Urban Planning and Design

Planning as Practice? Governing Conjunctures and Informal Urbanisation in Solapur Town

Solapur is a town in Maharashtra with a vibrant industrial legacy, yet fraught with spatial and socio-economic divisions in the contemporary...

Informalidad y Urbanismo Social en Medellín

La ciudad de Medellín, después de unas décadas de aislamiento e involución caracterizadas por altos índices de inseguridad, violencia y segregación...

The urban land debate in the global South: New avenues for researchGeoforum

Abstract: The global ‘land grab’ debate is going urban and needs a specific conceptual framework to analyze the diverse modalities through...

La ville durable, moteur de transformation sociale ? Regards croisés entre l’Europe, l’Amérique latine et les Caraïbes

The chapter is on pages 41-47.

Part II: The Making and Unmaking of a Model Market for Street Vendors

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

Informalising the Formal: Clothing Manufacturing in Durban, South Africa

Street Hawkers and Public Space in Mumbai

Local Government in Transition – A Gendered Analysis of Trends in Urban Policy and Practice Regarding Street Trading in Five South African Cities

Centre for Social and Development Studies (CSDS) Research Report, No. 18

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Philippines and Quezon City

This paper considers whether national and local government budgets in the Philippines make a difference to informal economy workers – particularly...