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ItemThe Shaping of Kampungs: Understanding incremental production of urban space in Jakarta’s informal settlements( 2023)One out of every three people of the global urban population lives in informal settlements, with the number of populations expected to rise from one billion to three billion people by 2050. Acknowledging this rapid growth means greater focus should be placed on understanding the complexities of informal settlements. This thesis is based on the premise that to engage effectively with informal settlements, we need to understand how the physical fabric of their settlements is produced and continues to be produced. Meanwhile, the morphological study on informal settlements has been neglected, and while growing research on informal settlement globally looks at multiple socio-economic aspects, study on morphogenesis is still considerably limited. This thesis addresses this gap by focusing on how the physical urban fabric of informal settlements is produced and transformed over time. Using Jakarta’s kampungs as a case study, this thesis employed a multi-scalar morphogenesis mapping to gain a deeper understanding of the logic behind the shaping of informal settlements. The findings illustrate that informal morphogenesis varied depending on their connection to urban areas, topography, expansion and contraction patterns, access networks, public open space design, built-form increments and materials. This thesis argues that any one-size-fits-all type of engagement or one way of thinking on demolition or replacement disregards the diverse nature and complexities of informal settlements. Instead of seeing informal settlements as chaotic, disordered and ineffective ways of building cities, planners, designers, and architects should think of them as a way to understand and address social and spatial inequalities.