Date: May 28th, 2009

Whose side are you on? Part 1, the invasion

28 May, 2009 (10:14) | Local issues, Mobile homes, Regulation, Slums, Travelers, Zoning and land use | No comments

This is a story of land invasion.
 

Do you have permits for this?
 
In utter defiance of the law, a band of informal settlers have chosen to occupy and develop land in defiance of the law. 
A tale from Istanbul, you ask?
 

Gecekondu in Alanya, Turkey
 
Or Sao Paulo?
 

Sao Paulo: Land invasion immediately adjacent to …
 

Sao Paulo: slum redevelopment [...]