All posts in Urban Planning and Design
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WIEGO Publication Series
Informal Economy Budget Analysis in Pakistan and Ravi Town, Lahore
The bulk of Pakistan’s workforce is unorganized, and the data available do not depict the true picture, particularly of the number of women...
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Working Papers
Proceso de integración de los cartoneros de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Del reconocimiento a la gestión de Centros Verdes y la recolección selectiva
En Argentina, y en particular en su Capital Federal (Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires / CABA), la problemática asociada a los recolectores...
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Policy Briefs
Integrating Waste Pickers into Municipal Solid Waste Management in Pune, India
No person should have to be immersed in solid waste for their livelihood, yet every day hundreds of thousands of informal waste pickers in...
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Research Reports
Sin Colchón que Amortigüe la Caída: La Crisis Económica Global y los Trabajadores de la Economía Informal
Report available in English here. Informe disponible en español aquí. Fact Sheet available in English here. Ficha Técnica disponible en español...
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Journal Articles
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...
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Research Reports
Informalidad y Urbanismo Social en Medellín
La ciudad de Medellín, después de unas décadas de aislamiento e involución caracterizadas por altos índices de inseguridad, violencia y segregación...
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Journal Articles
The urban land debate in the global South: New avenues for researchGeoforum
Abstract: The global ‘land grab’ debate is going urban and needs a specific conceptual framework to analyze the diverse modalities through...
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Journal Articles
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....
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Journal Articles
Disabling governance: Privatisation of city markets and implications for vendors‟ associations in Kampala, Uganda
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Working Papers
Informal Work and the Social Function of the City: A Framework for Legal Reform in the Urban Environment
The New Urban Agenda envisages cities and human settlements that fulfil their social function. But what is a city’s “social function”? And...
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