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The informal American city : beyond taco trucks to day labor / edited by Vinit Mukhija and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Urban and industrial environments
- Urban and Industrial Environments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Informal sector (Economics)--United States.
- Informal sector (Economics).
- Cities and towns.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- Social interaction--United States.
- Social interaction.
- Cities and towns--United States--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 pages): illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, 2014.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Every day in American cities street vendors spread out their wares on sidewalks, food trucks serve lunch from the curb, and homeowners hold sales in their front yards-examples of the wide range of informal activities that take place largely beyond the reach of government regulation. This book examines the "informal revolution" in American urban life, exploring a proliferating phenomenon often associated with developing countries rather than industrialized ones, and usually dismissed by planners and policymakers as marginal or even criminal. The case studies and analysis in The Informal American City challenge such narrow conception of informal urbanism. The chapters look at informal urbanism across the country, empirically and theoretically, in cities that include Los Angeles, Sacramento, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Kansas City, Atlantic City, and New York City. They cover activities that range from unpermitted in-law apartments and ad hoc support for homeless citizens to urban agriculture, street vending and day labor. The contributors consider the nature and underlying logic of these activities, argue for a spatial understanding of informality and its varied settings, and discuss regulatory, planning, and community responses. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Settings
- 1 The Garage Sale as Informal Economy and Transformative Urbanism / Margaret Crawford Crawford, Margaret 21
- 2 Outlaw In-Laws: Informal Second Units and the Stealth Reinvention of Single-Family Housing / Vinit Mukhija Mukhija, Vinit 39
- 3 The Reproduction of Informality in Low-Income Self-Help Housing Communities / Peter M. Ward Ward, Peter M. 59
- 4 Making and Supporting Community Gardens as Informal Urban Landscapes / Jeffrey Hou Hou, Jeffrey 79
- 5 "This Is My Front Yard!" Claims and Informal Property Rights on Sidewalks / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, Renia Ehrenfeucht Ehrenfeucht, Renia 97
- 6 Learning from the Margin: Placemaking Tactics / Nabil Kamel Kamel, Nabil 119
- 7 Surviving in America's Playground: Informal Sustenance Strategies among the Chronically Unhoused / Jacob Avery Avery, Jacob 137
- Part II Responses
- 8 The Irreconcilable Tension between Dwelling in Public and the Regulatory State / Renia Ehrenfeucht Ehrenfeucht, Renia, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia 155
- 9 Learning from Informal Practices: Implications for Urban Design / Michael Rios Rios, Michael 173
- 10 Formalizing City Farms: Conflict and Conciliation / Matt Covert Covert, Matt, Alfonso Morales Morales, Alfonso 193
- 11 A More Delicious City: How to Legalize Street Food / Mark Vallianatos Vallianatos, Mark 209
- 12 Crystals, Mud, and Space: Street Vending Informality / Gregg Kettles Kettles, Gregg 227
- 13 "Keep Your Wheels On": Mediating Informality in the Food Cart Industry / Ginny Browne Browne, Ginny, Will Dominie Dominie, Will, Kate Mayerson Mayerson, Kate 243
- 14 Regulating Day Labor: Worker Centers and Organizing in the Informal Economy / Abel Valenzuela Jr. Valenzuela, Abel, Jr. 261
- 15 Informal Parking Markets: Turning Problems into Solutions / Donald Shoup Shoup, Donald 277.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Informal American city : beyond taco trucks to day labor.
- ISBN:
- 9780262323413
- OCLC:
- 879598941
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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