Urban Planning and Design

Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore

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The Global City: Strategic Site/ New Frontier

Urban Planning for the Working Poor

Background Note for the HABITAT Jam, December 1-4, 2005

Deus é meu Despertador

Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...

How to Plan a Street Trader Census

Street traders represent one of the largest and most visible segments of the informal economy, yet the actual number of street traders working...

The Regularization of Street Vending in Bhubaneshwar, India: A Policy Model

After years of conflict between street traders and local authorities, the city of Bhubaneshwar, India developed a public, private and community...

The Unorganized Sector and Urban Poverty: Issues in Livelihoods

Changing Structure of Governance in Non-Metropolitan Cities: A Study in Andhra Pradesh

Globalisation has brought forward new modes of governance and technological options to urban local bodies in India in the last two decades....

Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa

Choma Choma Nalushaka made an arduous journey from war-torn Congo to South Africa—then waited years for his family to join him. He has established...

Enhancing Productivity in the Urban Informal Economy

This publication argues for a radical and new policy paradigm, to promote inclusion of informal workers in urban dialogues, and mainstream...