Informality.

Abstract

The study about cities today is marked by paradox, contradictory concepts, beliefs and sectional ideology. For instance, most of the report on urban growth of the 21st century are much more glare in the developing world, while the theories of how cities function remain rooted in the developed world. Dear (2002) addresses the discussion common to the academic sector, whether it is time to move from the Chicago school of urban sociology to the Los Angel°° school of postmodern geography. Urban sociologist Massey (2001) opines that urban future lies neither in Chicago nor Los Angeles, but in the cities from the developing regions of the world, like Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Hong Kong a Lagos.