Urban Informality: The Production of Space and Practice of Planning

The Oxford Handbook of Urban Planning

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Roy, Ananya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global South; Informal city; Land uses; Metropolitan regions; Settlement patterns; Urban informality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923519998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195374995.013.0033     Document Type: Chapter

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