num_pages: 344
description: In almost every country of the developing world, the most active builders are squatters, creating complex local economies with high rises, shopping strips, banks, and self-government. As they invent new social structures, Neuwirth argues, squatters are at the forefront of the worldwide movement to develop new visions of what constitutes property and community.Visit Robert Neuwirth's blog 
language: English
title: Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World
titlecomplete: Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World
genres: International Development, Economics, Sociology, Cities, Urban Studies, Urban, Urbanism, Nonfiction, Urban Planning, Politics
ratings_count: 379
publisher: Routledge