Introduction

This book will hopefully move the discussion on informal urbanism beyond the humanitarian dimension (of empathizing with the city of the poor) to look at its value as a crucible of innovation. Adaptability, flexibility, resistance and several other aspects that would inform the broader discourse on urbanism in general are obvious pointers for design. 不是同情的改造，而是发现优点与带动整个城市化发展的机遇  ….  It is critical that the binaries that have come to define the terms for this debate (rich and poor, formal and informal, center and periphery, third and first worlds) be dissolved. 瓦解阶级分化，瓦解极端主义。？我持保留态度。