Urban Informalities: Reflections on the Formal and Informal

by Michael Waibel

Book Overview

Bringing together an interdisciplinary and international group of researchers working on a wide variety of cities throughout Asia, Latin America and Europe, this book addresses, rethinks and, in some cases, abandons the notions of formal and informal urbanism. This collection critically interrogates both the ways in which 'informal' and 'formal' are put to work in the governing and politicisation of cities, and their conceptual strengths and weaknesses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138274739
• ISBN13: 9781138274730
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"