Informal Housing in the Global North
exploring practices, actors and processes in a transforming housing system
$479.04
- Hardcover
196 pages
- Release Date
27 August 2025
Summary
Unveiling Informality: Housing in the Global North
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 contest…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032645254 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032645253 |
| Series: | Explorations in Housing Studies |
| Author: | Jakub Galuszka |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 196 |
| Release Date: | 27 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 453g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Jakub Galuszka
Jakub Gałuszka is Junior Professor of Sustainable Cities and Climate Change at the HafenCity University Hamburg. His research focuses on housing, informality, and urban sustainability. Currently he leads two research projects: ‘Inconspicuous Transformations: The Socio-Spatial Reconfiguration of Formal Housing in Europe,’ funded by the DFG, and ‘Passive Solutions in Self-Build and Incremental Housing: Toward Inclusive Socio-Ecological Transformation in Rapidly Urbanising Areas,’ supported by the Volkswagen Foundation.
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