 7 Temporary Appropriation of Public Spaces: The Influence of Outdoor Comfort             

Chapter 8 Origins of Informality: Examining the Historical and Spatial Roots of Informal Day-Labor Hiring Sites     

Chapter 9 Unsheltered Homelessness and the Right to Metabolism: An Urban Political Ecology of Health and Sustainability               

Chapter 10 Temporary Appropriation in Shanghai and Hong Kong: Two Study Cases Assessing the Resilience of Women Faced With the Lack of Affordable Housing         

Chapter 11 (Temporary) Appropriation (Of Space), Makassar, and Urban Kampung         

Chapter 12 Extending Temporary Appropriation Through Architecture: The Role of Adaptive Reuse in Shaping New Zealand’s Built Environment      

Chapter 13 Using the Street in Mexico City Centre: Temporary Appropriation of Public Space Vs Legislation Governing Street Use         

Chapter 14 Transforming Everyday Public Space: Human Appropriations in Search for Citizenship and Urban Well-Being

Chapter 15 General Conclusion