Urban Planning and Design

The Politics of Classification and the Complexity of Governance in Census Towns

Spontaneous urbanisation through the transfer of capital from the agricultural sector to the commercial sector has given rise to a large...

Legal reforms for the self-employed: three urban cases

Four out of five urban workers in modern India are engaged in the informal economy, and half of these are self-employed. This article examines...

Street Vendors and the Contestation of Public Space

From the book- “This study attempts to capture a time of rapid political and urban change in the city at large, and more specifically...

Trabalhadores de Rua em São Paulo

The multiple sites of urban governance: Insights from an African city

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Countdown 2015: an assessment of basic provision to migrant families in the urban slums of Ludhiana, North India

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.  

Street Trade in Latin America: Demographic Trends, Legal Issues, and Vending Organizations in Six Cities

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Getting Institutions Right? Local Government and Street Traders in Four South African Cities

Labour Conditions for Construction: Decent Work, Building Cities and The Role of Local Authorities

Reclaiming Reusable and Recyclable Materials in Africa – A Critical Review of English Language Literature

This paper seeks to include Africa in the current international conversations about the situation of informal workers such as waste pickers....