Resilient Cities in the Global South Rethinking Informality in Urban Planning and Design

This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to examine how diverse social and spatial behaviours within informal urban environments, particularly in developing countries, can provide fresh insights for robust urban planning and development. It positions informality as a dialogue for enabling resilience.

About the author

Lakshmi Priya Rajendran is Associate Professor in Environmental and Spatial Equity, Bartlett School of Architecture, The Bartlett Faculty of Built Environment, University College London (UCL), UK.
Nezhapi-Dellé Odeleye is Associate Professor in Urban Design & Planning, and MSc Planning Course Director, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Chelmsford, UK.
Aysegul Can is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Institute of Regional Studies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lakshmi Priya Rajendran (Editor), NezHapi-Dellé Odeleye (Editor), Ayşegül Can (Editor), Aysegul Can (Editor)
• Authors: Lakshmi Priya Odeleye Rajendran
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 05.06.2025
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9781032373775
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237377-5
• Pages: 224
• Series: Regions and Cities
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General, Planning, Policy, Community, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Urban & Regional, Resilience, Urban & municipal planning, Urban Design, Urban Governance, Economics of industrial organisation, Human Geography, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Economics of industrial organization, Global South / Developing countries, Participatory Planning, Community Resilience, Spatial Justice, Informal Settlements, grassroots urbanism, southern urban informality frameworks