Informal Housing in the Global North: Exploring Practices, Actors and Processes in a Transforming Housing System (1) (Explorations in Housing Studies)

Synopsis

Informal Housing in the Global North proposes analytical and conceptual approaches to investigate the progressing ‘informalisation’ of contemporary housing in the Global North and beyond.Amidst the ongoing housing crisis, the reading of informalities in the so-called North has increasingly disrupted the conventional understanding of local cities as fully regulated, well-structured and formal. By juxtaposing contested, successful and ‘under- the- radar’ ordinary housing phenomena across various income levels, this volume seeks to unpack and document the embeddedness of informality in mid- and high-income cities. This investigation reveals the pervasive and hybrid nature of local housing systems, in which formal frameworks defining modes of utilising spaces and architectural design are continuously reinterpreted by users, public sector actors and market entities alike. It reflects on everyday housing pathways and the agency of those who, by preference or necessity, engage with solutions conventionally labelled as informal.This book will be of interest to scholars and students of housing studies, planning, architecture and urban sociology as well as practitioners working in the field of housing.

Copyright:

2026

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

198 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040427101

Related ISBNs:

9781032645254, 9781040427057, 9781032645292

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

09/19/25

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Jakub Galuszka

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Politics and Government, Sociology

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Jakub Galuszka