The determinants of informal housing price in Beijing: Village power, informal institutions, and property security
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2018.01.018
Abstract: Abstract Although the how's of the informal housing market in China has been discussed widely; the answers remain conflicted. Using the theory of new institutional economics, this paper aims to answer two questions: what informal… read more here.
Keywords: village; market; informal housing; housing ... See more keywords
The credibility of slums: Informal housing and urban governance in India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.05.029
Abstract: A major challenge facing Indian cities is the expansion of informal housing beyond state control or regulation. In Mumbai, the financial capital of India, forty-two percent of the population lives in slums. What explains the… read more here.
Keywords: credibility; informal housing; housing; governance ... See more keywords
The role of informal housing in lowering China’s urbanization costs
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DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.103638
Abstract: Abstract Over the past 30 years, China has experienced unprecedented economic growth spurred by large-scale rural-urban migration, industrialization, and strong global demand for its cheaply produced goods. This paper argues that an abundant supply of… read more here.
Keywords: supply; urbanization; informal housing; housing ... See more keywords
Forgotten Plotlanders: Learning from the Survival of Lost Informal Housing in the UK
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DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2016.1197850
Abstract: Abstract Colin Ward’s discourses on the Arcadian landscape of “plotlander” housing are unique documentations of the anarchistic birth, life, and death of the last informal housing communities in the UK. Today, the forgotten history of… read more here.
Keywords: learning survival; plotlanders learning; survival lost; informal housing ... See more keywords
Can we use administrative data to quantify informal housing additions at the parcel level? An analysis of Austin, USA
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DOI: 10.1080/19491247.2021.1890535
Abstract: Abstract Scholarship on informal housing is broadening to include more studies of cases in the Global North, with many of them taking advantage of ready data availability to produce quantitative estimates of the extent of… read more here.
Keywords: administrative data; data quantify; building; informal housing ... See more keywords