Access to Public Space

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...

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.  

Displacement and the New Spaces for Informal Trade in the Latin American City Centre

Using evidence from Cusco, Peru, the paper examines the effects of the planned displacement of informal traders from city-centre streets....

The Exclusion of Street Traders from the Benefits of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Chapter 4 – From Street to Informal Shopping Concourse: Urban Design Solutions

Intentions, Design and Outcomes: Reflections on IHSDP in Maharashtra

This paper examines the implementation of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme in the smaller cities of Maharashtra. It...

Exploring the Role of Improved Access to Public Goods and Services

This paper reports on a Policy Dialogue of the JWP (Joint Work Programme) Annual Meeting 2016. WIEGO is one of the Cities Alliance members...

Street Traders and the Emerging Spaces for Urban Voice and Citizenship in African Cities

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Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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Chapter 5 – Tackling Urban Management Issues: A Cooperative Effort