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020 _a9781787355224
082 _a363.5
_bGRA
100 _aGrashoff, Udo Ed.
_992786
245 _aComparative approaches to informal housing around the globe
260 _aLondon
_bUCL Press
_c2020
300 _axviii,267p.
505 _aContents List of figures vii List of tables xi List of contributors xii Series editors' preface xvii Editor's preface 1. Towards critique and differentia on informal housing Udo Grashoff and Fengzhuo 1 2. Illegal housing: The case for comparison 22 Alan Gilbert 3. Towards a political economy of toleration of illegality: Comparing tolerated squatting in Hong Kong and Paris 39 Alan Smart and Thom 4. Squatting in Leiden and Leipzig in the 1970s and 1980s: A comparison of informal housing practices in a capitalist democracy and a communist dictatorship 66 Udo Grashoff, Charlotte van Rooden, Merel Snoep and Bart van der Steen 5. Squatters and the socialist ~ heritage: A comparison of informal settlements in 1' 'Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan 95 Eliza Isabaeva 6. Squatting activism in Brazil and Spain: Articulations between the right to housing and the right to the city110 Clarissa Campos and Miguel A Martinez 7. Favela vs asphalt: Suggesting a new lens on Rio de Janeiro's favelas and formal city 130 Theresa Williamson 8. Between informal and illegal in the Global North: Planning law, enforcement and justifiable noncompliance Rachelle Alterman and Ines Calor 150 9. Shanty settlements in nineteenth-century Europe: Lessons from comparison with Africa 186 Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun 10. Squats across the Empire: A comparison of squatting movements in post-Second World War UK and Australia 202 Iain McIntyre 11. Failed takeover: The phenomenon of right-wing squatting 223 Jakob Warnecke 12. Concluding remarks 238 Udo Grashoff Bibliography 243 Index 263
890 _aUK
891 _aFP
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650 _aSocial conditions
_aSquatter settlements
_aHousing
650 _aIslamic architecture
650 _aVernacular architecture
650 _aTravel