Atlas of Informal Settlement
Dovey, Kim / Oostrum, Matthijs van / Shafique, Tanzil / Chatterjee, Ishita / Pafka, Elek Informal settlements and slums are the most pervasive modes of urbanization on the planet, housing up to 2 billion people and absorbing most rural-to-urban migration worldwide. This presents architects, urban planners, and everyone working to improve the lives of the world's urban poor, with a uniquely complex and urgent challenge.
Featuring 50 contemporary case studies of informal settlements from over 30 cities across the Global South, the...