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The informalization of urbanity
African Identities, 2007It is more appropriate to commence an investigation of informality as a way of life in African contexts within a broad conceptual and historical framework. In other words, it makes some sense to study processes of informalization at the juncture at which the colonial imperative sought to transform the lives, institutions and practices of subject ...
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2017
This master thesis develops a software tool that aids architects in the process of urban analysis. The tool complements an urban 3D model with data from the Google Maps database, generating an urban information model in the process. The topics of urban analysis reach from the function of the building and time of building activity to the location ...
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This master thesis develops a software tool that aids architects in the process of urban analysis. The tool complements an urban 3D model with data from the Google Maps database, generating an urban information model in the process. The topics of urban analysis reach from the function of the building and time of building activity to the location ...
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Built Environment, 2011
Post-colonial Nairobi has experienced a rapid urbanization rate averaging 5 per cent per annum from 1963 to the present. The planning framework inherited from the colonial regime and little changed after Independence has not been able to cope with the increased demand for urban goods and services.
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Post-colonial Nairobi has experienced a rapid urbanization rate averaging 5 per cent per annum from 1963 to the present. The planning framework inherited from the colonial regime and little changed after Independence has not been able to cope with the increased demand for urban goods and services.
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Urban management information systems
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 1968Abstract The areas which urban information systems should serve are characterized by lack of organizational unity; hence, “total” urban information systems are meaningless. Management of public agencies in urban areas seldom controls a significant proportion of the variables affecting these areas; information systems should relate in depth to actual ...
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World Development, 1976
It is contended that the informal sector of the urban labor market is not the major point of entry for fresh migrants from rural areas and that large variations in earning exist within it. A disproportionately large number of informal sector workers are: 1) very young or very old; 2) female; 3) limited in education; and 4) not primary household earners.
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It is contended that the informal sector of the urban labor market is not the major point of entry for fresh migrants from rural areas and that large variations in earning exist within it. A disproportionately large number of informal sector workers are: 1) very young or very old; 2) female; 3) limited in education; and 4) not primary household earners.
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Informality and Urban Politics
1994The daily political routine of the city provides us with several niches where we can productively understand and explain the informal side of urban politics. The informal city, in fact, is also sustained by the informal political system and administrative process.
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Informality and rapid urban transformation: a case study of regulating urban villages in Shenzhen
GeoJournal, 2023Xukun Zhang
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