Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World
Robert Neuwirth
344 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0415953618
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Language: English
Publish: December 1, 2004
CitiesEconomicsJournalismNonfictionPoliticsSociologyUrbanUrban PlanningUrban StudiesUrbanism
In almost every country of the developing world, the most active builders are squatters, creating complex local economies with high rises, shopping strips, banks, and self-government. As they invent new social structures, Neuwirth argues, squatters are at the forefront of the worldwide movement to develop new visions of what constitutes property and community.
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