The informal American City :  beyond taco trucks and day labor. /  txt 
edited by Vinit Mukhija and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris. 
 - 325 p.  ill. ;  23cm.  book 
 - Urban and industrial environments .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents :<br/>Acknowledgments ix --<br/>Introduction Vinit Mukhija and Anastasia Loukaitou Sideris 1 --<br/>Part I Settings :<br/>1 The Garage Sale as Informal Economy and Transformative Urbanism Margaret Crawford 21 --<br/>2 Outlaw In Laws : Informal Second Units and the Stealth Reinvention of Stealth Reinvention of Single Family Housing 39 --<br/>3 The Reproduction of Informality in Low Income Self Help Housing Communities Peter M. Ward 59 --<br/>4 Making and Supporting Community Gardens as Informal Urban Landscapes Jeffrey Hou 79 --<br/>5 ''This Is My Front Yard!'' Claims and Informal Property Rights on Sidewalks Anastasia Loukaitou Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht 97 --<br/>6 Learning from the Margin : Placemaking Tactics Nabil Kamel 119 --<br/>7 Surviving in America's Playground : Informal Sustenance Strategies among the Chronically Unhoused Jacob Avery 137 --<br/>Part II :<br/>8 The Irreconcilable Tension between Dwelling in Public and the Regulatory State Renia Ehrenfeucht and Anastasia Loukaitou Sideris 155 --<br/>9 Leraning form Informal Practices : Implications for Urban Design Michael Rios 173 --<br/>10 Formalizing City Farms : Conflict and Conciliation Matt Covert and Alfonso Morales 193 --<br/>11 A More Delicious City : How to Legalize Street Food Mark Vallianatos 209 --<br/>12 Crystals, Mud, and Space : Street Vending Informality Gregg Kettles 227 --<br/>13 ''Keep Your Wheels On'' : Mediating Informality in the Food Cart Industry Ginny Browne, Will Dominie, and Kate Mayerson 243 --<br/>14 Regulating Day Labor : Worker Centers and Organizing in the Informal Economy Abel Valenzuela Jr. 261 --<br/>15 Informal Parking Markets : Turning Problems into Solutions Donald Shoup 277 --<br/>Conclusion : Deepening the Understanding of Informal Urbanism Anastasia Loukaitou Sideris and Vinit Mukhija --<br/>Contributors 305 --<br/>Index 311 --<br/>Series List -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262027076 9780262525787 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013035292 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Informal sector Economics--United States.<br/>Cities and towns--Social conditions.--United States<br/>Social interaction--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD2346.U5  / I554 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330