informal urban planning
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DIY Urban Design: community improvement or an act of crime?
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Do-It-Yourself Urban Design occurs when people make unauthorized changes to public space to address local needs. Sociologist Gordon Douglas discusses the benefits—and potential unintended costs—that follow when self-appointed urban planners take direct action to improve their communities.
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Recipe for Disaster: The Link Between Urban Planning and Karachi’s Political Violence
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Researchers explain political violence in Pakistan’s largest city in terms of informal urban planning rather than ethnic tensions.