Rapid urbanization in the Global South is argued as the main cause of growing informality, segregation, and exclusion in the city. Widening gaps between the haves and the have nots as expressed by inequality indicators have been the main concern of urban planners, decision-makers, and governments in developing planning policies and strategies. Despite, a growing number of research and evidence on the ground showing benefits of informal form and structure, practice, and governance in providing access to vital urban services, livelihood, and other resources for different groups. Such practices in the informal city are not merely results of grass-root reactions to dominant structures, albeit, including those that have been preserved and nurtured as part of local identity and culture. This track expands the notions of urban informality, inclusion, and participation beyond mainstream definitions developed by ‘business as usual’ to better understand the city as it is.