Matthijs van Oostrum on urbanizing villages in Shenzhen.

Matthijs van Oostrum, 2013 Complex cities graduate, has published an article, titled ‘Urbanizing villages: informal morphologies in Shenzhen’s urban periphery‘ in the Journal of Urban Design.  Reading is of interest of current students because he is concerned with the phenomenon of urban villages in China and, more broadly, with an understanding of informalized planning mechanisms. To access his writing, please follow this link.