• Preface: From documentaries to architectural strategies
• Introduction: Informality in emerging territories / Felix Heisel
• Space creation and a sense of responsibility. Housing in an informally grown city / Fasil Giorghis ; Landownership and the leasehold system / Wubshet Berhanu ; A "new" Addis Ababa / Marjan Kloosterboer ; The ruralization of urban centres in Ethiopia / Heyaw Terefe, Felix Heisel
• Social, cultural and traditional context. Social dynamics and development / Alula Pankhurst ; Persisting meaning and evolving spaces / Genet Alem ; Bottom-up insurance systems / Bisrat Kifle
• Self-employment as economic empowerment. The economic importance of recycling / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle ; Microeconomies, a formalized strategy / Lia GabreMariam W. ; Addis Ababa, a rental city / Perrine Duroyaume ; City preservation through tourism / Tadesse Girmay Gebreegziabher
• Paradigm shifts in urban strategies. From density to intensity / Felix Heisel ; Materializing informality / Dirk E. Hebel ; Building laws for innovation / Elias Yitbarek, Felix Heisel ; Decentralized infrastructural systems / Tesfaye Hailu Bekele
• Spatial dialogic / Sascha Delz
• _Spaces: the documentary series / Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle.

Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. While rightly criticized for their lack of hygiene and for their low-level living conditions, these shelters nevertheless provide planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory. The unregistered economic activities associated with them proliferate in a similar way and basic urban services are increasingly provided informally. Examples of these economic phenomena are microloans, bottom-up insurance or professions such as the "Kure-Yalew" (refuse collector), who acts as an "urban miner" and thus contributes a valuable service to the community by recycling materials.
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These elaborate CAD-reconstructions, developed by Darmstadt Technical University, provide a representative survey of the architecture of synagogues in Germany before their destruction. What is more, they convey visual impressions of the diversity, the splendour and the significance of the synagogue in the history of German urban architecture from the early nineteenth century until 1938. In doing so, they also demonstrate the potential of such media to contribute to a new culture of remembrance. Reactions to the first exhibition in 2000 in Bonn, Germany, were resounding, with international praise for the quality of the simulations and their value as an instrument in the service of historical truth. This publication presents the results for the first time in print, to coincide with the launching of an exhibition in Tel Aviv which will travel to New York, Los Angeles and further international venues.
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• 1. Introduction: A Bradford suburb--
• 2. A lost landscape--
• 3. Manningham's Victorian heyday--
• 4. New cultures.
• 5. Conversation and change.
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This book raises awareness of the wide range and varied character of the historic landscape and buildings which constitute Manningham, and the forces and trends which have contributed to its appearance over time. It tells the story, through its buildings and landscape, of Manningham's development from a thinly populated rural township to a fully developed, mostly middle-class, fashionable, 19th-century city suburb full of self assurance, civic pride and high-quality architecture. It examines how successfully and in what ways the suburb and its buildings have subsequently continued to function, following the decline and disappearance of the traditional industries on which its success was originally based and a substantially changed cultural and demographic profile. The publication will appeal to all of those with an interest in Bradford and its buildings. In addition, by supplementing the research project and literary work with a major outreach and film project, the fruits of which help to inform the publication text and are incorporated into the book as a DVD insert, the publication will be extremely effective in engaging and developing new audiences amongst the people living and working in Manningham. It gives them a 'voice', allowing them to share their memories and put forward their own views and opinions on the district which has become increasingly known to outsiders only for its problems of economic out-migration, increasing levels of crime and headline-making outbreaks of civil unrest. The publication also serves as a response to recently growing nation-wide development pressure on historic suburbs and this will increase understanding of historical suburban development and modern adaptation, and appeal to those with an interest in social, urban and industrial history.
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