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The Political Meaning of Informal Urbanization

, 2019
Many countries in the Global South are relatively young democracies. The resilience and legitimacy of their political systems rely largely on their ability to integrate and represent millions of citizens who are ‘excluded’ from formal social, political, and economic structures.
Rocco, Roberto (author), van Ballegooijen, J.J. (author)   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informal urban development in Herat Afghanistan as a product of governance practices and institutional neglect

Discover Cities
Informal urban development in Afghanistan has persisted despite extensive state-led and international urban initiatives during the period 2001–2021. This study examines the expansion and persistence of informal urban development in Herat, focusing on the
Ghulam Farooq Nadeem, Toktam Hanaee, Asadullah Hanif, Jalil Ahmad Zakiri, Shakib Mirzahi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of urban informality research from an urbanization crisis context perspective

Journal of Urban Management
Coping with the multifaceted crises of contemporary urbanization necessitates a more com-prehensive understanding of the diverse patterns of urbanization. Among these, urban informality, as an archetypal model of urbanization, has emerged as an important
Xuan Chen, Zhuhui Ding, Chenyu Zhang, Juntao Yang, Lan Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informalité politique, pouvoirs et envers des espaces urbains

L'Espace Politique, 2016
Introductory article of the issue 29 (2016-2) of the journal L’Espace politique entitled "Political Informality, Power and the Other Side of Urban Space"
Sébastien Jacquot, Alexis Sierra, Jérôme Tadié   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan, Alan Tam, Heng Xu, Yu‐tian He, Yuen‐Ki Tang, Gum‐Ryeong Park, Wing‐Him Tang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Implications of Diverse Visions of Urban Spaces: Bridging the Formal-Informal Divide

Frontiers in Public Health, 2019
In the past 200 years, urban spaces have been imagined as neatly laid out, well-planned, sanitised and civilised places of dense human habitation with regulated economic activity, where political power, financial capital, the frontiers of knowledge and ...
Ritu Priya, Ritu Priya, Ranvir Singh, Ranvir Singh, Sayan Das   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assembling Transit Urban Design in the Global South: Urban Morphology in Relation to Forms of Urbanity and Informality in the Public Space Surrounding Transit Stations

Urban Science, 2022
The imperative to address the challenge of transforming car-dependent cities and promoting sustainable mobilities requires that we engage with the relationships between urban morphology and forms of urbanity in public spaces surrounding transit nodes ...
Nastaran Peimani, Hesam Kamalipour
doaj   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source