The informal American city : beyond taco trucks and day labor /
Mukhija, Vinit,1967-
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia,1958-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The garage sale as informal economy and transformative urbanism / Margaret Crawford -- Outlaw in-laws : informal second units and the stealth reinvention of single-family housing / Vinit Mukhija -- The reproduction of informality in low-income self-help housing communities / Peter M. Ward -- Making and supporting community gardens as informal urban landscapes / Jeffrey Hou -- "This is my front yard!" Claims and informal property rights on sidewalks / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht -- Learning from the margin : placemaking tactics / Nabil Kamel -- Surviving in America's playground : informal sustenance strategies among the chronically unhoused / Jacob Avery -- The irreconcilable tension between dwelling in public and the regulatory state / Renia Ehrenfeucht and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris -- Learning from informal practices : implications for urban design / Michael Rios -- Formalizing city farms : conflict and conciliation / Matt Covert and Alfonso Morales -- A more delicious city : how to legalize street food / Mark Vallianatos -- Crystals, mud, and space : street vending informality / Gregg Kettles -- "Keep your wheels on" : mediating informality in the food cart industry / Ginny Browne, Will Dominie, and Kate Mayerson -- Regulating day labor : worker centers and organizing in the informal economy / Abel Valenzuela Jr. -- Informal parking markets : turning problems into solutions / Donald Shoup -- Conclusion : Deepening the understanding of informal urbanism / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Vinit Mukhija.
Informal sector (Economics)
Social interaction
Cities and towns