Informal 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 disrupte...

Whakaahuatanga katoa

I tiakina i:
Ngā taipitopito rārangi puna kōrero
Kaituhi matua: Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682
Hōputu: Online
Reo:Ingarihi
I whakaputaina: Taylor & Francis 2026
Ngā marau:
Urunga tuihono:2642-1097
Ngā Tūtohu: Tāpirihia he Tūtohu
Kāore He Tūtohu, Me noho koe te mea tuatahi ki te tūtohu i tēnei pūkete!
_version_ 1869527818168172544
author Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682
author_browse Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682
author_facet Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682
author_sort Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682
collection Directory of Open Access Books
description 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 contested, successful and ‘under- the- radar’ ordinary housing phenomena across various income levels, this volume seeks to unpack and document the embeddedness of informality in mid- and high-income cities. This investigation reveals the pervasive and hybrid nature of local housing systems, in which formal frameworks defining modes of utilising spaces and architectural design are continuously reinterpreted by users, public sector actors and market entities alike. It reflects on everyday housing pathways and the agency of those who, by preference or necessity, engage with solutions conventionally labelled as informal. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of housing studies, planning, architecture and urban sociology as well as practitioners working in the field of housing.
format Online
id doab-20.500.12854ir-173739
institution Directory of Open Access Books
language eng
publishDate 2026
publishDateRange 2026
publishDateSort 2026
publisher Taylor & Francis
publisherStr Taylor & Francis
record_format ojs
spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1737392026-06-03T08:09:51Z Informal Housing in the Global North Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682 Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682 Informality Formality Housing Co-production Everyday life Urban dwellers Bottom-up development Space appropriation Urban encroachment thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMK Architecture: residential and domestic buildings thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities 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 contested, successful and ‘under- the- radar’ ordinary housing phenomena across various income levels, this volume seeks to unpack and document the embeddedness of informality in mid- and high-income cities. This investigation reveals the pervasive and hybrid nature of local housing systems, in which formal frameworks defining modes of utilising spaces and architectural design are continuously reinterpreted by users, public sector actors and market entities alike. It reflects on everyday housing pathways and the agency of those who, by preference or necessity, engage with solutions conventionally labelled as informal. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of housing studies, planning, architecture and urban sociology as well as practitioners working in the field of housing. 2026-03-19T14:10:22Z 2026-03-19T14:10:22Z 2026-03-02T18:24:04Z 2025 book 2642-1097 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/111163 9781032645292 9781032645254 9781032645261 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/173739 eng Explorations in Housing Studies open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/111163/1/9781032645292.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781032645292 10.4324/9781032645292 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781032645292 9781032645254 9781032645261 Routledge 1 London open access
spellingShingle Informality
Formality
Housing
Co-production
Everyday life
Urban dwellers
Bottom-up development
Space appropriation
Urban encroachment
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMK Architecture: residential and domestic buildings
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
Galuszka, Jakub | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-6682
Informal Housing in the Global North
title Informal Housing in the Global North
title_full Informal Housing in the Global North
title_fullStr Informal Housing in the Global North
title_full_unstemmed Informal Housing in the Global North
title_short Informal Housing in the Global North
title_sort informal housing in the global north
topic Informality
Formality
Housing
Co-production
Everyday life
Urban dwellers
Bottom-up development
Space appropriation
Urban encroachment
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMK Architecture: residential and domestic buildings
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
topic_facet Informality
Formality
Housing
Co-production
Everyday life
Urban dwellers
Bottom-up development
Space appropriation
Urban encroachment
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMK Architecture: residential and domestic buildings
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMV Landscape architecture and design::AMVD City and town planning: architectural aspects
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities
url 2642-1097
work_keys_str_mv AT galuszkajakubhttpsorcidorg0000000247416682 informalhousingintheglobalnorth