The Homegrown City: Reclaiming the Metropolis for Its Users

By Rahul Srivastava and Matias Sendoa Echanove

A radical new perspective on cities and urbanism

Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, found­ers of the design practice urbz, explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in the story of cities and urban development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788730135
• ISBN13: 9781788730136
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.