TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell, Maurice TI - Loose Fit City : The Contribution of Bottom-Up Architecture to Urban Design and Planning SN - 9781138692145 U1 - ARCH PY - 2006/// CY - . PB - Routledge KW - Architecture KW - Global Urban Affairs N1 - Shadow Cities is at its best shining an investigative lens into areas of urban life that have seldom been described before. It is a wonderful story of the vitality and creativity of ordinary people who have managed to survive and sometimes even prosper in the face of government indifference if not hostility. This book reveals squatter communities from Rio to Bombay that give a glimpse into our urban future and show new visions of what constitutes property and community ER -