Urban informality
transnational perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia
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Word Count
84,500 words, Guess
Page Count
338 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22575097M
- ISBN-100739107410
- OCLC Control Number52559155
- Library of Congress Control Number2003054619
- Goodreads2384404
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- LibraryThing4781630
Classifications
- LCCHT
Description
The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world and much of it in informal settlements. This book presents cutting-edge research from various world regions to demonstrate these trends. The contributions reveal that informal housing is no longer the domain of the urban poor; rather it is a significant zone of transactions for the middle-class and even transnational elites. Indeed, the book presents a rich view of "urban informality" as a system of regulations and norms that governs the use of space and makes possible new forms of social and political power. The book is organized as a "transnational" endeavor. It brings together three regional domains of research--the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia--that are rarely in conversation with one another. It also unsettles the hierarchy of development and underdevelopment by looking at some First World processes of informality through a Third World research lens.
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- Urban informality: transnational perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia
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