【摘要】Most scholarship on informal housing focuses on developing   countries and little research investigates how low-income populations in the   US participate in homeownership through self-built and self-provided housing.   Meanwhile, informally developed areas are increasingly being uncovered in the   US, especially in the urban periphery of growing metropolitan regions. This   paper documents and analyses largely unknown housing conditions and needs for   the growing number of people that live in such communities. Data for this   paper were collected through a survey of 133 households in two unincorporated   low-income, self-help settlements in Central Texas. In this survey we address   (1) household composition, (2) specific housing conditions, and (3) reported   structural and infrastructural problems. Through regression analyses we   identify factors that mitigate or aggravate the severity of overall housing   problems and identify the most significant concerns for residents. Our   results offer future lines of action regarding property titles, financing and   dwelling upgrading.

【关键词】housing,informality,peri-urban development,self-build,self-help.

【文献来源】E Sullivan;C Olmedo.Informality on the urban periphery: Housing conditions and self-help strategies in Texas informal subdivisions .Urban Studies ,2015 ,52(6).