Urban Planning and Design

Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva

En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...

Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India

No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...

Sem almofadas para amenizar o tombo – Sumário Executivo

Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...

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...

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...

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The Msunduzi Municipality, City of Pietermaritzburg

Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor