Introduction -- Urban decline and informality -- Regulations and enforcement -- From illicit to informal -- Informality beyond politics or poverty -- Necessity appropriators -- Lifestyle appropriators -- Routine appropriators -- Surviving the city or settling the city? -- Regulating informality,...

Issues and themes / Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-hung Hong -- Public actions and property prices -- Restricting residential construction / Edward L. Glaeser -- Regulation and property values in the United States : the high cost of monopoly / John M. Quigley -- Commentary / Katherine A. Kiel -- The...