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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Informal Cities"”.
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DYNAMIC GEOSPATIAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF PREDOMINANTLY INFORMAL CITIES: AN INTEGRATED AGENT-BASED AND CELLULAR AUTOMATA MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH
Against the backdrop of urbanization, cities have evolved globally, but more so in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in recent decades. Cities in the sub-region differ in many ways from those in other parts of world. One of the major differences is the overwhelmingly informal nature of urban growth in many …
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Informal housing in New York City : a spatial history of squats, lofts, and illegal conversions
… thesis seeks to demonstrate that the notion of informal urbanization- normally applied to discussions of cities in the developing world-is equally effective in describing a range of housing practices in New York City, one of the wealthiest, most prototypically urban cities in the globe. The …