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Current
Forum on Urban Informality
The Penn IUR Forum on Urban Informality is a space for graduate and post-graduate researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas on the topic of urban informality.
Current
Forum on Urban Informality
The Penn IUR Forum on Urban Informality is a space for graduate and post-graduate researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas on the topic of urban informality.
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Among urban designers and municipal officials, the term ‘encroachment’ is defined as a deviation from the official master plan. But in cities today, such informal modifications to the urban fabric are deeply enmeshed with formal planning procedures. --Faiza Moatasim
