The Homegrown City

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Authors: Matias Echanove & Rahul SrivastavaIndia | City & town planning - architectural aspects | Urban communities | Urban economics | Human geography | Urban & municipal planning Published on 13th January 2026 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom.Paperback / softback | 240 pages 152mm x 234mm x 17mm | 270g Slums, informal settlements, and other unplanned habitats are seen as the antithesis of the metropolis. Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava, found­ers of the design practice urbz, explore how such neighbourhoods and their inhabitants have been unfairly dismissed when they should in fact be under-stood as partners in the story of cities and urban development. Show more