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La reproducción de la informalidad en el contexto urbano: el caso de la comuna 20 en Cali, Colombia
Territorios en Formación, 2018 Resumen La informalidad ha sido una característica permanente en el desarrollo urbano de la comuna 20 de Cali, desde el siglo pasado hasta la actualidad los asentamientos de desarrollo incompleto han ido evolucionando y vinculándose con la ciudad ...
Paula Contreras Paredes
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The Drivers and Challenges of Informal Business Tourism in Southern Africa: Evidence from Zimbabwean Cross-Border Traders [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2023 The phenomenon of business tourism in sub-Saharan Africa is urban-centred. This paper unpacks a critical dimension of business tourism in the African city, namely the activities of informal business tourists.
Logistic Makoni +2 more
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"Leave no municipality behind": scaling the right to the city to the regional level
Revista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2019 Subnational governments entering the international arena through lobbying may be a turning point in global governance, but numerous challenges remain at regional level. This paper charts a municipal geography of the planet that is strongly conditioned by
Borja M. Iglesias
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The Information Architecture of Cities
Journal of Information Science, 2004 Cities can be viewed as information architecture systems. Here, ‘architecture’ is used in the sense of computer architecture – it refers not to the design of buildings, but to how the components of a complex system interact. Information exchange includes the movement of people and goods, personal contact and interactions, telecommunications, as well as
L. Andrew Coward, Nikos A. Salingaros
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Rethinking the edge: the built environment and resilience in the informal city
Techne, 2018 The article presents a design research experience concerning the requalification of the Serrinha favela in Florianópolis, conducted as part of an international collaboration agreement between Florence University and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Paola Gallo, Rosa Romano
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Including Urban Informality for Economic Development in Masvingo City, Zimbabwe
Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2020 The informal sector has been excluded in the development of cities despite playing a big role in providing livelihoods to a lot of urban dwellers. Their contribution to the city economy has been marginalized despite the size of this sector and the ...
Average Chigwenya, Prisca Simbanegavi
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Explaining the effective physical criteria in promoting resilience of informal settlements in the face of environmental hazards (Case study: Hamadan) [PDF]
مخاطرات محیط طبیعی, 2023 The vulnerability of informal settlements to environmental hazards reveals the importance of paying attention to resilience. Resilience is considered a form of foresight due to the dynamic nature of society's response to risks. Accordingly, this issue is
Hassan Hekmatnia +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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The divided city: the territory of informality as an affective field
Abriu: Estudos de Textualidade do Brasil, Galicia e Portugal, 2016 The contradictory nature of informal settlements open up a space to think about the complex implications of the contemporary city. This article proposes an affective reading which will enable a reconsideration of the negative conditions that de ne the ...
Mónica Aubán Borrell
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DETECTION AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF LAND-USE: A CASE OF BUTUAN CITY WITH HISTORY OF MAJOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021 This study detects the significant informal settlements in Butuan City proper. It determines the growth rate in 15 years with the given five-year interval.
L. C. S. Asube +3 more
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