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The logic of design: its role in understanding the antecedents of urban informality

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  • Kiran Keswani

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The everyday life of a city can generate informality in urban space, particularly in emerging economies. Using the grounded theory approach, this paper looks at how urban space in a market precinct is negotiated through tactics of street vendors and strategies of the government. It draws upon Herbert Simon’s work on decision making to show how a vendor moves from an existing situation to a preferred situation and terms this as situation satisfaction. It suggests a theoretical framework to understand the relation between the logic, decision and action of stakeholders to resolve the conflict between planning criteria and ground reality.

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  • Kiran Keswani, 2019. "The logic of design: its role in understanding the antecedents of urban informality," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 656-675, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:24:y:2019:i:4:p:656-675
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2018.1479960
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