The Ideologies of Informality: informal urbanisation in the architectural and planning discourses

Ballegooijen, Jan Van; Rocco, Roberto

doi:10.1080/01436597.2013.851890

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“…Regularity of public green space use have also been condemned, notably for aestheticizing poverty (Roy & AlSayyad, 2004) and glazing over the often chaotic and violent characteristics of more informal features (Van Ballegooijen & Rocco, 2013: 1795-1802. The landmark wall continues to create a harsh and uninviting obstruction, mirroring the informality found in the backyards of adjacent properties.…”

Section: Findings On Public Green Spaces In the Bridgton/ Bongolethu mentioning

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Considering urban green space and informal backyard rentals in South Africa: Disproving the compensation hypothesis

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Cilliers

2016

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This research reflects on planning for urban green space and the related impact of informal backyard rental densification in South Africa, based on the 'compensation hypothesis'. Informal backyard dwellings may increase densities substantially, occupying private green space, but often without reciprocal increases in public urban green space area. According to the compensation hypothesis, residents with limited access to private green space are more likely to seek compensation elsewhere. This research employs qualitative and quantitative analyses to investigate access to, and use of green spaces in the Bridgton and Bongolethu townships, Oudtshoorn. Findings disprove the compensation hypothesis, showing that proximate public green spaces are used sporadically, not correlating to increased densities. The number of backyard dwellings does not result in compensation behaviour, but an increased number of backyard tenants affect perceptions of green space availability and privacy. Although the compensation hypothesis is disproved in this case, findings probe the need to reconsider urban green space planning within low-cost areas, particularly considering densification impacts, linked to quality of life. As such, accessibility to public green spaces, as well as their function and form should be questioned as part of broader spatial planning approaches. Key words:Compensation hypothesis, ecosystem services, informal backyard rentals, urban green space OORWEEG STEDELIKE GROEN AREAS EN INFORMELE AGTERPLAAS-HUURVERDIGTING IN SUID-AFRIKA: WEERLÊ DIE VERGOEDINGSHIPOTESEHierdie navorsing besin oor die beplanning van stedelike groen areas en die verwante impak van informele agterplaas-huurverdigting in Suid-Afrika, gebaseer op die 'vergoedingshipotese'. Informele agterplaaswonings kan digthede aansienlik verhoog en beset sodoende private groen ruimtes, dikwels sonder wedersydse toenames in openbare stedelike groen areas. Volgens die vergoedingshipotese sal inwoners met 'n beperkte toegang tot private groen ruimte meer geneig wees om vergoeding elders te soek. Hierdie navorsing maak gebruik van kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe metodes om toegang tot, en gebruik van groen areas in die Bridgton-en Bongolethu-areas van Oudtshoorn te ondersoek. Bevindinge weerspreek die vergoedingshipotese en dui daarop dat openbare groen ruimtes hier sporadies gebruik word, dus nie korreleer met verhoogde digtheid nie. Die aantal agterplaaswonings lei nie tot vergoedingsgedrag nie, maar 'n toename in die aantal agterplaashuurders beïnvloed wel persepsies van groen ruimte beskikbaarheid en privaatheid. Hoewel die vergoedingshipotese in hierdie geval weerspreek word, toon bevindings die noodsaaklikheid om stedelike groen-ruimte-beplanning te heroorweeg binne die konteks van lae-koste gebiede, veral met inagneming van die verdigtingsimpak, gekoppel aan lewenskwaliteitoorwegings. As sodanig moet toeganklikheid tot openbare groen ruimtes, asook die funksie en vorm daarvan bevraagteken word as deel van breër ruimtelike beplanningsbenaderings. Atikel...

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Section: Findings On Public Green Spaces In the Bridgton/ Bongolethu mentioning

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Considering urban green space and informal backyard rentals in South Africa: Disproving the compensation hypothesis

Lategan

Cilliers

2016

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“…As we pointed out, these social movements have paradoxically emerged during the military rule as a product of informal urbanization and the arduous inclusion of previously disenfranchised citizens into the city and the rule of law. We have explored this process elsewhere (Ballegooijen & Rocco, 2013), closely following Caldeira and Holston (2005) and Holston (2008).…”

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“…Informal urbanization is a large part of urbanization in Brazil. We have described our position in regards to the debate on the merits of informal urbanization elsewhere (Ballegooijen & Rocco, 2013). Suffice to say that whereas informal urbanization has allowed for dispossessed rural immigrants to inhabit the city and initiate their struggle for rights (Holston, 2008).…”

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Characterization of Spatial Planning in Brazil: The Right to the City in Theory and Practice

Rocco

Royer

Gonçalves

2019

Planning Practice & Research

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This article characterizes spatial planning in Brazil from a normative point of view. Because of Brazil's vast geography and uneven development, it is not possible to describe how spatial planning is carried out in all quarters of the country. We explore key aspects of spatial planning in the country using policy goals, the legal and administrative structures where planning operates and the attributes of governance in the Brazilian planning system. The interplay between formal and informal urban development is a crucial aspect in Brazilian planning. Despite huge steps towards citizen engagement and inclusion in planning processes, planning remains largely technocratic.

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“…In their article, "The Ideologies of Informality: Informal Urbanisation in the Architectural and Planning Discourses," Jan Van Ballegooijen and Roberto Rocco discuss various approaches and attitudes in the architectural critique of informal planning, especially the tendency by some to idealize these forms of urban living spaces. 41 Stable governments discourage temporary forms of habitation and other by-products of informal planning because they are difficult to manage and control. Governments prefer organized, structured living spaces with clear reference points and principles of operation that are similar throughout the state.…”

Section: Informal Planning: Pros and Consmentioning

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Border as Refuge: Demarcating Safe Spaces in Times of Conflict

Yagod¹

2018

Architecture_MPS

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Borders have become one of the most controversial topics of our times. Identifiable borders, be they physical barriers, markings or the physical delimiters of socially constructed entities, are essential to how we designate living spaces, land allocations, territorial ownership and jurisdiction and, in a more abstract sense, how we analyze and study natural and social realities as such. Throughout the war in Syria during the past few years we have seen a mass migration within and out of Syria in search of safety. Some of the internally displaced persons (IDP) sought refuge along the border with Israel, Syria’s seven-decade-long mortal enemy. This choice might seem odd in light of the fact that these refugees show no intention of crossing the border into Israeli controlled areas. The article focuses on the “border area” as a space in itself, an unplanned, independent locus that because of unanticipated, anomalous circumstances became a haven from danger for Syrian refugees. These “internal refugees” effectively exploited the proximity of Israeli military forces to shield and protect themselves from their current feared assailants. Syrian IDP flee to areas where personal safety and protection were considered inconceivable in the past. The border areas adapted by Syrian displaced persons to their need for safe refuge are products of the interaction between desperate but resourceful people and the reality of displacement, insecurity and lack of shelter. The habitable spaces they created derive their distinctive character not from recognized theories of planning or regulatory oversight, but from the logic, ingenuity and inspiration of the mother of invention: necessity or, in more prosaic terms, from the exigencies of “informal planning.”

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The Ideologies of Informality: informal urbanisation in the architectural and planning discourses

Cited by 27 publications

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Considering urban green space and informal backyard rentals in South Africa: Disproving the compensation hypothesis

Considering urban green space and informal backyard rentals in South Africa: Disproving the compensation hypothesis

Characterization of Spatial Planning in Brazil: The Right to the City in Theory and Practice

Border as Refuge: Demarcating Safe Spaces in Times of Conflict

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