Knowing urban informalities

Urban Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 494-509

  Marx, Colin ^a   Kelling, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

development; planning; poverty exclusion; theory; urban informality; urban theory

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; INFORMAL SECTOR; POVERTY; THEORY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85048108230     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098018770848     Document Type: Article

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