The Informal City (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333617670)

In this book, Michel S.Laguerre argues that there exists an informal city located just beneath and in the interstices of the formal city. The metaphor is not geographical, but rather structural and hermeneutical. This is the city where manoeuvres that cannot be done publicly, legally, ethically or otherwise are performed. The author shows with illustrative data drawn from the American urban experience - the San Francisco-Oakland Metropolitan area - why and how the informal city must be seen as the hidden dimension of the formal city.

Author: Michel S. Laguerre
ISBN-10: 0333617673
ISBN-13: 9780333617670
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1994
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d