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Informality at the heart of sustainable development

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Journal Article
As a term, the ‘structure of informality’ aims to elucidate how informality is produced, and why it persists. I argue that informality is engendered through the informal/formal dialectic, which consti...

Quantifying the Sunk Carbon Costs of Cities

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Book Chapter
Constructing buildings and infrastructure in cities generates immense emissions of carbon dioxide. Understanding these emissions can aid in low-carbon urban planning and development. Current efforts t...

The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture

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Other
In The Surrounds: Urban Life Within and Beyond Capture, AbdouMaliq Simone poetically introduces the reader to his conceptualization of spaces that exist outside of formal control. Not only do suc...