The Spatial Logic of Informal Urbanism

Inventraset Assemblages

Kim Dovey author Redento B Recio author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer Verlag, Singapore

Publishing:21st Dec '24

£34.99

This title is due to be published on 21st December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Spatial Logic of Informal Urbanism cover

Highly informalized cities of the global South are often portrayed as chaotic and out of control - this book reveals a spatial logic of informal urbanism that is central to the economic life and livelihoods of such cities. 'Inventraset' is a concept that shows how informal street vending, transport and settlement are fundamentally integrated with each other and the more formal city. Street vending and transport provide crucial forms of employment and mobility, while informal settlement is the key source of affordable and adaptable housing. Informal urbanism is not ideal but it is the way such cities work; it is often hidden or camouflaged within the ideal of a clean, green and modern city to which middle-classes and elites aspire. Through comparative studies, with a focus on Manila and Jakarta, the book maps and analyzes how such cities work through alliances and synergies between vending, transport and settlement - inventraset assemblages are inventive and transgressive, yet settled.

ISBN: 9789819781195

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

146 pages

2024 ed.