Cover of Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World

Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, a New Urban World

'Shadow Cities' offers an historically based justification of squatters' rights, arguing that property rights are not 'natural'. To argue his case, Neuwirth provides first-hand accounts of squatters in megacities throughout the world - Rio, Delhi, Istanbul and Nairobi.

Setting
africaindia
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 335 pages

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