All posts in Urban Planning and Design
- Working Papers
Urban Planning and Informal Livelihoods in India: An Analysis of Urban Planning Laws and Processes in Delhi and Bangalore
This paper seeks to critically analyze the legal framework of urban planning in India and the challenges and opportunities it presents informal...
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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Waste Pickers
This brief explores the challenges that waste pickers face with EPR and offers ideas for developing more inclusive EPR systems, based on...
Read More - Jul 14 2022
EPRI Global Webinar: Expanding Social Protection Coverage to the Informal Workforce
- July 14, 2022
The impacts of the pandemic have exposed the large-scale vulnerabilities faced by workers in the informal economy, including the lack of...
Details - PostAccess to Public Space June 02, 2022
India’s Street Vendor Protection Act: Good on Paper But Is It Working?
India’s Street Vendor Protection Act was enacted after a long struggle and is widely lauded, yet a close look nearly a decade later shows...
Read More - PostBuilding Collective Power May 19, 2022
Waste Pickers Organize Into a Cooperative: Will Senegal Include Them in its Waste Management Plan?
Waste pickers at the Mbeubeuss dumpsite have set up their own cooperative in an effort to be integrated into the new waste management model...
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Cooperativas de catadores – colchão amortecedor contra os piores impactos da pandemia
• As cooperativas de catadores funcionaram como um colchão amortecedor para os catadores do Brasil (termo pelo qual são conhecidos no país)...
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Impactos da pandemia de Covid-19 sobre a Reciclagem Inclusiva nas Cooperativas de Catadores no Brasil: Análise Comparativa 2020 – 2021
Principais Achados: As cooperativas foram rápidas na implementação dos protocolos COVID-19 nos seus galpões, conseguindo assim maior credibilidade...
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Cooperatives Cushion Catadores Against Worst of Pandemic
Key Points Waste-picker cooperatives cushioned Brazil’s waste pickers (known locally as catadores) against the worst economic impacts of...
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Inclusive Recycling in Waste Picker Cooperatives in Brazil: Impacts of COVID-19 Comparative Analysis 2020-2021
See related brief. Key Points: Cooperatives were able to quickly implement COVID-19 protocols in the sorting sheds, thus achieving greater...
Read More - Worker Story
Renu, a Vendor Leader in Bangkok, Thailand
ภาษาไทย Renu is the leader of the Muubaan Nakila Service Cooperative, which is active in her housing estate in Bangkok. Along with other...
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