The morphologies of informal settlements constantly change as they undergo processes of
incremental adaptations and transformations in relation to emerging circumstances. One of …

Notions of order and rules play a key role in organizing the arrangement of built and unbuilt
spaces. Order is achieved at various scales, such as the global, the metropolitan, the district …

Informality is a global phenomenon entrenched in the Global South and increasingly
emerging in the Global North. In dense and compact informal settlements commonly seen in …

The urbanisation of rural communities with urban villages (chengzhongcun) as
intermediates represents both a distinct rural-to-urban transition and a distinct formalization …

This study investigates resilience pathways of informal settlements, and their diverse
impacts through community-based participatory research in Mathare and Korogocho …

Indonesia is a highly urbanized and geographically diverse country guided by two
interrelated planning systems, namely, spatial planning and development planning systems …

In cities of the Global South and the developing world, informal urbanization is now the
primary mode of city making. A key feature of this trend is the rising growth of informal …

Patrick Wakely is Professor Emeritus of Urban Development in the University of London and
former Director of the Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL) …

This research explores the influence of authoritarian parenting patterns on the psychology of
adolescents in Batam City, Indonesia. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, the study …

This book provides a much-needed analysis of the pivotal role of the urban kampung in
Indonesia's urbanization process and importantly, provides a deeper understanding of how …