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Informal Urbanization

Informal Urbanization is a process of urban development characterized by the proliferation of human settlements and infrastructure without formal state oversight, regulatory compliance, or legal land tenure, distinguishing it from planned or legally sanctioned urban growth.

103

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9.2K

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206

Authors

132

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2017–2026

44

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Publications

103

Urban Informality: Toward an Epistemology of Planning

Ananya Roy · Journal of the American Planning Association · 2005 · 2.2K citations

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Why India Cannot Plan Its Cities: Informality, Insurgence and the Idiom of Urbanization

Ananya Roy · Planning Theory · 2009 · 1.4K citations

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Informal sector or petty commodity production: Dualism or dependence in urban development?

Caroline Moser · World Development · 1978 · 537 citations

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Urbanization and Informal Development in China: Urban Villages in Shenzhen

Ya Ping Wang, Yanglin Wang · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research · 2009 · 431 citations

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Reclaiming Urbanity: Indeterminate Spaces, Informal Actors and Urban Agenda Setting

Jacqueline Groth, Eric Corijn · Urban Studies · 2005 · 284 citations

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Authors

206

  1. WJ
    W. Judson Dorman

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 69 citations

    3

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  2. JZ
    Jieming Zhu

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    3 publications · 132 citations

    3

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  3. AR
    Ananya Roy

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 3.5K citations

    2

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  4. BM
    Brandon Marc Finn

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 104 citations

    2

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  5. YY
    Yumin Ye

    Ningbo University, China

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

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Institutions

132

  1. American University in Cairo

    Cairo, Egypt

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    233 citations

  2. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    189 citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    619 citations

  4. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    140 citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

  6. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    698 citations

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Venues

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  2. Habitat International

    5 publications · 539 citations

    5

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  3. Cities

    5 publications · 248 citations

    5

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  4. World Development

    4 publications · 664 citations

    4

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  5. Urban Studies

    4 publications · 412 citations

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