2.2.2. Place and power
Using the concept of place to explore urban informal
settlements thus potentially illuminates elements relating
to power5 that may be overlooked in debates on
informality and poverty. While multidimensional
approaches suggest that power is an important dimension
of poverty, particularly relating to the determination
of local political and bureaucratic agendas (e.g.
Mitlin & Satterthwaite, 2004: 15), analyses of