PURE SPACE

The publication is not intended to serve only as a catalogue, guide, or manual on how to produce public space in spontaneous settlem ents. Rather, it goes beyond the aims of an index of best practices. It is intended, instead, as an empirical base for a critical an d theoretical engagement with the problematic of development, social inclusion, public investment, (in)formal settlement, civil soci ety and the public sphere. The publication achieves its final function at this third level, by providing a compelling argument to ex pand the...[Read more]