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Title:
The informal American city : Beyond taco trucks and day labor / edited by Vinit Mukhija and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris.
Publisher:
The MIT Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
viii, 325 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Informal sector (Economics)--United States.
Social interaction--United States.
Cities and towns--United States--Social conditions.
Other Authors:
Mukhija, Vinit, 1967-
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The garage sale as informal economy and transformative urbanism / Margaret Crawford -- Outlaw in-laws : informal second units and the stealth reinvention of single-family housing / Vinit Mukhija -- The reproduction of informality in low-income self-help housing communities / Peter M. Ward -- Making and supporting community gardens as informal urban landscapes / Jeffrey Hou -- "This is my front yard!" Claims and informal property rights on sidewalks / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht -- Learning from the margin : placemaking tactics / Nabil Kamel -- Surviving in America's playground : informal sustenance strategies among the chronically unhoused / Jacob Avery -- The irreconcilable tension between dwelling in public and the regulatory state / Renia Ehrenfeucht and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris -- Learning from informal practices : implications for urban design / Michael Rios -- Formalizing city farms : conflict and conciliation / Matt Covert and Alfonso Morales -- A more delicious city : how to legalize street food / Mark Vallianatos -- Crystals, mud, and space : street vending informality / Gregg Kettles -- "Keep your wheels on" : mediating informality in the food cart industry / Ginny Browne, Will Dominie, and Kate Mayerson -- Regulating day labor : worker centers and organizing in the informal economy / Abel Valenzuela Jr. -- Informal parking markets : turning problems into solutions / Donald Shoup -- Conclusion : Deepening the understanding of informal urbanism / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Vinit Mukhija.
Series:
Urban and industrial environments
ISBN:
026252578X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780262525787 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0262027070 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780262027076 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)858914379
LCCN:
2013035292
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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