India

Five Case Studies that Illustrate Steps Toward an Inclusive City

Creating “inclusive cities” is a hot topic right now. Habitat III has just wound up in Quito, Ecuador – the UN’s urban conference that brought...

Photo Essay Part II: Hidden Workers in Sunder Nagari

This is the second of a two-part essay on women home-based workers in Sunder Nagari slum in Delhi. Read part one here.When we visited Sunder...

Inclusive Cities for Informal Workers

In most developing countries, well over half the urban workforce is informal. Yet informal workers – and their livelihoods –...

The People’s Economy and the Future of Cities

Revaben and her husband Narsingbhai sell vegetables from the sidewalk along one of eight new model roads in Ahmedabad, India. Between about...

A New Research Study Gives Voice to Waste Pickers

The fact that waste pickers are capable of voicing their concerns, responding to challenges, and contributing to cities and to the urban...

Un nuevo estudio de investigación da voz a los recicladores y las recicladoras

A menudo se ignora el hecho de que los recicladores y las recicladoras son capaces de expresar sus preocupaciones, responder a desafíos y...

Promoting Low-Carbon Transport in India and the Challenges of Social Inclusion: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Case Studies in India

Executive Summary – Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Ahmedabad, India

‘Life Has Educated Me’: Building Interpersonal Networks through the Jadibanagar Slum Upgrading Project

This study is a jointly produced outcome from the reflection and sharing of group participants in the Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP)....

Socio-economic status of workers of building construction industry

Industrialization with the introduction of newly developed technologies plays an important role for development of a country. Building construction...