Urban Planning and Design

The Spatial Reproduction of Urban PovertyEconomic & Political Weekly

This article highlights, from the vantage point of workers in the resettlement colony, how the restructuring processes of large formal sector...

Patterns and Practices of Spatial Transformation in Non-Metros: The Case of Tiruchengode

Urban transformation in Tiruchengode town in Tamil Nadu has been predominantly driven by processes internal to it. It has been driven by...

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...

Street Vendors and Cities

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Informality as the Bane of the Laboring Poor Under Globalized Capitalism

Note from the WIEGO 20th Anniversary Research Conference. 

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

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Urban Informality: Towards an Epistemology of Planning

The study of cities is today marked by a paradox: much of the urban growth of the 21st century is taking place in the developing world, but...

Waste and Citizenship Forums – Achievements and Limitations

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Hawkers and the Urban Informal Sector: A Study of Street Vending in Seven Cities

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the problems of street vendors in urban areas. The study discusses the profession...

Street trading in Africa: Demographic trends, planning and trader organisation