Date: June 19th, 2008

Urbanizing requires formalization: Part 1, the theory

19 June, 2008 (08:33) | Cities, Global news, Markets, Speculation, Theory | No comments

I had finished up my presentation at GYODER’s Turkish national real estate summit, and was listening to a well-reasoned statement from Faruk Goksu on the necessity for Turkey developing a policy to tackle the formalization of gecekondu (informal housing), when what should have been obvious to me years ago struck me with full force: urbanizing […]