The case of the makeshift city.
The absence of the state, as well as the paucity of basic needs required for a modest life within the urban sprawl, are put forward by many as the catalysers of makeshift urbanism (Pithouse, 2006; Tonkiss, 2013; Ferguson, 2014; Vasudevan, 2015). Innovative do-it-yourself solutions and illegal movements like squatting have arisen…